Robert Hackl

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Founder and President @ RH Strategy Consulting
Miami, FL, US
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I am global business builder with a successful track record of driving large-scale impact in highly competitive technology companies across all stages – growth, mature and turnaround markets. With an experience that spans Europe and The Americas, my reputation as an industry thought leader is summed by this recent comment: “Robert led our organization to achieve things that we never thought were possible and he has redefined our industry rules.”I held critical transformational roles at T-Mobile, Sprint, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, and McKinsey delivering over $50B of shareholder value. I earned a PhD in Marketing from University of Vienna, an MBA from The Kellogg Graduate School of Management (#1 in Class), and a dual Masters from Vienna University of Economics & Business Administration.General Manager | President | CEO• Handpicked by Sprint CEO to optimize the $6B Handset Leasing business as GM, delivering a run-rate $1B EBIT to help turnaround & sale to T-Mobile• Improved EBIT by $800M to help finance T-Mobile Uncarrier execution & launched EIP to enable “Abolish subsidies” move• Turned around Tele2 Austria as CEO (10%-point EBITDA increase)Commercial COO• Turned around Vodafone COO employees NPS from -29 to +68, leading to #1 NPS in Germany• Pioneered “Surf & Talk” value proposition at Tele2 Austria• Improved service & repair NPS from 30’s to 80+ for award-winning Sprint Complete increasing EBIT by $150MOutside Director | Advisor• Bring 10 years Strategy Consulting at McKinsey, 15 years of operating experience at leading-edge, forefront technology companies• Founded RH Strategy Consulting to help technology start-ups get through the ‘infant-mortality’ stage to become high-growth and profitable• Experience with Boards to guide strategy & operational excellence through customer-centricity• Investor | Investment Committee Member of Purple Arch VenturesDr.Robert.Hackl@Gmail.com | 206.922.9993 | linkedin.com/in/robert-hackl

