Stephan V. - Independent management consultant and interim manager for business development

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Plankstadt, Germany

Experience

Sep 2020 - Present

5 years 4 months

Independent management consultant and interim manager for business development

Independent management consultant and interim manager

since 01/2025: business development & project manager for an R&D project for Siemens Energy
01/2024–12/2024: head of business development, sales and marketing as interim manager, member of the management team at Kybeidos GmbH
09/2020–12/2023: business development, sales and project management at Digital Enabler GmbH, Aurach am Hongar, Austria
sales, business development and project management
project manager for digitization and transformation projects
reference: citizen app Plankstadt
reference: equipment as a service for MBO
business coaching and consulting, interim product owner
reference: PIA Automation

Apr 2009 - Aug 2020

11 years 5 months

Munich, Germany

Vice President Innovation Management

T-Systems International GmbH

management of the international innovation management division of T-Systems with personnel, budget and target responsibility
establishment and operation of the Innovation Center Munich as an operations and development platform for innovations as well as a sales platform for customer workshops (opened 2010-09-13)
management of over 120 digitalization and innovation workshops per year for boards, decision makers and experts
management of the Innovation Data Center
scouting and evaluating startups in the B2B sector
program manager for digitalization and innovation projects:
Smart Glass Picking for Fujitsu (reference)
Blockchain-based business processes for Datev (reference)
Smart SD-WAN powered by ngena (reference)
mobile claims app for insurance customers
failure prediction for freight trains (DB)
sim-TD – secure intelligent mobility test field Germany research project Car-to-X communication
5G/IoT gateway microservice for AR applications for Zeiss
intelligent charging station for Comfort Charge
connected home devices for Vorwerk
electronic tag for Rimowa
predictive maintenance with AI and ML for Deutsche Bahn
wearables for technical services for Kaeser
sensor monitoring for train stations
parking position management for Dethleffs with NB-IoT
drone detection for the German air traffic control
AR for Deutsche Telekom Technical Services

Jan 2005 - Mar 2009

4 years 3 months

Darmstadt, Germany

Vice President Portfolio & Innovation Management

T-Systems

management of the portfolio & innovation management division
coordination of the sales portfolio
development of the Dynamic Infrastructure Services business area
introduction of a product and service catalog

Jun 2004 - Dec 2004

7 months

Darmstadt, Germany

Head of Strategic Product Management

T-Systems

management of the strategic product management department
introduction of strategic product planning including roadmap

Jun 2002 - May 2004

2 years

Bonn, Germany

Head of Marketing Strategy & Portfolio Management

T-Systems

management of the marketing strategy & portfolio management department
creation of a strategic marketing plan for the portfolio
introduction of an international portfolio management process

Aug 2001 - May 2002

10 months

Darmstadt, Germany

Head of Marketing & Portfolio Management

T-Nova GmbH

Established and headed the Marketing & Portfolio department
Established the Network, Planning & Solution business unit

Jun 1998 - Jul 2001

3 years 2 months

Darmstadt, Germany

Senior R&D Expert

Deutsche Telekom

Software developer (Java) and project manager for the prototype development of the Home Infotainment Center
Project manager for two field trials of the Home Infotainment Center

Oct 1994 - May 1998

3 years 8 months

Berlin, Germany

Research Associate

Technical University of Darmstadt / Hahn-Meitner Institute

Provided technical support for a large instrument (membrane diffractometer)
Planned, conducted and analyzed experiments for guest scientists

Summary

Executive manager and management expert with solid experience

many years of experience as an executive and senior employee in a corporation
sales director and business development for digitalization and corporate data
project and program management of IT, IoT and transformation projects
establishment and operation of an innovation center and organization of customer workshops
product owner of innovative digitization solutions for customers
innovation, process and digitization consultant at C-level
certified business coach
editor: book "Smart Mobile Apps", Springer