Alfons Staerk Email & Phone Number

Bozeman, Mt, Us

🎯 OUR MISSIONOur mission is to help people increase their health span.We empower clients to make sustainable changes to habits and lifestyles, enabling them to continue the journey independently.🎯 OUR APPROACHWe educate and empower individuals in their 40s, 50s, and beyond to embrace a holistic approach to health and wellness, supporting them in sustaining or regaining strength, fitness, and health. We are committed to enabling a long, happy, and healthy life well into old age.🎯 OUR GOALOur goal is to provide comprehensive fitness, nutrition, mindfulness, and health coaching that nurtures the body, mind, and spirit. We aim to inspire and guide our clients in achieving optimal health, vitality, and longevity through personalized plans and unwavering support.📈 SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS☑ 2024 - Podcast "Ex Amazon From Burnout to Happiness"📩 MORE INFORMATIONhttps://balanced-life-wellness.com/

Bozeman, Montana, Us

🎯 OUR MISSIONOur purpose is to help people live healthier, happier, and more balanced lives through Tai Chi, Ikebana, and Mindfulness.We provide the roots and principles to get students started on a lifelong journey that they can eventually take to the next level on their own.🎯 OUR APPROACHOur teaching philosophy is rooted in first principles, focusing on the core ideas rather than just memorizing forms. We see the form as a vessel—our goal is for students to understand the foundational concepts, empowering them to continue learning and growing on their own.In addition to Tai Chi, we offer Ikebana classes, the art of Japanese flower arranging. This is another beautiful way to cultivate mindfulness and creativity.🎯 OUR GOALOur goal is to make Tai Chi & Ikebana instruction easily accessible to everyone in the Gallatin Valley.With over 25 years of experience practicing and teaching Tai Chi and martial arts, we’ve seen firsthand the profound positive impact it can have on body and mind. We want more people to experience these benefits, so if you’re interested, join one of our classes.📈 SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS☑ 2021 - Published "Thriving in High-Pressure Environments: Lessons from Amazon, a global pandemic, and other crazy times", ISBN-13: 979-8718017663☑ 2019 - Published "Put On Your Own Oxygen Mask First: A practical guide to living healthier, happier and more successful in 52 weekly steps", ISBN-13: 978-1077278929☑ 2018 - Published “Finding the Heart: Principles for Tai Chi and Life”, ISBN-13: 978-1724173683📩 MORE INFORMATIONhttps://BozemanTaiChi.comhttps://KeruUmaBudo.comhttps://KeruUmaBudo.wordpress.comhttps://amazon.com/author/AlfonsStaerkhttps://amazon.com/dp/B0918GB93W

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

I was recruited to BCG as the Global Talent and Recruiting Technology Senior Director due to my Executive leadership experience, successful execution of complex worldwide projects, proven product innovation, and cutting-edge experience in the recruiting technology field.📌 LEADERSHIP SNAPSHOT: Responsible for leading the development and delivery of a long-term strategic vision and roadmap for Recruiting Technology Digital Transformation | Technology Integration Budget: $20M | Project team: 30+ Local & Remote | Cross-divisional stakeholder group: 150+ | Geography: 🌏 Global📈 SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:☑ End-to-end ownership of the recruiting technology stack that supports ~1M annual applications. Driving operations, development, and integration of mission-critical Enterprise backend systems, best-of-breed point solutions, and custom-built tools to enhance recruiter efficiency and candidate experience. Our product portfolio comprises 15 business-critical tools across ATS, CRM, and assessment use cases with a $4M budget. We are spearheading the use of cutting-edge AI through SaaS solutions and custom development with a strong focus on RAI (Responsible AI).☑ Led the RFP process for our future recruiting technology stack, strategically replacing an outdated and fragmented technology ecosystem. Oversaw a multi-year investment decision of over $20M, directing a project team of over 30 cross-functional members and managing a stakeholder team of over 150 individuals, including senior and executive levels.☑ Mentoring and coaching the product management team to establish highly effective practices. Implemented streamlined mechanisms for product planning, agile execution, and data-driven decision-making, resulting in improved productivity and predictable outcomes.☑ Key spokesperson and advocate for recruiting technology innovations, leveraging various platforms such as articles and podcasts, positioning the BCG at the forefront of industry trends.

