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Chicago, Il, Us

Eindhoven, North Brabant, Nl

Eindhoven, North Brabant, Nl

Play a pivotal role in leading the product and technology management organization for a €1B+ mapping and location data services company, driving critical initiatives and aligning company strategy with the portfolio strategy.★ Lead a high-visibility team in strategizing for software-defined vehicles within Product and Technology, defining investments in core competencies, role in partnership solutions, and fit for new GenAI-enabled features.★ Build financial acumen and framework for Product Leaders to decide on product profitability by building frameworks around cost allocations based on API interactions across the product portfolio. Resulting in an 80% reduction in portfolio complexity.★ Aligned leaders on portfolio growth strategy with €10M+ potential in new segments through building solutions for multi-industry segments.★ Develop a comprehensive sustainability-focused product portfolio estimated at €5M of new customer value for Transportation & Logistics. ★ Provided strategic advisory to product and technology leadership in product-market fit, pricing models, and financial forecasting.★ Drove transformation elevating product management function with SaaS metrics, financial insights, and engagement.

Eindhoven, North Brabant, Nl

Led newly formed product operations team, responsible for implementing discovery to delivery best practices. Enhanced communications and collaboration between product managers, sales, and engineering teams, resulting in improved alignment with go-to-market standards. Conducted training for a team of 100+ product managers, utilizing ProductBoard to align and implement effective ways of working.★ Spearheaded business intelligence overhaul enabling data-driven product planning based on voice of customer insights and market analysis improving product management response times to sales by 11%. ★ Implemented strategic alignment across Product, Engineering and Go-to-Market driving clear product messaging.★ Headed operational excellence initiatives optimizing product delivery and reducing time to market by 10%.

Eindhoven, North Brabant, Nl

Managed a $60MM budget and led the performance of an engineering team, overseeing business cadences, financial planning, annual & quarterly reviews, strategy reviews, All Hands meetings, KPIs, and organizational health.★ Acted as Chief of Staff to the VP of Engineering, spearheading operational transformation initiatives across HR, finance, legal, product, and operations, leading to a 12% increase in employee satisfaction.★ Led change management involving vice presidents, senior directors, and directors to enhance the team's ability to consistently deliver market value, resulting in a 95% achievement of KPIs.★ Guided the engineering team in implementing cost-saving best practices for AWS cloud services, such as bulk procurement of a year's worth of product, transparent usage reporting to leadership, and efficient onboarding of cloud services. Achieved a 10% reduction in expenses.★ Collaborated with the leadership team to develop and implement cost reduction initiatives and a corporate reorganization, resulting in $5MM in savings. These savings facilitated the hiring of additional engineers to strengthen machine learning capabilities.★ Coordinated annual planning, quarterly reviews, KPI definitions, budget management, communication of organizational changes, and team survey results across three regions, overseeing 150 leaders and 600+ engineers.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT HERE TECHNOLOGIESHERE Technologies specializes in providing advanced location technology solutions for various industries and applications.

Served as a consultant and advisor to portfolio companies' leadership, optimizing operations for enhanced efficiency, productivity, and revenue growth while reducing expenses.★ Integrated three high-tech security companies into a single organization, achieving $1.5MM in synergies through reduced overhead and real estate costs.★ Led significant improvements within a security corporation, resulting in a 10% performance increase by mitigating employee turnover, lowering call center response times, and expediting training cycles, leading to higher customer satisfaction.★ Developed and executed a 100-day strategic roadmap for a portfolio company, driving operational transformation and achieving a 10% revenue increase.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT DRIEHAUS PRIVATE EQUITYDriehaus Private Equity is a private investment firm that invests in entrepreneurial companies seeking to grow organically or through acquisition with a dynamic source of capital and resources beyond capital.

Chicago, Il, Us

★ Launched a startup focused on developing an app to enable users to share items throughout their communities.★ Participated in the development of an investor pitch and business cases. Developed and delivered investor presentations that garnered $20,000 in funding.★ Responsible for cultivating a pipeline of more than 100 leads that produced the company’s first five clients.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT SPARE TO SHARESpare to Share was a start-up business dedicated to building a community to help share unused items in major metropolitan areas such as condos, student living, and apartments.

★ Managed a $20M R&D budget for a 150-person electronics manufacturing organization.★ Recognized for consistently coming in 5% under budget.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT CASE NEW HOLLANDCase New Holland designs, produces, and sells agricultural machinery and construction equipment.

Lisle, Il, Us

★ Managed 10 engineers designing trucks for military applications as well as prototypes of electronic innovations.★ Negotiated with vendors to secure a 20% reduction in the cost of electronic components.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT NAVISTARNavistar operates as the owner of International brand of trucks and diesel engines.

Hanover, De

Hanover, De

Hanover, De

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Entrepreneurship, Finance, Strategy

Bachelors Of Science, Electrical Engineering