Andreas Kolar

Master of Science, Dipl. Ing.

Director Strategy and Business Development

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06901 Sophia Antipolis, France

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Wants

* Get to know intelligent, active and inspirational people * Develope more friendships around the world * keep the eyes open for all new things !!! * Be open for new business ideas

Haves

I am an energetic and result-oriented senior executive with over 15 years of experience in leading technical, as well as, sales oriented teams. What characterizes my leadership style in-short, is the combination of management attention to details with the “big picture” and long-term strategy. In 2001, Compaq recruited me to grow the Telecom SW business which happened to be at the beginning of a downturn in the market. Within the first 12 months, I grew the business by 75% from 12 M$ to 21 M$. This was not a one-off sales boost, the revenue grew to 200 M$ over the following next 4 years. Our growth was based on well thought out decisions, focus on fast execution and great team work. In addition to my international business experience and technical education background, my language skills have been a great asset in managing multicultural teams worldwide. I have progressively developed my career and continuously grown responsibilities in-line with my background and skills. I am now interested in moving beyond my current strategy position. Therefore I am seeking for a Senior Leadership/Management position with respective responsibilities.

Interests

Active Sports-i.e. Jogging, Modern Arts, Classical Music, Science and Nature, Top class food and cooking, cultures, good company and intelligent people

Organizations

Kellogg's MBA Alumni, HP Alumni, President of a French community organization, Member in various online Forums, Engaged in HP's internal Mentoring program as mentor

Professional experience (22 years, 11 months)

Jan 2006 - present

(3 years, 11 months)

Director Strategy and Business Development

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Industry: Computer Software, IT and Telecom Software

Feb 2001 - Dec 2005

(4 years, 11 months)

Director Worldwide Sales & Marketing

Hewlett Packard Development Company, http://www.hp.com

Industry: Telecommunication, Software

Feb 1996 - Jan 2001

(5 years)

Director Sales and Marketing

Various Start-Up's (Premisys Comm, Vocalis Plc)

Industry: Telecommunication, Speech Recognition, Intelligent Networks

Oct 1994 - Jan 1996

(1 year, 4 months)

Marketing Manager

Ericsson

Industry: Telecommunication, IT and Computer Networking (IP technology)

Dec 1986 - Aug 1994

(7 years, 9 months)

Key Account Manager

Siemens AG Austria, http://www.siemens.de

Industry: Computer & Network Security

Status

Executive

Educational background

University/College

Kellogg's School of Management, Sep 2004 - Oct 2004

Executive MBA program

Leadership skills

Technical University of Vienna, Sep 1979 - Jun 1985

Electronics and Telecommunications, Master of Science (Dipl. Ing.)

Communication technologies (IP and ATM) General Software Development Diplom work: invent and build a Test and Measurement device

Languages

German (First language), English (Fluent), French (Fluent), Chinese (Basic knowledge)

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