Alexander Sanwald
Start-up & Venture Consulting
Experience
Start-up & Venture Consulting
immersive-people.com
Comprehensive organizational setup and growth management, interim management, C-Level as a Service, tech recruiting, startup advisory, fundraising support
Interim CPO/CTO
icon/incar
Typ.1 audio-haptics (founding member)
Product management and strategy
Business development and organizational setup of a tech product company
Senior Director Hardware Engineering
icongroup
Interim Management
2pm
Training and consulting; case advising
Agile methods in hardware and product development
Senior Product Manager Vehicle & Hardware
unu motors
Transitioned the e-scooter prototype into pre-series and mass production
Established and synchronized agile methods in embedded vehicle engineering
Evaluated similarities and differences between B2C and shared (B2B) scooters
Established the hardware product manager role in a software-driven environment
Oversaw manufacturing quality with the Chinese production partner
Prepared and supported global pre-release support
Set up product communication for marketing and sales
Supported the switch of production partners
Implemented hardware order fulfillment in the warehouse
Team Lead Smart Vehicle Engineering (interim)
unu motors
Led the cross-functional engineering team
Cross-department sprint and quarterly planning (ME, EE & SW)
Created the technology and engineering roadmap
Introduced agile methods in mechanical engineering
Hardware Product Manager
Native Instruments
Evaluated ROI based on features
Aligned hardware with software UX and managed HW/SW integration
Built business cases for hardware development
Researched customer bases and defined personas
Created brand onboarding, upsell, and cross-sell strategies
Explored hardware subscription models
Led the internal team of developers and designers
Coordinated with the external ODM partner’s development team
Controlled and managed the development budget
Hardware Project Manager
Native Instruments
Consumer electronics project management
Managed hardware product development with external partners (ODM & CM)
Created and maintained project plans, risk assessments, schedules, and resource allocations
Monitored and communicated development progress, budgets, and product maturity
Planned and oversaw pre-series production with contract manufacturers
Supported production until stable series manufacturing
Maintained hardware in mass production
Built and established development processes with external partners (ODM Taiwan/China)
Adapted traditional project management methods to an agile corporate context
Projects/Products: Maschine JAM, MCU platform investigation, Smart-Fusion platform development, EOL product closure
Project Planner / Controller & PMO
Bombardier Transportation
Electric traction motors and gearboxes
Defined development process lifecycle
Gate-based planning for series development
Project planning and documentation
Project controlling and reporting
Developed a standard document list with phase assignments in coordination with design QA within the internal stage-gate process
Technical Project Manager & Project Planner/Controller
Bombardier Transportation
Electric power and traction converter design
Led a development team
Process-based qualification to serial production
Project planning, documentation, controlling, and reporting
Documentation & Process Engineer, Primove Wayside
Bombardier Transportation
Inductive charging systems
Managed homologation and documentation processes
Conducted stage-gate reviews
Project documentation; time, cost, and resource planning
Created project plans and resource estimates
Authored requirements and specifications
Software-based requirements management in DOORS
Languages
Education
Hochschule Darmstadt
Diploma · Industrial Engineering · Darmstadt, Germany
Elisabethen-Gymnasium, Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
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