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Lukas Hochmeister

Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer

Lukas Hochmeister
Vienna, Austria

Experience

Sep 2022 - Present
3 years 5 months
Vienna, Austria

Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer

Shopstory

  • As COO/CFO and part of Shopstory's Leadership team (as the only Non-Founder), responsibilities include all finance-related matters, accounting, customer success & support, after-sales services, operations and organizational development
  • Helped scale the company to >1m€ in recurring revenues (>100% YoY growth)
  • Investor relations and fundraising (equity and non-equity) in close alignment with CEO
  • Full responsibility for all finance and administrative matters, including financial planning, cash flow management, accounting, taxes, payroll, legal and employment contracts
Oct 2020 - Aug 2022
1 year 11 months
Heidelberg, Germany

Senior Business & Insurance Product Manager

Getsafe

  • Insurance product management and business development for in-app car and health insurance in Germany
  • Responsibilities included insurance product development, managing risk carriers and MGA partners, as well as marketing and distribution, including B2C marketing, aggregators, brokers and B2B distribution partnerships
Jul 2018 - Sep 2020
2 years 3 months
Austria

Management Consultant & Interim Management

Management Consultant & Interim Management

  • Project Manager Bancassurance: in charge of German delivery for a major integrated Bancassurance partnership
  • Launched multiple P&C insurance products including claims handling process within local German banking app with full API integration
  • Analyzed, redesigned and implemented core insurance processes to meet cross-country design principles
  • Head of PMO for a major transformation project in P&C insurance business (250+ FTE)
  • Supported program management in operative and strategic matters, such as strategic planning, roadmap and milestones, various project approval processes, and preparation of strategy meetings with top management
  • Conceptualized and implemented new tool-based reporting and budget tracking in Anaplan
  • Conducted contractor and purchasing negotiations and operative controlling of bills and deliverables
  • In charge of project budgeting, forecasting and rolling requirements and implementation planning
  • Implemented and continuously supported various agile tools and methods, such as Scrum, JIRA, Microsoft Teams and Azure DevOps
  • Managed a team of up to 12 direct reports
Jan 2016 - Jun 2018
2 years 6 months
Vienna, Austria

CEO and Founder

Altitude Ventures GmbH, MyBaseCamp.com

  • Started the company from scratch and developed it into a business with four employees, approximately 10,000 monthly unique users, ~5k€ monthly recurring sales and exceptional user experience (91% recommendations)
  • Acquired 200+ providers for the marketplace and developed key partnerships, such as mountaineering and mountain guide associations and Red Bull Media House
  • Set up and managed online marketing campaigns with outstanding click-through rates (6.3% on Google, 1.5% on Facebook)
  • In charge of company’s finances and administrative tasks, including accounting, tax returns and HR
Jul 2013 - Dec 2014
1 year 6 months
Vienna, Austria

Senior Consultant

Contrast Management-Consulting

  • Developed strategic growth plan for Europe's leading foam producer, increasing EBIT by 50% and guided strategy communication to country management
  • Successfully navigated a printing company through restructuring by implementing a solution-oriented strategy including a €10m investment while lowering production cost by 11%
  • Conceptualized and implemented cost accounting, reporting and management information systems for companies in various industries, improving process efficiency and enhancing decision quality
  • Managed a team of three consultants in the Vienna office, conducting recruiting interviews, internal trainings and appraisal interviews
Oct 2011 - Jun 2013
1 year 9 months
Vienna, Austria

Consultant

Contrast Management-Consulting

  • Developed category strategy and implementation plan for Austrian food retailer, stabilizing market share
  • Streamlined product portfolio, identified revenue maximization opportunities and reduced purchasing and overhead costs for a German pet food producer, delivering a fivefold increase in EBIT
  • Developed international expansion and market entry strategy for a meat processing company, restructured sales organization and optimized processes, doubling sales growth
  • Awarded prize for best client presentation in 2012 by a jury of the company's managing partners
May 2011 - Sep 2011
5 months
Vienna, Austria

Business Analyst

Contrast Management-Consulting

  • Conducted market research to identify revenue growth opportunities in gastronomy and retail for a beverage producer and provided implementation support

Summary

As a passionate serial entrepreneur, I have been supporting start-ups and scale-ups for over 15 years - from founding stage to Series C. Besides 7 years in consulting, I have been involved in start-ups in a variety of roles, including founder, CEO, COO, CFO, Head of Finance, project manager, business development and customer success. I possess specific expertise in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), AI, online marketplaces, insurance, and fintech.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Intermediate

Education

Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

IMD Business School

MBA (Hons) · Lausanne, Switzerland

Oct 2007 - Apr 2011

Vienna University of Economics and Business

BSc (Hons) · International Business Administration · Vienna, Austria

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