Dr. Harald Varel

Product Management for SaaS Platforms, Program Management, Project Management and Interim Management

Break for family and some personal development after more than 25 years in IT business.

Leading SaaS cloud platform for the digitalization of transport logistics. This platform optimizes collaboration between shippers and carriers and accelerates logistics processes. - Tribe Lead for Platform Services, based on the cross-functional Spotify organizational model: product management, UX, software development and market launch. - Interim Tribe Lead (until 05/2022) for Yard- and Time-Slot Management.

Development and Head of Product Management & Product Marketing (until 12/2019) for Transport Allocation, Transport Visibility, Yard & Time Slot Management, and Platform Services: Developing product strategy, managing the product portfolio, creating business models, development of pricing strategies, Go-to-Market launches, managing partnerships, handling M&A.

- Managing Director, Wilken Rechenzentrum GmbH (08/10-05/16): Business development, sales, marketing, finance & HR. Conversion of on-premise license business to SaaS with pay-per-use pricing model. Also: - Limited Partner, Wilken Treuhand KG (03/12-02/14): Strategy development. - Authorized signatory, Wilken Informationsmanagement GmbH (09/11-04/13): Head of Post Merger Integration & Controlling. - General Management, Wilken GmbH (01/11-04/13): Strategy, M&A, Business Development & Marketing (ad int).

Specialist in MMS for steel trade. - Head of Turnaround, Strategy and M&A. - Sole Managing Director since 11/2009. - Execute M&A

- Head of ERP consulting and special projects. - Development of a Professional IT Services department. - Program manager for the e-banking module.

- System Program Manager with worldwide project and budget responsibility for product specification, development, hardware production, piloting and market launch. - Overall project manager for UMTS / 3G development. - Participation in the international 3G mobile radio standardization committee.

ormerly debis Systemhaus GEI GmbH, Division Telematics, Mobility and Information Systems. - Project management and quality management. - Pre-sales and IT consulting. - Project auditor at debis AG.

Management of a laser application laboratory for scientific and industrial purposes, equipped with various laser systems (solid state, excimer and dye lasers) and spectroscopic methods.

Laser Materialbearbeitung, Festkörperphysik, zeitaufgelöste Spektroskopie, Oberflächenanalyse, Hochvakuumsysteme, Entwicklung von Lasersystemen.

Angewandte Physik im Bereich Laserentwicklung und Medizinphysik