Alex Gessner

About

I'm a Business Enablement & Development Leader in the Finance Industry with a proven track record in designing and delivering products & projects, digital solutions, operating model enhancements and process improvements. I focus on building great teams, inspiring and helping them to be highly productive and proud of their output. Passionate about technology and digital transformation. in my free time I love to hike, climb and travel the world.

Experience

• Co-Founder at COCO
  May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

• Chief Operating Officer at ACI Diversity Consulting
  May 2023 - Nov 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• Solarisbank AG (Full-time · 2 yrs 3 mos)
  • VP of Onboarding & Integration
    Apr 2021 - Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Head of Onboarding Project Management
    Apr 2021 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

• American Express (12 yrs)
  • Business Enablement Manager & Partnerships
    Jul 2017 - Apr 2021 · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • Global Implementation Manager - Corporate Card
    Jul 2016 - Jul 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

    - coordinating global Corporate Card Implementations - overall project, communication and etchnical management - leading EMEA, regional and local implementation managers - assessing client's needs and requirements and building custom solutions - analysing infrastructure and enabling technical integration - CEO and executive leader updates and presentations - LEAN Project Management

  • Global Business Integration Project Manager
    Sep 2015 - Jul 2016 · 11 mos

    - International project management across all business lines - projects included: product and benefit change, system infrastructure change for customer service teams, launching new capabilities - multi-market initiatives - communication and key stakeholder management

• Senior German Tester at Babelmedia
  Dec 2008 - May 2009 · 6 mos

  • Proof-reading, translating and testing mobile entertainment content for e.g. Glu, Blizzard, Vodafone as part of the Quality Assurance Team