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RH Strategy Consulting

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Miami, FL, US
Robert Hackl Work Experience Details
  • Rh Strategy Consulting
    Founder And President
    Rh Strategy Consulting
    Miami, Fl, Us
  • Mce Systems
    Global President, Cmo And Board Member
    Mce Systems Feb 2023 - Present
    Tel-Aviv, Il
    Key objective is further accelerate MCE’s growth path, building upon its technological prowess and strong customer relationships. Continue to transform MCE from a product-focused company into a platform-driven one, which elevated our revenue profile. Understand value-creating opportunities from an end customer view through research and benchmarking work in that field.
  • Mce Systems
    President And Member Of The Board
    Mce Systems Oct 2021 - Mar 2023
    Tel-Aviv, Il
    Driving mce top-line growth through leading all strategy, marketing and sales activities on a global level. In addition, reposition the mce brand from a technology provider to an outcome provider to enable world class omni-channel customer experience increasing revenues and lowering cost to serve for telecoms operators & their partners.
  • Mce Systems
    Advisory Board Member And Advisor To The Ceo
    Mce Systems Mar 2021 - Sep 2021
    Tel-Aviv, Il
    mce Systems is the pioneer in omni-channel device lifecycle management, simplifying customers’ lives and increasing both revenues and delivery efficiency for Operators and their Partners while creating more than $2.5B of shareholder value to date. Its industry-leading solutions range across device diagnostics and care, trade-in with a price guarantee and device returns. All are omni-channel ready with world-class virtualization and provide fully integrated data management to anticipate customer needs around device-related customers issues (e.g., device health, upgrade timing). Over Its more than 15 years of experience, mce Systems has become the trusted solution to Tier-1 Operators and Industry Partners.
  • Rh Strategy Consulting Llc
    Founder & Principal
    Rh Strategy Consulting Llc Apr 2020 - Present
    ▪ Advising early-stage startups to create a sustainable value proposition and business model▪ Accelerating growth for later stage startups in Europe and the U.S. ▪ Identifying new markets and productizing existing offerings for growth stage companies▪ Raising smart capital through improving pitches and matching with high quality investors▪ Serving on boards and advisory boards for numerous startups
  • P-Ton
    Advisory Board Member And Advisor To The Founder/Chairman Of The Board
    P-Ton Mar 2021 - Present
    Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, De
    The P-ton is a global Think Tank made up of young people, senior expertise and domain experts. This combination creates highly scalable digital business ideas.
  • Match-Maker Ventures
    Senior Representative
    Match-Maker Ventures Mar 2021 - Present
    Vienna, At
    Match-Maker Ventures’ (MMV) mission is to accelerate innovation by fundamentally changing the way startups and corporates work together to unlock hidden value.MMV's Senior Representatives are industry experts with deep topic expertise who have developed a reputation in their line of business as leaders.MMV works with startups which have already achieved proof-of-concept and are ready to scale their business! MMV aims at maximizing success of the innovation journey and create impact within 12 months for both, corporations and startups.
  • Purple Arch Ventures
    Investor And Investment Committee Member
    Purple Arch Ventures Aug 2020 - Present
    Evanston, Il
    ▪ Became principal investor in the Purple Arch Venture Fund▪ Helped improve the quality of investment decisions as a Telecoms/Technology member of the Investment Committee for the Purple Arch Ventures group. Purple Arch Ventures offers a smart, simple way for Northwestern alumni and friends of the community to add venture capital to their portfolio. It is part of the Alumni Ventures Group with over $0.5B assets under management (AUM) and hundreds of executed investments since 2014.
  • Sprint
    Svp Business Transformation & Analytics, Handset Financing & Insurance (Sprint Executive Team)
    Sprint Sep 2019 - Apr 2020
    Overland Park, Kansas, Us
    Member of the Sprint Executive Team, handpicked by CEO to spearhead turnaround of the $6B Handset Leasing and $3B Device Insurance P&Ls and accelerate Business Transformation & Analytics. Led 75 central and 2,000 outsourced employees.Cumulative impacts 2017-2021 with increasing scope over time:▪Turned around EBIT of Handset Leasing business by $1B p.a. by simplifying the legacy product into the Sprint Flex brand, monetizing returned handset through auctions and mobilizing a 60,000 frontline to execute with excellence.▪Improved EBIT of Device Insurance business by >$150M p.a. by creating an industry-shaping device insurance program with Asurion/Apple and enhanced service & repair NPS from mid 30s to 80+ through operational improvements.▪Won global marketing award for Sprint Complete launch by executing an “Applesc” approach of consistency led by a passionate cross-functional team, and supported by an original song and performance incentives for the 60,000 frontline.▪To enable a next wave of transformation yielding $300-500M+ margin, created new capabilities ranging from internal consulting, scalable Intelligent Automation use cases and an AI-analytics ecosystem with startups (Innovator Summit).
