Simeon Wittenberg

Founding design leader responsible for product experience, brand, marketing and culture during scale-up phase. • Built and led the full experience function across product, brand and go-to-market • Led enterprise SaaS redesign after strategic business pivot (monitoring → portfolio management) • Reduced dashboard load times from 10–15s to 1–2s • Simplified complex data workflows, reducing customer onboarding from days to a single session • Enabled real-time portfolio simulations (days → seconds) • Built and

Senior role focused on platform strategy, cross-company synergies and operating models. • Identified and shaped platform and portfolio opportunities across group companies • Built cross-company UX & Design community • Led knowledge management and design maturity initiatives • Facilitated strategy, partner and product principle workshops • Challenged fragmented portfolios and supported prioritization and focus

Strategic designer in Mercedes-Benz’s corporate incubator, working at board-level on 0–1 innovation and venture building. • Led desirability validation for new ventures across mobility, production and aftersales • Worked across exploration, MVP and line-integration phases • Prepared executive-ready decision materials and pitched to senior leadership • Contributed to ventures with €100M+ impact potential • Embedded design thinking into operating model and culture • Mentored junior strategic designers

Freelance service designer embedded in Deutsche Telekom’s Creation Center (T-Labs). • Co-led enterprise service design and UX projects • Led design thinking trainings for 100+ leaders and employees • Relaunched a €50M revenue dealer management system for Volkswagen partners • Supported enterprise-wide design thinking & UX capability building

- Focus on Service Design, Strategic Design, Design Research and Business Design - Strong foundation in user-centered design, systems thinking, design & economy and innovation concepts - Coursework included Service Design, Design Research, Design & Economy, Design Concepts, Ecology & Design, Identi