Ulf Poelke

Established global customer relationships: Managed business & technical relations with 45+ telco, consumer electronics, fitness, healthcare industry and distribution customers, incl. AT&T. Developed sales material and competitive analyses helping establish WIMM as wearable industry leader.

Developed business & product strategies and established global customer relationships: Implemented the B2C monetization strategy resulting in 30+ million app installations and serving as main revenue driver: established and managed ad, search and content partner relationships. Developed business strategy & financial model and successfully pitched to venture capitalist. Established and managed business & technical sales with 35+ operators, OEMs and chipset manufacturers.

Established business in the Americas and led the Sales Engineering team: Initiated and managed business & technical relations and closed multi-million dollar opportunities with operators, handset OEMs and chipset manufacturers, incl. AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile, Time Warner, U.S. Cellular, Alltel, Motorola, Hewlett Packard, Qualcomm. Established San Diego office and operations in the Americas.

Worked in a continuous engagement for the EVP of the international product management division of a major global mobile operator: Developed strategies and conceptual end-to-end designs for non-voice products and radio access. This included high-level system & network design, evaluation of options for service offer, outsourcing decisions as well as an in-detail understanding of optimization technologies for mobile data services. Managed multi-national product & technology eval. and implementation projects.

Engaged in several national and international client projects: Conducted commercial and technical due diligence of e-business companies in preparation for IPO. Developed a methodology for commercial and technical due diligence in e-business. Developed conceptual designs, implemented and rolled out e-business applications.

Successfully planned and managed a turn-around resulting in higher revenues and a cost reduction of over 30%

CAU University of Kiel - Germany