Mirko Lindner

Leading digital department of 30+ product managers, designers, engineers, DevOps & technical support. Led creation of commercial department’s 24-months digitalization strategy. Launched Maxeon’s first reseller & end-user mobile application.

Led creation of digital strategy for company’s commercial transformation. Built digital leadership team in Maxeon’s commercial department. Reduced annual OpEx by USD300k+ through technology consolidation and efficiencies.

Led R&D team of 20+ embedded and mobile engineers. Drove delivery planning resulting in roadmap delay reduction of 50%. Built out platform flexibility leading to additional BU growth of 20+%.

Define and create a product roadmap and feature sets for four major initiatives. Lead product strategy and roadmap presentations as guidance to stakeholders throughout the company from sales teams to C-Level executives. Identify and assess opportunities to evolve existing products and implement launch blueprint and go-to-market best practices.

Established long-lasting partnership with key members, oversaw the functions of product management, and motivated a team of up to two developers and staff. Served as a product owner for all customer material such as the website and the eCommerce solution. Recognized for selling an open hardware product to more than four distributors on three continents.

Spearheaded the development of a smartphone UI leading an international engineering team of highly skilled experts. Shaped the future of the product as the technical product owner and presented updates and progress to senior management. Accomplished the complete end-to-end Product Development and delivery of a full smartphone UI in under 11 months.

Advised executives, founders, and investors on high-stakes product and digital transformation decisions, bringing operating experience from building and leading global digital organizations and launching products across 10+ markets. Delivered board-ready materials and business cases to pressure-test strategy with data.

Led Vorsprung as an innovation platform evolving from Web3 experimentation into AI-focused experimentation and practical advisory for telecom and energy leaders. Turned emerging technology into revenue-driving, on-the-ground solutions for clients.

Built and led a remote global digital organization of 50+ across product, design, and engineering, transforming how a global clean energy company goes to market. Launched self-service e-commerce generating $5M+ in annual revenue and growing 20% YoY, delivered $15+ per order savings, and consolidated tooling into a SaaS-style internal platform saving $1.5M+ annually while improving global CX.

Rebuilt a fragmented, delay-prone R&D function into a scalable platform business, shifting the model from hardware SKUs to software-defined architecture to unlock new revenue lines. Cut roadmap delays by 50% and enabled >20% revenue growth by architecting a flexible product platform strategy.

Drove ADTRAN’s shift to digital-first thinking by launching the first software product strategy, aligning roadmaps and go-to-market readiness across business functions. Established the software product management function from scratch and defined GTM frameworks to shift sales from feature-selling to solution positioning.

Turned around a loss-making organization with a credibility problem by rebuilding trust and reactivating lapsed relationships, reversing 50% member churn. Restored annual revenues to $500K+ while leading cross-company R&D efforts on open broadband platforms, reference architectures, and vendor-neutral standards.

Co-founded a Web3-native device management platform for Taiwanese manufacturers, building go-to-market strategy for recurring revenue across fragmented supply chains. Secured $250K financing, increased customers’ average revenue per unit by 500%, and validated business strategy with 50+ partner companies.

Owned technical product strategy across fixed, mobile, and IoT for 17 markets, with authority over architecture direction and accountability for delivery. Led a £100M+ technical architecture overhaul, shipped a next-gen TV prototype delivering 100% of strategic features at 10% of projected cost, and set security/compliance benchmarks for embedded software across Vodafone’s global device portfolio.

Led internal product innovation and digital strategy across Vodafone’s global footprint, delivering new software capabilities and accelerating go-to-market speed across 12+ markets. Drove retail digital innovation that outperformed physical stores 4:1 six months after launch, evaluated 20+ startups, and contributed to an €50M+ M&A technical assessment while launching a mobile product on 1.5M devic

Built and scaled first-generation mobile product capability for enterprise clients by leading concept-to-launch development of mission-critical apps. Directed end-to-end development of 20+ major mobile apps, established a feedback loop via app reviews and user testing, and grew the app portfolio into a €220K quarterly profit engine (95% of company revenue).

Led go-to-market and product strategy for an open hardware startup, building a globally distributed, customer-grade digital presence. Managed customer-facing assets including the website and e-commerce stack, and established distribution partnerships across 3 continents to bring open hardware into mainstream sales channels.

Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a focus on International Business at the University of Cumbria from 2020 to 2022.

Completed a KY apprenticeship covering project management, sales, marketing, and IT topics including open source from 2007 to 2009.