Bozeman, Mt, Us

I was asked to join Montana State University due to my extensive leadership experience and was tasked by the CIO to drive organizational development and refinement and broaden their IT and business strategy. I led a top-notch team executing day-to-day operations and support for mission-critical enterprise systems that enable student, curriculum, and financial management for a university with over 16K students. 📌 LEADERSHIP SNAPSHOT: IT Leadership, introducing methodologies and best practices that enhanced operations & digital transformation of existing workflows | Technology Integration Budget: $1.2M📈 SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:☑ Spearheaded integration of a new CRM system, a $1.2M investment, and the system-wide implementation that spanned four campuses. ☑ Developed strategic partnerships with enterprise software vendors, owned vendor management, and led several major enterprise system upgrades, such as transitioning to Banner 9 and DegreeWorks, while leading project teams of up to 50. ☑ Built in automation elements into the admission system and process that eliminated up to 6 weeks of processing backlog and admitted 90% of applicants without manual intervention. Leveraged technology as an opportunity and key driver for kaizen and continuous improvement, business process improvement, and redesign.☑ Developed and launched a new purpose-built "Chosen Name" functionality that requires integration across 20+ downstream systems.☑ Key contributor to organizational development and committed mentor and coach to 150+ person IT team.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Due to my experience with software as a service (SAAS), enterprise-level solutions, and success with 100M+ customer/user bases, I was tapped to head up product management for the Recruiting Technology Division as Senior Manager and oversee product strategy and business metrics. I focused the organization on five durable goals that ensured long-term success - cost of hire, time to hire, quality of hire, diversity, and candidate experience - and developed and introduced products to deliver significant impact across all five goals.📌 LEADERSHIP SNAPSHOT: Provided vision, structure, and executive leadership to matrixed teams while leading projects worldwide | Technology Integration Budget: $34.7M | P&L: $2B | Geography: 🌏 Global📈 SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:☑ Built and launched a hiring system that supports 130M visits, 10M applications, and 75K starts per year; supporting a multibillion-dollar cost center for Amazon with automations that significantly reduced headcount and eliminated associated expenses.☑ Implemented new technology to automate the review of resumes, which reduced wait times for candidates from 2 weeks down to milliseconds, and automated appointment scheduling, receiving 96% positive feedback from recruiters.☑ Built a cross-functional product, program, and continuous improvement team from scratch. Grew team to a group of 25 who directs a wider 290+-person engineering organization through scrum processes.☑ Led product and program management team, delivering 35.6% job satisfaction improvement and 14.9% manager satisfaction improvement.

Seattle, Wa, Us

As the Head of Product / Senior Manager with Amazon's Supply Chain Optimization Technologies team, I drove initiatives that supported and ensured the economically optimal sourcing plan for millions of items sold on Amazon worldwide, worth tens of billions of dollars in sourcing cost and enabling Amazon's e-commerce value stream. I led my team in building and managing cutting-edge software systems that addressed complex automation and optimization problems at scale.📈 SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:☑ Doubled Amazon direct import business YoY with 113% goal achievement, growing from $1.5B COGS to $3B COGS. Realized incremental annual operational efficiencies of more than $223M, achieving 274% of goal.☑ Created a new PM lead structure in the team that provided growth opportunities for seasoned PMs. Grew unit to a cross-functional team with 14 leaders across PM and data analytics, working with 120+-person engineering and research team.☑ Conceived, designed, and managed Amazon's first supply chain conference with 240 C-level partner attendees; achieved a speaker satisfaction rate of 97%.☑ Achieved certification as Amazon Bar Raiser, an exclusive expert group of highly skilled cross-organizational interviewers that ensure consistent hiring quality and superior candidate experience.

Redmond, Washington, Us

After several successful endeavors, I was promoted to Principal Manager PM for the brand-new Groups technology (predecessor to Microsoft Teams) and existing Public Folder Enterprise communication and storage technology. I led a team of five product managers and a team of engineers in developing functionalities, spearheading agile processes, and expanding into new markets/geographies. 📌 LEADERSHIP SNAPSHOT: Designed all experiences for Office 365 cloud service, building for massive scale and 24x7 supportability.📈 SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:☑ Led product design for a new collaboration experience within Office 365 - a startup endeavor within Microsoft to bridge various existing product categories. Developed new Groups functionality from scratch, driving a first-ever integration across Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, and Outlook for 60M monthly active users, laying the foundation for the current MS Teams.☑ Delivered 50% faster adoption than comparable MS technologies by serving as a product evangelist to the media, customers, and at major industry events, such as MS Ignite and MS TechEd. ☑ Drove 100x scale improvements and a technical redesign of Public Folders within a year.☑ Spearheaded transition to agile processes resulting in a 40% reduction in shipping timeline.

