Andreas Görmer

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Andreas Görmer

Dipl.-Ing.

Senior Product Manager

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  • 64297 Darmstadt
  • Germany

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Personal information

  • Wants
    new challenges
  • Haves
    Visionär, Soziale Kompetenz, Führungsqualität, Engagement, Teamgeist, Product Mangement, Technical Marketing
  • Interests
    Joggen, Rudern, MTB

Professional experience

  • Employment status
    Employee

Educational background

  • Oct 1987 - May 1992
    TU Dresden

    Electrical engineering, computer science, integrated circuit design, Dipl.-Ing.

  • Languages
    German (First language), English (Fluent), Russian (Basic knowledge)

About me

Curriculum Vitae


Profile

Senior Product Manager with18 years experience in software engineering and IT management, responsible for definition, design and roll-out of strategic products in the area of Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) and mainframe integration.
Proven technical and strategic skills in aligning marketing and sales objectives with product feature sets and implementation plans. Strong ability to network with diverse groups of professionals including customer executives.


Career

Jan 2008 – present Software AG, Darmstadt, Germany and Tel Aviv, Israel
Senior Product Manager
Responsible for the roll-out of the newly acquired products “Jacada Interface Server” and “Jacada Integrator”, as well as the definition, design and roll-out of other mainframe integration products. The current role also accounts for marketing centric topics like development of pricing proposals, business case analysis, market development and pipeline support.


Feb 2006 – 2007 Software AG, Darmstadt, Germany and Reston, USA
Senior Product Manager
Responsible for definition, design and roll-out of diverse products in the area of Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) including product feature and use case design, technical leadership and field roll-out support. The role requires a strong technical background to judge on the implementation feasibility and efforts of market-driven feature requirements. Expertise in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Semantic Integration and Master Data Management

Key achievements:
• Designed and successfully launched new product strategy for Software AG ESB (Enterprise Service Bus), significantly improving analyst ranking (see Forrester ESB Wave 2006)
• Successful management of international technology partners in Germany, Japan, Ireland, Canada and USA to complement Best-of-Breed technology
Responsibilities:
• Definition of product requirements and preparation of competitive analysis
• Negotiate Product specification and delivery with R&D
• Contribute content to collaterals, internal and customer communities
• Support customer acquisitions with technical presentations and discussions
• Define and communicate product life-cycle, Roadmaps and Milestones
• Prepare and implement build/buy/partner decisions
• Market evaluation with prototyping, mockups and previews of upcoming product versions


Jul 2001 – Feb 2006 Software AG, Darmstadt, Germany and Reston, USA
Product Manager
Responsible for various EAI products including EntireX Communicator, EntireX Orchestrator, EntireX XML Mediator and Enterprise Service Integrator.

Responsibilities:
• Definition of product requirements
• Negotiate Product specification and delivery with R&D
• Team leader of different international virtual teams
• Project leader of porting projects
• Instructor for product training
• Presentations to international customers

Jul 2000 – Jun 2001 Software AG, Darmstadt, Germany
Project Manager

• Definition and implementation of the intranet to manage project life cycles of EntireX Communicator


Oct 1997 – Jun 2000 Software AG, Darmstadt, Germany
Software Engineer Specialist

Focus Area:
• Design and implementation of software components in C, C++
• TCP/IP, VT100, NetWare for SAA , SNA, LU2
• Project leader maintenance for the product Entire Connection (SAP Connection)
• Responsible for the SCCM (Software Change and Configuration Management) in the team


April 1997 – Sep 1997 TLC GmbH (DB-Systems), Frankfurt, Germany
Project Leader

• “Auslisteverfahren” (digital display of reservations in all trains of Deutsche Bahn AG)


Jul 1992 – Mar 1997 Software AG, Darmstadt, Germany
Software Engineer

Focus Area:
• Programming language C, C++, Assembler
• Implementation of different communication protocols like TCP/IP, TN3270, VT100, and NetWare for SAA.
• Programming experience using different Windows and Macintosh API


1983 – 1987 Military Service, Brueck, Germany


Professional Development (Training)

• “Interactive personnel management”, “Teambuilding”, “Self-management”, “Leadership”, “Business Applications”, “Labor law for Executives” at Management Zentrum St. Gallen
• Personality and vocational courses in “Business Communication”, ”Business English”, “Rhetoric”, “Presenting and Convincing”, “Professional Negotiation” and “Confident Rhetoric” at VA-Akademie
• Intercultural courses for USA, Japan and India, e.g. “Successful Business in Japan” at German Global Competence Forum
• Special product management and marketing courses, e.g. “Requirements that Work” at Pragmatic Marketing


Personal Details
Nationality German


Education
1992 Technical University Dresden, Germany
Diploma: Graduate in Electrical Engineering Grade: 2, 2

Languages German (native), English (fluent), Russian (basic)

1980 – 1983 Carl von Ossietzky Gymnasium, Teltow
Abitur,
Technician Apprenticeship


Interests
Jogging, Rowing, MTB, Photography and playing the Accordion


Talks

MDM (Master Data Management) in der SOA “SOA World” at CeBIT, Hannover, 2007
ROI in der SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) Schloss Dagstuhl, 2006
 

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