Manuela-Bianca: CEO - Germany
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iCEO™: 83281
Position: CEO
Nationality: Germany
Home Country: United Arab Emirates (The)
Experience
Strategic-transformational CEO/CTO with long track record of achievements and core competence in software disruptive technologies
-Holder of an Outstanding Leadership Award
-AI Advisory
-Global leadership for up 1000 software developers
-Rolled out products in area of artificial intelligence, blockchain, IoT, smart cities / internet of vehicles (IoV), software defined vehicles
Major Achievements
-Doubling of revenue to currently €1B through disruptive technologies/innovative products
-Significant reduction of the R&D Quota from 14% to 7%, which has an essential positive impact on profit. The sector benchmark for this KPI is between 6-8%.
- Redesign of the R&D organization from a single in-house project to global, agile, sustainable, and economic structures. This made possible to expand from only one customer to 7 customers in 4 years, currently with more than 12 million complex software devices and cloud services in series
-An increase in Project Management KPI from 91 to 98 (7%) based on the reshaping the organization and introducing a stage-gate approach for projects delivery. As a benchmark, a KPI of 100 means that all projects have been delivered in budget, quality and time
-Empowering the teams to receive numerous innovation awards and to secure numerous IPs/patents worldwide
Industry Sector Competencies
• Software• Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, IoV
• Automotive
• Engineering
• Insurance
Professional Objectives
• Function: CEO / CTO / Non-exec Director / Artificial Intelligence Advisor• Interim Manager: Yes
• Permanent Position: Yes
• Operational: Yes
• Availability: Full time, Part time
• Prefered Locations: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria
Additional Professional Interests
• Operational Coaching on demand• Non Executive Director Assignments
Countries Covered
• Germany• United Arab Emirates (The)
Operational Competencies
• AI strategy (Expert)• Technologies to market (Expert)
• Business development (Professional)
• Acquisition and shadow management (Professional)
• New product or service launch (Expert)
• Geographical expansion (Professional)
• Company rescue or turnaround (Expert)
• Pre or post investment audit (Professional)