  • Sprint
    Handset Leasing And Insurance Business (Svp, Sprint Executive Team)
    Sprint Nov 2017 - Sep 2019
    Overland Park, Kansas, Us
    I served as SVP of Sprint’s multi-billion-dollar Handset Leasing and Insurance businesses. As part of the Sprint's Executive Team, I helped drive Sprint’s successful turnaround and innovated the services for Sprint’s consumers with Sprint Flex and Sprint Complete. I realized a $100M YoY margin growth through transforming the traditional Insurance to industry-leading product (Sprint Complete). In addition, I realized 2nd year in the row $0.5BN more EBIT than budgeted.
  • Sprint
    Leasing Business Unit (Svp, Sprint Executive Team)
    Sprint Dec 2016 - Nov 2017
    Overland Park, Kansas, Us
    Run multi-billion USD Leasing Business Unit and part of historical Sprint turnaround:▪ Led the redesign and delivery of a winning value proposition (Sprint Flex, a hybrid between leasing and installment billing) which radically simplified the purchase experience for customers realizing 700M online page impressions with Sprint Flex launch July 14▪ Set up financial optimization plan, which will contribute USD 300M+ EBIT in Fiscal Year 2017▪ Led a perfectly orchestrated launch, mobilizing frontline and Sprint partners
  • Sprint
    Cxo And National Sales (Svp)
    Sprint Apr 2016 - Nov 2016
    Overland Park, Kansas, Us
    Responsible for National Sales (Strategy, National Retail, Telesales and Branded Channels), Customer Experience (Care, NPS, Multi-Channel Ops), some impact examples:▪ Improved NPS from 7 to 14, ▪ Increased retail conversion by 30%, ▪ Restructured collaboration with RadioShack with 250M NPV potential, ▪ Drove >30% YoY savings in Care, ▪ Initiated > 130M Sales Costs savings.
  • Vodafone Germany
    Coo (Director Of Commercial Operations) - Member Of Slt
    Vodafone Germany Aug 2013 - Mar 2016
    London, Gb
    SLT member driving all operations (B2C and B2B) spanning digital transformation, IT architecture, CX, credit policy, telesales channel, and customer care for the $12B revenues German operating company. Led a team of 9 SVPs and leading 11,000 employees (about 40% internal). Charged with optimizing a $300M budget while maximizing NPS and revenue generation.▪Improved employee NPS from -28 to 68, Engagement & Management Index to 84, and won consumer segment service NPS lead and multiple service awards in Germany through turning around the frontline culture of 11,000 people.▪Reduced Enterprise service costs by 20% and realized 70% web mix of new business activations by introducing the first fully digital sales and services platform. Concurrently, increased Service NPS from 14 to 55 through new service strategy.▪Won #1 Brand NPS position, doubled the services NPS and won multiple awards for best app including Vodafone’s Best App worldwide through executing first integrated omni-channel approach to consumer sales and service.▪Created key enabler for digital transformation, an orchestration layer to simplify sales front end designs across channels, which reduced capex by 50% and increased speed to market for changes from 3-6 months to 2-4 weeks. ▪Developed a Cloud-based (Pega) business automation framework for the Vodafone Enterprise business, which enabled a stepwise E2E automation of digital quotes, orders, and implementation life cycle sales & service processes.▪Realized $300M cash contributions through designing and executing a new model of a cost efficiency program (cash based “Fit for Growth”), which was adopted as the new Vodafone Group standard worldwide.
  • T-Mobile Us
    Svp Channel Management
    T-Mobile Us Oct 2010 - May 2013
    Bellevue, Wa, Us
    Built a channel management function from the ground up overseeing a $3.8B budget. Managed 6 Vice Presidents with a total direct team of 300 internal Margin Managers and Analysts reporting to the COO. Responsible for T-Mobile’s postpaid customer base, acquisition & retention costs, distribution strategy, credit policy and operational CRM. ▪Improved EBITDA by $800M leveraging value-based strategy of customer acquisition and retention across all channels and reducing churn from 2.7% to 1.6%, which helped finance T-Mobile’s Uncarrier strategy execution.▪Created first mover advantage with handset installment billing to enable T-Mobile’s Un-Carrier strategy launch claim of ‘killing phone subsidies’, i.e., the first separation of service rate plan and handset contract.▪Generated $200M EBITDA through launching a “late-payment fee” and a credit-class driven collection path.▪Reduced bad debt spend by 50% through innovated credit policy, which enhanced sales rate and reduced credit losses.▪Generated add-on revenues of $100M in 2011 and $150M in 2012 through architecting a state-of-the-art frontline CRM system linked to compensation and enabling the push of CLV-enhancing offers and alerts to frontline employees.▪Recognized for outstanding contributions with Peak Achievement Award, T-Mobile’s highest honor.
  • Deutsche Telekom
    Svp International Sales And Service
    Deutsche Telekom Nov 2009 - Sep 2010
    Bonn, Germany, De
