Stefan W.

CEO & Owner of LRT Automotive GmbH & LRT eMobility

Walldorf, Baden-Wรผrttemberg, Germany

About

As the ๐—ข๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐—–๐—˜๐—ข ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—›, and ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐—–๐—˜๐—ข ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—ฒ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—š๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—› and ๐—Ÿ๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€, I lead a group of companies at the forefront of ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, and ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. With operations in ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† and ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ, our mission spans the full spectrum of transportation innovation from producing ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ like manifolds, catalytic converters, and exhaust systems, to designing and delivering ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—˜๐—ฉ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ (AC wallboxes, software integrations, white-label platforms). My work focuses on building ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ that meet global quality standards combining ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ with the ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€. Across Europe, North Africa, and beyond, we are powering the shift toward cleaner, smarter mobility. We collaborate with: โ€ข ๐—•๐Ÿฎ๐—• ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ โ€“ automotive manufacturers, fleet operators, property developers, and EV service providers โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ โ€“ seeking reliable, future-proof EV infrastructure โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ โ€“ driven by impact, growth, and sustainability If you're exploring ๐—˜๐—ฉ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, need ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, or want to join a fast-moving, purpose-driven team ,๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜.

Experience

  • CEO & Owner at LRT Automotive GmbH
    Jan 2018 - Present ยท 8 yrs 6 mos

    ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ: LRT eMobility is a clean technology brand established under ๐—Ÿ๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—›, focused on delivering s๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜, ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ฉ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ for residential, commercial, and industrial applications. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€: ย ย โ€ข AC wallboxes: ๐—ฆ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ, ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ย ย โ€ข Smart features: RFID access, mobile app control, dynamic load management ย ย โ€ข Modular and white-label solutions for ๐—•๐Ÿฎ๐—• ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ & ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: ย ย โ€ข Led the design and market introduction of ๐—–๐—˜/๐—œ๐—˜๐—–-๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—˜๐—ฉ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. ย ย โ€ข Developed full product ecosystem including charging stations, software, and installation support. ย ย โ€ข Built B2B partnerships across ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ, including ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€, and ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. ย ย โ€ข Positioned LRT eMobility as a ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ฉ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ.

  • CEO & Owner at LRT Emobility
    Jan 2018 - Present ยท 8 yrs 6 mos

    ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: LRT Automotive GmbH is a German company specialized in the development and manufacturing of ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, including manifolds, catalytic converters, and complete ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ for OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and aftermarket distributors across Europe. ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ & ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: ย ย โ€ข Led the expansion of LRT Automotive into a ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป-๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜†. ย ย โ€ข Directed all operations: from engineering, production, and quality assurance to strategic partnerships. ย ย โ€ข Established long-standing relationships with major clients such as ๐—›๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—›, ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—›, and ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—š๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—› & ๐—–๐—ผ. ๐—ž๐—š. ย ย โ€ข Oversaw implementation of ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ข-๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด and continuous process improvement. ย ย โ€ข Developed and launched ๐—Ÿ๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—ฒ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, an innovative brand focused on ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€.

  • Founder & CEO at LRT Innovation Labs
    Feb 2024 - Present ยท 2 yrs 5 mos

    ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†: LRT Innovation Labs serves as the ๐—ฅ&๐——, ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป of the LRT Group, supporting product development for both automotive and eMobility systems. ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ & ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: ย ย โ€ข Built and scaled a ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฏ supporting product engineering and electronics development ย ย โ€ข Oversaw prototype validation, testing, and continuous improvement cycles for EV and exhaust system hardware ย ย โ€ข Managed cross-functional teams and ensured alignment with German production standards ย ย โ€ข Helped accelerate ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ-๐˜๐—ผ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜-๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† for LRTโ€™s product lines

  • CEO & Founder at Universe Of Parts GmbH
    Sep 2012 - Dec 2017 ยท 5 yrs 4 mos

    ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: Universe Of Parts is a Germany-based B2B retail and distribution platform focused on ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€. Serving both workshops and retailers with a broad product portfolio, it established a strong presence in the European aftermarket sector. ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ & ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: โ€ข Founded and scaled the company from the ground up, defining its vision and strategy โ€ข Built a comprehensive ๐—•๐Ÿฎ๐—• ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น platform featuring thousands of auto parts โ€ข Managed supplier relationships, logistics, and a proprietary e-commerce system โ€ข Optimized operational workflows to reduce lead time and enhance customer experience โ€ข Positioned the brand as a reliable supplier in the ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜

  • Managment Consultant at Renoir Consulting
    May 2010 - Sep 2012 ยท 2 yrs 5 mos

    ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ: Served as a Management Consultant in the ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น & ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ, advising clients on operations and risk management strategies in Australian markets. ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ & ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: โ€ข Conducted strategic business reviews and performance audits โ€ข Recommended process improvements in maintenance, procurement, and regulatory compliance โ€ข Led workshops to align cross-functional teams on operational excellence goals โ€ข Collaborated with C-level executives to drive cost-saving and efficiency initiatives