Redmond, Washington, Us

I orchestrated the end-to-end strategy and ownership for "Site Mailboxes," a pivotal focus in Office 2013 that interconnected Exchange, SharePoint, and Outlook. I led cross-departmental development teams to deliver the first suite-wide scenario and collaborated closely with Marketing to position and launch Site Mailboxes as a cornerstone feature in Office 2013.📈 SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:☑ Held end-to-end ownership and drove strategy and planning for "Site Mailboxes", 1 of the 5 key investment areas in Office 2013, working across Exchange, SharePoint, and Outlook.☑ Led matrixed teams throughout the product development lifecycle and delivery of the first suite-wide scenario across Exchange, SharePoint, and Outlook for on-premises and Office 365 customers.☑ Partnered with Marketing on positioning and launch content, establishing Site Mailboxes as a key feature across Office 2013 for Enterprise and ECM customers, and highly leveraged product development cycle in all launch communications and marketing.☑ Spoke at internal and external technical events, including Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint conferences, TechEd, and TechReady, as well as in Executive Briefing Center sessions.

Redmond, Washington, Us

I owned the Windows LIVE Messenger business KPIs, a $400M ad-funded consumer service. I spearheaded global digital marketing strategies, analyzing new market potentials and collaborated with subsidiary leads to optimize marketing campaign execution.📈 SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:☑ Accountable for Windows LIVE Messenger KPIs and its associated $400M ad-funded business value and key marketing content. Owned data analysis, adoption, and usage tracking across all customer populations.☑ Drove business analysis for new market opportunities and developed and executed digital marketing strategies to drive user growth globally. Collaborated with subsidiary leads to align and optimize the execution of marketing campaigns.☑ Led a diverse cross-disciplined team in propelling Microsoft's WW Messenger Client Refresh Version (CVR), its most successful CVR to date, with minimal user churn (1% vs. forecasted 9%), minimal user and partner dissatisfaction, and no negative PR.

Redmond, Washington, Us

I established and led a global Google Compete team, recruiting 20 international Google Compete Leads. By spearheading comprehensive market research and competitive analysis, I fostered strategic alignment among business leaders, forging consistent global engagement strategies based on shared objectives.📈 SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:☑ Built a worldwide Google Compete team and recruited 20 international Google Compete Leads. Built strategic consensus with leaders across business groups and key subsidiaries by driving market research and competitive analysis to develop consistent global engagement and communication strategies based on shared goals.☑ Performed deep dive competitive, market, and business analysis with a SWAT assessment and strategic plan for global and regional business threats, opportunities, and execution.☑ Developed emerging markets strategy for Windows Live, analyzing and developing models to assess growth and monetization opportunities and identified key markets to focus on.

Redmond, Washington, Us

I was called into the Linux compete role as it presented an unprecedented business risk for Microsoft Germany. I spearheaded a 5-person Linux Compete Team, managing a $1.6M marketing budget, and orchestrated a comprehensive strategy and response framework for the German Linux Compete Team, overseeing the inception and execution of a 3-year plan across the entire subsidiary. 📈 SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:☑ Led a 5-person Linux Compete Team and managed a $1.6M marketing budget, and partnered with EMEA lead to build, onboard, and coach the EMEA Linux Compete team.☑ Developed strategy and scalable response engines for German Linux compete team, going from conception to kick-off of 3-year plan and actions across the subsidiary, including BMO, EPG, SMSP, and DPE organizations.☑ Tackled serious business challenge for German subsidiary, decreasing Linux share of new shipments from 19% to 11%, and turned around subpar public relations and perception of Linux and Open Source.

Redmond, Washington, Us

I held the role of Technical Lead for automotive clients, engaging with VP-level decision-makers and development leaders at leading EMEA automotive firms. Throughout my tenure, I secured two global flagship projects with the esteemed automotive partners FIAT and Daimler Chrysler, significantly influencing the long-term product strategy and design within the Automotive business unit.📈 SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:☑ Served as Technical Lead for automotive customers, specifically working with VP-level decision makers and development leaders at top EMEA automotive customers on Windows Automotive. Demonstrated entrepreneurship within a brand-new startup venture at Microsoft scale.☑ Won 2 worldwide automotive flagship projects for Microsoft, partnering with FIAT and Daimler Chrysler.☑ Significantly shaped the long-term product strategy and product design for the Automotive business unit and Windows Automotive.

Redmond, Washington, Us

I spearheaded the successful launch of various Windows Server and Client versions, including Windows 2000, Windows Me, and Windows XP. I served as the product spokesperson for the subsidiary, engaging with customers, partners, and media across print, radio, and live TV. I delivered keynote speeches and technical tracks to audiences of up to 1000+ attendees while building and leading a high-performing team of Technical Product Managers.📈 SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:☑ Launched multiple Windows Server and Client versions, including Windows 2000, Windows Me, and Windows XP.☑ Served as product spokesperson for the subsidiary to customers, partners, and press (including print, radio, and live TV) and presented keynote speeches and technical tracks to audiences of up to 1K+. ☑ Built and led a talented technical product team, comprised of 3 subsidiary Technical Product Managers. Developed processes to share best practices and created training plans.