    Managed 7 direct reports at the VP level and team of 110 functional experts across channel development, retail design & productivity, customer experience, e-channel build, supply chain management and frontline training. ▪Identified over $500M in EBITDA improvement opportunities through most comprehensive benchmarking to date across Telekom Europe’s operating companies (Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria and UK)▪Delivered $200M in EBITDA run-rate improvement across Europe in my first year of execution through partnering with regional CEOs to develop new sales & marketing practices addressing customer satisfaction and profitability.▪Transformed a team of experts into a recognized internal consulting practice through documenting all successful pilots into practical execution blueprints with clear financial objectives and changing the operating model (“expert booking only with financial commitment of the operating company”)▪Key to success were CEO-sponsored aggressive Sales and Service productivity pilots, which led to rapidly booked out functional experts with waiting lists (e.g., Retail Productivity blueprint).
  • Cems Alumni Association
    President
    Cems Alumni Association 2008 - 2010
    Jouy-En-Josas, Île-De-France, Fr
  • Tele2 Austria
    Chief Executive Officer
    Tele2 Austria Aug 2006 - Nov 2008
    Kista , Se
    Key facts 2006: Promoted to CEO in 2007 after 5 months as CCO to drive turnaround for Austria’s 2nd largest Wireline telco with $0.5B in revenues. Managed 12 direct reports at the SVP level and a team 1200 employees (2/3 outsourced).▪Turned around a nearly bankrupt subsidiary within 2 years CEO tenure (10% points increase in EBITDA to turn FCF positive) through recruiting top industry executives into the SLT, implementing a leaner operating model and driving a radical profit improvement program developed with the key talents of the company.▪Realized 75%+ net adds share against incumbent telco through pioneered fixed broadband market with first unlimited surf & talk value proposition and overcoming marketing budget deficit through aggressive P.R. campaigns.▪Reduced complaints by about 90% through making customer satisfaction top corporate target (50%) and an end-to-end customer experience improvement program, which also earned us public recognition of the Austrian Telecoms regulator.▪Improved employee morale through transparent communication and an employee participation in the company success.▪Got backed as CEO by PE firm Riverside for an MBO despite the ongoing financial crisis. As the deal price fundamentals changed during negotiations, the acquisition was not consummated – the initiated wholesale last mile price challenge in front of the European Commission during my CEO tenure led to a 30% reduction of for the last mile rates.
  • Mckinsey & Company
    Associate Principal, Senior Marketing & Sales Expert
    Mckinsey & Company Jan 1996 - Jul 2006
    Us
    Key facts 2017: Top Strategic Advisory Firm, $10BN+; 27K employeesLed a variety of complex client engagements: enterprise-wide turnaround programs, strategic repositioning, product innovations, business model re-designs, and sales and customer experience improvements. Contributed to McKinsey Quarterly article Transforming Sales & Service, which led to a large number of high-value client engagements worldwide.▪Created a sustainable market position and increased profitability (generating 20x payback on consulting fees) for European wireless reseller by innovating its value proposition and re-imagining the business model (price leader with margin upsell focus, innovative franchise concept).▪Reversed data segment revenues decline (yielding 10x payback on fees) through redesigning a product portfolio for a European fixed-line telephone company.▪Reached positive return on sales within first 4 months of 6 months engagement in a revenue focused turnaround program (e.g., revenue leakage, smart pricing, call center value-add, cost avoidance) for global IT-distributor client.▪Doubled projected revenue impact of sales pipeline within 4 months in pilot country and launched European rollout of Corporate Sales improvement program for European Logistics Services Provider.

Robert Hackl Skills

Strategy Management Telecommunications Crm Business Strategy Product Management Leadership Strategic Planning Business Planning Cross Functional Team Leadership Go To Market Strategy Strategic Partnerships Channel Partners Mobile Devices Mergers And Acquisitions Solution Selling Team Leadership Performance Improvement Customer Relationship Management Churn And Retention Management Continuous Process Improvement International Sales And Service Aggressive Growth Strategy Customer Experience And Crm Retail Enterprise Wide Communication Strategic Direction And Marketing Turn Around Expert/change Agent High Performance Team Building B2b Continuous Improvement High Performance Teams

Robert Hackl Education Details

  • Northwestern University - Kellogg School Of Management
    Northwestern University - Kellogg School Of Management
    Marketing
  • Wu (Vienna University Of Economics And Business)
    Wu (Vienna University Of Economics And Business)
    Adjunct Faculty At Department Of International Marketing
  • University Of Vienna
    University Of Vienna
    Marketing
  • Wu (Vienna University Of Economics And Business)
    Wu (Vienna University Of Economics And Business)
    Commerce And Master Of International Management

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