Dipl.-Ing. Ernesto Beneke
Employee, Senior Director Business Development, Salesforce
Dublin, Ireland
Timeline
Professional experience for Ernesto Beneke
Current , since Feb 2020
Senior Director Business Development
Salesforce
1 year and 7 months, Jul 2018 - Jan 2020
Director Business Development
Salesforce
Developing business in commercial & enterprise segments. Building a pipeline of outstanding talent. Accelerating growth in the DACH region.
3 years and 11 months, Nov 2013 - Sep 2017
Client Director
Cisco Systems
Client Director for A1 Telekom Austria Group (America Movil Europe) Responsible for Cisco's end-to-end business in 7 countries
2 years and 3 months, Aug 2011 - Oct 2013
Director Sales & Business Development - EMEAR
Cisco Systems
Director EMEAR Commercial Office - responsible for all commercial negotiations & agreements with our Strategic Service Provider Accounts. Key clients: Deutsche Telekom, BT, Vodafone, Telefonica, TIM, UPC, Etisalat, Orange, MTN, Vimpelcom
5 years, Aug 2006 - Jul 2011
Director Sales & Business Development Emerging Markets
Cisco Systems
Director Commercial Office in Emerging Markets (LATAM, MEA, CEE and Russia) Responsible for commercial agreements with our most Strategic Accounts in Enterprise, Public Sector and Service Provider. Key clients: America Móvil, Turkcell, Telkom South Africa, Telefonica, MTN, du, Maxtelecom
1 year and 2 months, Jun 2005 - Jul 2006
Director Worldwide Sales Operations - Mobility
Cisco Systems
Global Mobile Vertical sales operations (covering largest Mobile Operators in one global sales operation)# Leading global team in all continents
1 year and 8 months, Aug 2003 - Mar 2005
Head of Supply Chain Management
ONE (now Drei)
Director SCM, responsible for all categories, reporting to the CFO. Change management, reducing spend, driving down cost, driving operational efficiency, partnering with other Operators. Chairman and Lead of Starmap Mobile Alliance's "Joint Sourcing Group" (amongst others: Telenor, o2, Wind, sunrise, ONE, Amena)
3 years, Aug 2000 - Jul 2003
Chief Operating Officer
TOP Business AG (now Grundig Akademie Gruppe)
TOP Business AG merges its training & consulting businesses, running offices in Hamburg, Neuss, Ulm & Nürnberg Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Board, full P&L responsibility for the high-tech practice business, acquiring partners & clients, scaling the business, developing new skills & services Key Clients: ONE, o2, Philips, o2, Shell, TÜV, H3G, Orange, Accenture
3 years and 10 months, Oct 1996 - Jul 2000
Managing Director
T.O.P. BusinessConsult (now Grundig Akademie Gruppe)
T.O.P. provides technology training services and launches a new consulting practice Developing new consulting practice (acquiring talent, clients & skills) Key Clients: VIAG Interkom, ONE, o2, Orange, tele.ring, Sabafon, Nortel, Nokia, E-Plus, Damovo, Accenture, Genesys, Ericsson
3 months, Jul 1996 - Sep 1996
Sales & Business Development Manager
Lucent Technologies (now Nokia)
New Lucent Technologies brand is created out of AT&T Networks division Driving organizational change, responsible for Sales & Business Development of UMTS-Networks in Germany
5 months, Feb 1996 - Jun 1996
Sales & Business Development Manager
AT&T Network Systems (now Nokia)
AT&T acquires Philips (PKI) and broadens its Mobile Network portfolio Responsible for Sales & Business Development of the new end-to-end 2G & 3G Mobile Network solution
1 year and 4 months, Oct 1994 - Jan 1996
Strategic Alliance Manager for AT&T
Philips Kommunikations Industrie (now Nokia)
Philips complements its Mobile Network portfolio through a strategic partnership with AT&T Responsible for developing the Alliance with AT&T (GSM & UMTS networks), closing OEM agreement and then a joint development partnership, driving integration of organizations
2 years and 9 months, Jan 1992 - Sep 1994
Sales & OEM Sales Manager
Philips Kommunikations Industrie (now Nokia)
Philips develops, manufactures & sells Radio Infrastructure and Mobile Devices Sales & OEM Sales Manager (GSM BSS - Mobile Network Infrastructure) for Southern Europe territory
11 months, Feb 1991 - Dec 1991
Sales & Project Manager
Giesecke & Devrient
G&D diversifies and invests in its new high-tech Smart Card & Personalization business Sales & Project Manager (Personalization & ID Systems) for public sector & private sector
Educational background for Ernesto Beneke
2 years and 3 months, Oct 1996 - Dec 1998
Executive MBA
Henley Business School
Stage 1: International Marketing, Human Resources Management, Operations, Finance, Global Strategy, IT
3 years and 11 months, Sep 1986 - Jul 1990
Product Engineering
HFU Hochschule Furtwangen University
Fertigungstechnik, Informationstechnik, Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen, Produktmanagement, Projektmanagement
Languages
German
First language
English
Fluent
Spanish
First language
French
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