Wolfgang Bremer

• Shaping automotive industry future for premier conference of global automakers, government, transport leaders.

• Shaping customer-centric UX future via leading mobility conference redefining automotive experience.

• 2025 - Brave UX Podcast: Trust, Teams, and Tangible Impact • 2025 - SDN Next Gen Conference: Dare to Impact • 2024 - Reuters Electrifying Europe: Navigating the Rise of EVs • 2023 - Reuters Automotive Europe: Optimise Life Cycle of EV Batteries • 2023 - Red Hat Compiler Podcast: How design tackles problem-solving • 2022 - Hatch Conference Berlin: Human Centered Design Leadership • 2021 - UXIndia Conference, Digital Leadership • 2019 - UXSEA Summit Singapore: Everybody is a Designer. Deal with it.

• Hands-on product design leadership - Fortune 500s (VW Group Charging VP), global startups.​ • B2C/B2B direction - 100M+ users, 190+ countries (SAP, Nokia).​ • Position design as exec strategy - VW Group Charging, Reuters/360°UX boards. • Scale teams human-centered - 10x at VW (2 –> 20), NPS +82 at SAP.​ • Mentor leaders, designers, non-designers - Global hyper-growth teams. Need fractional help? Message me. - More info: bremer.co

• Reported to CTO as executive leadership team member; served on global VW Group brands design leadership team. • Headed software/hardware design for energy/charging solutions. • Responsible for design vision and experience strategy. • Built and led the experience design organization through hyper-growth, spanning research, product design (UX/UI), hardware design, brand design, graphic design, writing, design systems, and operations. • Accelerated product development and drove transformation into an...

Vice President of Design (ad interim) for Volkswagen Group Charging.

Head of Design for Volkswagen Group Charging.

• Co-founded and scaled largest global co-founder platform to 100K+ users. • Led design from scratch; jointly drove product strategy and development. • Delivered cross-functional alignment (design/product/eng) for user growth via UX research and A/B testing.

• Led largest analytics UX team (desktop/mobile); boosted leadership NPS to record 82 (from -23) in ten months. • Restructured growing team (+25% growth), making it analytics org’s strongest design unit. • Managed stakeholder alignment (SVP, VPs Product/Engineering) across analytics/data warehousing (20+ global teams). • Implemented design process, prototyping tools, user research, and global ops across six countries. • Oversaw design system creation for scalable UX across global analytics organization.

• Created new design language for Canada's #1 car classifieds site (5.5M monthly users). • Led design for Consumer, Non-Passenger Vehicles, and Dealer teams (desktop/mobile). • Boosted consumer sales NPS +34 points (22 –> 56) via full UX/UI redesign in 6 months.

• Reported directly to CEO; led design for SaaS platform serving Coca-Cola, Sony, Unilever, among others. • Led product management for key features in flagship MLS 2.0 marketing information system. • Elevated design to strategic C-level function across the company.

• Headed design for Nokia Web Project Office - directed 20+ large-scale web projects across Germany and US teams. • Led UX program and project management for B2B/B2C desktop/mobile initiatives. • Provided creative direction to external agencies. • Drove stakeholder alignment across design, brand, and marketing for consistent digital experiences.

• Headed design for Nokia PrimePlace (B2C/B2B), bringing location services to millions across Nokia Maps. • Co-led visual design for Nokia Maps platform powering millions across 190+ countries. • Design Lead for co-branded Nokia/Microsoft business portal. • Delivered end-to-end UX/UI design (concepts, prototypes, A/B testing) for AdConnector, Windows Phone ads, desktop/mobile projects.

• Invested in global online booking platform for scuba divers and dive centers.

• Reported directly to CEO; core leadership team member driving product strategy alignment. • Headed design for 2/3 business units (social media products, Strands Recommender), serving 100K+ users. • Directed international team (Creative Director, designers, front-end devs) across 2 continents. • Orchestrated cross-functional alignment (product/eng/marketing/ops) while heading European brand design.

• Reported to VP Mobile; Design Lead mobile social media and music products (iPhone/Nokia/Symbian/BlackBerry/Java). • Led complete design overhaul of Strands Social Player mobile music software - drove 2M+ downloads. • Owned desktop/mobile websites + UIs, marketing materials (web/print), and brand for mobile business unit.

• Built and ran boutique design studio; delivered websites/e-commerce/newsletters/brand/print for B2B IT leader and diverse clients (enterprise, local SMBs, hospitality, legal).

• Led 3 junior designers; conceived, designed and developed (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MySQL, ColdFusion) online, multimedia and print media.

• Built and ran boutique design studio; conceived, designed and developed websites/multimedia/print hands-on.

• Conceived, designed, edited print/video projects including pre-press and advertising copy.

Training in executive leadership communication, decision-making and influence. Focused on leading through ambiguity and change, motivating high-performing teams and addressing complex organizational challenges. Developed persuasive executive communication skills across writing and public speaking, grounded in ethical rhetoric, strategic dialogue, active listening and critical self-reflection to drive alignment and outcomes.

Conception and design, media integration, communication, economics and business operations