Sebastian Malm
Head of Product & Engineering
Experience
Oct 2022 - Present
2 years 10 months Berlin, Germany
Head of Product & Engineering
Smoobu (HomeToGo Group)
- (Highest P&E Position) SaaS, B2B, B2B2C
- Replaced one of Smoobu’s founders and set up Product & Engineering processes & structures for fast growth and a smooth shift from startup to a core part of the HomeToGo group.
- Led all Product & Engineering teams, strategic planning, and ongoing development & improvement of the Smoobu SaaS platform.
- Tripled in size & took the company from the group’s “black sheep” to its most valuable subsidiary and asset.
Jun 2021 - Oct 2022
1 year 5 months Berlin, Germany
Head of Product
Ride Capital GmbH
- (Highest P&E Position) SaaS, B2B, B2C
- Top product leader in the company.
- Built the Product team from scratch and took over the Engineering team as interim Head of Engineering, then restructured and grew it.
- Rolled out new processes across the whole company to prepare for growth and Series A.
- Drove healthy growth, tripled company size and Assets under Administration to €250m.
- Worked closely with tax advisors to build the best automatic tax system.
- Initiated development of an additional brokerage service product.
Aug 2018 - Jun 2020
1 year 11 months Berlin, Germany
Chief Product Officer
CustomHash AG
- (Deputy Managing Director) SaaS, B2B, B2B2C, B2C
- Chief Product Officer at a venture builder, working on a new payment platform using blockchain and Kubernetes clusters.
- Responsible for all products, company and product direction, and teams.
- Built the company from zero.
May 2017 - Jun 2020
3 years 2 months Berlin, Germany
Chief Product Officer
me.mento 3D Interactive GmbH
- (Deputy Managing Director) B2C
- Chief Product Officer at a venture builder, working on a photorealistic real-time VR experience, a VR game, a cryptocurrency, AR software and a software platform.
- Responsible for all products, company & product direction, and teams.
- Built the company from zero to ~40 employees plus contractors.
Mar 2016 - May 2017
1 year 3 months Berlin, Germany
Senior UX Manager
Bonify
- (Head of UX) SaaS, B2C
- Led and managed Bonify’s creative team as Head of UX.
- Responsible for the whole product and its look and feel.
- Worked as product owner directly with backend and frontend developers.
- Delivered everything needed so everyone can work fast & efficiently.
- Conducted quantitative/qualitative user research and A/B testing.
- Responsible for employees.
Jun 2013 - Mar 2016
2 years 10 months Berlin, Germany
Creative Director/CCO
Effective Evolutions
- Led and managed creatives & developers at Effective Evolutions.
- Organized and planned all steps for different tasks/products, many VR/AR related, plus mobile/web/desktop apps for industries like R&D, e-commerce, finance, health, etc.
- Presented to business partners, investors & B2B customers and attended conferences.
- Served as spokesperson for Effective Evolutions at events.
- Responsible for employees.
- Co-Founder.
Apr 2012 - Oct 2013
1 year 7 months Berlin, Germany
Lead Game Designer
GameArt Studio
- Led and managed the Game Design department at GameArt Studio.
- Organized and planned the entire Game Design for various products.
- Created and managed documentation and planned tasks.
- Worked directly with developers to create efficient solutions.
- Contributed to all company products, including top browser games, mobile games and F2P desktop games.
Aug 2009 - Apr 2010
9 months Uppsala, Sweden
Developer
Imagination Studios
- Developed tools used in different parts of production.
- Helped animators/artists and developers understand each other better.
- Assisted with shoots, cameras and actors.
- Created props and various tools for shoots.
- Worked on well-known titles like Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Bulletstorm, Kane & Lynch 2 and Syndicate.
Jan 2001 - Dec 2004
3 years Berlin, Germany
Developer
Deutscher Bundestag
- Developed various tools and organizational software.
- Administered part of the Bundestag.
Märchenritter
- A service that lets parents create their own children’s books fully automated via AI.
- Connected ChatGPT & Stable Diffusion to generate full children’s books with stories and images.
- Gives parents the freedom to create custom books with unique characters, stories and image styles.
- Linked to a printing partner so users can order a printed version directly.
The Manager Project
- A social platform that connects to other social media as an aggregator.
- Offers TV & streaming services live reactions, polls & games to share with viewers for real-time interactivity between viewers and shows.
Summary
- Product/Project Management: Wide range of experience in agile project and product management
- Company Strategy & Management: Experience managing companies, handling up to 3 at once. Built different companies from zero.
- UX & Game Design/Gamification: Strong knowledge of UX and gamification, leading & organizing workshops
- Team Leading: Deep experience building, leading and managing teams
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Education
Oct 2011 - Jun 2012
Games Academy
Game Design · Berlin, Germany
Oct 2006 - Jun 2010
HTW Berlin
International Media & Computing · Berlin, Germany
Oct 2003 - Jun 2006
OSZ IMT Berlin
A Levels · Berlin, Germany
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