# Alex Sanwald

Alex Sanwald is a remote worker on Himalayas, Start-up & Venture Consulting at Immersive People, based in Germany.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@alexsanwald

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Product and project management consultant at immersive-people.com, supporting growth and developing hardware and software products.
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| Detail | Value |
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| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | Germany |
| Authorized to work in | Germany |
| Salary expectations | 60k+ EUR |
| Job categories | Product Manager, Project Manager, Engineering Manager, Product Consultant, Interim Manager |
| Skills | Product Management, Hardware Product Management, Project Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Hardware Development, Software Development, Agile Methods, Interim Management, Venture Consulting, Startup Consulting, Fundraising Support, Tech Recruiting, Hardware and Software Integration, Embedded Vehicle Engineering, Mass Production |
| Website | https://immersive-people.com |

## About

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At immersive-people.com, I provide start-up and venture consulting, including growth support, interim management, C-Level as a Service, tech recruiting, and fundraising support. I also consult on product and project management for hardware and software, and on agile methods in hardware and product development.

At unu motors, I supported the transition of e-Scooters from prototype to pilot and mass production, and established Hardware and Vehicle Product Management in a software-dominated company. At Native Instruments, I managed hardware products including Traktor Kontrol S3, Traktor Kontrol S2, and Maschine JAM, and worked across product development and lifecycle management.
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## Experience

### Start-up & Venture Consulting (current)

Immersive People. Jun 2024 - Present

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Provides holistic growth support and management, interim management, C-Level as a Service, tech-recruiting, and fundraising support.
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Skills: Interim-Management, C-Level-as-a-Service, Tech-Recruiting, Fundraising, Consulting

### Freelance and Consulting, Product & Project Management (current)

Self Employed. Jul 2021 - Present

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Provides product-management consulting for hardware and software, interim management, training, and consulting on agile methods in hardware and product development.
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Skills: Product-Management, Project-Management, Interim-Management, Training, Agile-Methods

### Interim CPO/CTO Typ.1 audio-haptics

icon/incar. Sep 2022 - Oct 2024

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Founding member responsible for product management and strategy, and business and tech-organization development.
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Skills: Product-Management, Strategy, Business-Development, Technology-Development

### Senior Director Hardware Engineering

icongroup. Mar 2022 - Mar 2023

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Led prototyping consultancy and agile hardware/software development.
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Skills: Hardware-Engineering, Prototyping, Agile-Development, Software-Development

### Senior Product-Manager Vehicle & Hardware

Unu Motors. Mar 2020 - Jun 2021

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Managed transition of e-scooters from prototype to mass production, established hardware product management, and led cross-functional engineering teams.
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Skills: Product-Management, Hardware, Agile-Methods, Embedded-Systems, Supply-Chain, Team-Leadership

### Hardware-Product-Manager

[Native Instruments](https://himalayas.app/companies/native-instruments). Aug 2017 - Nov 2019

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Evaluated ROI of potential features, created business cases, analyzed customer segments, and led internal teams for hardware product development.
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Skills: Product-Management, ROI-Analysis, Business-Case-Development, Customer-Segmentation, Team-Leadership, Hardware-Development

### Senior Hardware-Project-Manager & Product-Lifecycle Manager

[Native Instruments](https://himalayas.app/companies/native-instruments). Oct 2015 - Nov 2019

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Managed hardware product developments with external partners, oversaw pilot productions, and implemented agile processes in a larger company context.
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Skills: Project-Management, Product-Lifecycle-Management, ODM-Management, Agile, Risk-Management, Budgeting

### Projekt-Planer / Controller & Project Management Office

Bombardier Transportation. Nov 2014 - Sep 2015

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Defined development processes from bid to delivery, implemented Stage-Gate planning, and managed project planning and controlling.
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Skills: Project-Planning, Project-Control, Stage-Gate-Methodology, Documentation, Quality-Assurance

### Technical Project-Lead / Project Planner & Controller

Bombardier Transportation. Feb 2013 - Oct 2014

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Managed development teams, ensured quality management from development to mass production, and handled project planning and controlling.
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Skills: Technical-Leadership, Project-Management, Quality-Management, Project-Planning, Controlling

### Documentation & Process-Engineer

Bombardier Transportation. Sep 2012 - Jan 2013

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Managed homologation and documentation processes, drove stage-gate reviews, and created project plans and resource projections.
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Skills: Documentation, Process-Engineering, Stage-Gate-Methodology, Requirements-Management, IBM-Rational-DOORS, V-Cycle

## Education

### Hochschule Darmstadt

Diplom Wirtschaftsingenieur - Maschinenbau, Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen (Business & Engineering)

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Diplom Wirtschaftsingenieur - Maschinenbau (Business and Engineering - Mechanical Engineer) with focus on commercial and economics, innovation management, strategic marketing, electrical and mechanical engineering, thermodynamics, informatics, and production.
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### Elisabeth-Gymnasium Mannheim

Abitur, General Education

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Completed Abitur (university entrance qualification) at Elisabeth-Gymnasium in Mannheim.
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## Tech stack

- Adobe Photoshop
- Affinity Designer
- Affinity Photo
- Jira
- Confluence
- Asana
- Miro
- Atlassian
- Ableton Live

To contact Alex, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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