Dipl.-Ing. Stephan Kappel

Imagine Communications is the former broadcast unit of Harris Communications transforming the Media & Entertainment market to a future defined by IP, software, virtualization & the Cloud. In charge of solution design/consulting, project management, implementation, support and training • Design, delivery and support of solutions for Video Playout/Networks, OTT/Multiscreen and Distribution • Managing an international team of up to 60 people • P&L responsibility

Regional Manager for Russia & CIS • General Manager for Avid Russia with power of attorney for the entity • Setup of the Avid Office in Moscow (registration of the legal entity, recruiting of employees and partners) • In charge of sales and pre-sales for professional and retail business • Russian partner management, business development • Despite of the financial crisis overachievement of sales targets

Avid offers IT based broadcast, post production and prof. audio solutions to create, distribute, and monetize award-winning films, videos, music, TV shows, live concerts, and news shows. • In charge of pre-sales/solution sales, solution design, technical consulting, proposal development and project delivery • Managing a team of 15 people (pre-sales, project/bid managers, project engineers) • Business development for Russia: partnership with the biggest Russian system integrators

SGI offered solutions for Virtual Realty, high-end graphics, high-performance computing & storage, Media and IT. Prof. Services Manager Broadcast Europe Practice Manager DACH Prof. Services Manager Media Project Manager • System Integrator: Digital Newsrooms, Editing, Archives, Play-out, IT/Internet • Product Management for the SW products Network Editing Optimizer (NEO) and Digital Archive • P&L responsibility, Pre-sales/solution sales, system design & delivery

Manager IT and Internet Services •• Pioneered Internet technology at Siemens, registered Siemens’ first Internet Domain “siemens.de” • Web Hosting, Internet Services for 4000 workstations on a consumption-based model • SAP R/3 platform for 1800 users • UNIX-Client/Server network with database, storage, compute and print servers • Defined SLAs, calculated prices, designed, sold and delivered IT services IT Systems Engineer • Internet/Intranet Services, databases, client/server software, IT Security

Software Engineering / Automation Graduated with distinction Topic of diploma thesis: “Digital Image Processing to control a robot with a CCD camera” (System Design & Software Development)