Cristen Schimpf

About

Leadership Positions in: • Product Lifecycle Management: pushing Development and Innovation of power electronic portfolio to increase the competitive edge • Strategy & Business Development: driving profitable Growth in Regions and industry Verticals • Solution Business (EPC Power Transmission Projects € 100’0…500’0) in Sales: gaining Market Leadership – in Delivery: expediting Project Management for successful turnkey installation – in Application: establishing Lead Engineering as new role • Consultant: leading strategic Projects for business value proposition improvements • Sales & Marketing: managing an international team to motivate for outperformance • Project Management: execution ahead of time and with high profitability

Experience

• Head of Strategy and Innovation at KACO new energy
  Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

  driving the next step of KACO new energy towards profitable growth with leading in strategy, business development, portfolio responsibility and technology

• Siemens (14 yrs 5 mos)
  • Head of Product Lifecycle Management for Photovoltaik and Storage
    Jun 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

    Product Development and Inovation of Power Electronic systems for Photovoltaik and Battery Energy Storage Systems applications (i.e. Product Roadmap, Marketing, Cost-out, Modularisation, Standardisation, ...)

  • Head of Country & Vertical Strategy
    Jan 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 6 mos

    Department Lead for Country Concepts and Industry Vertical Strategies (go-to-market, sales channels, growth and profit initiatives, business development e.g. for energy storage, critical power, etc...)

  • Head of global HVDC Business
    Oct 2013 - Dec 2016 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    Order Entry and Profit responsibility - leading the worldwide Sales team (fronted sales with personal commitment), expediting Project Management to avoid margin slippage, implementing Lead Engineering for optimized and technical risk-minimized turnkey power transmission solution

• Global Head of Sales & Marketing of HVDC Systems at Siemens Energy Power Solutions/ Germany
  Jan 2009 - Jan 2012 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  Responsibility of international turnkey Project business of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Systems for Customers worldwide leading from Identification of Opportunities to Project Development, Tendering and Contract Negotiations

• Business Development Manager at Siemens Energy Inc./ USA
  Sep 2007 - Dec 2008 · 1 yr 4 mos

  Analysis of US Power Transmission Market, targeting and selecting profitable opportunities and developing the Transmission business

• Siemens PTD High Voltage/ Germany (4 yrs 11 mos)
  • Sales & Marketing Manager
    Apr 2004 - Aug 2007 · 3 yrs 5 mos

    Proposal Management of international turnkey High Voltage Systems

  • Project Manager
    Oct 2002 - Mar 2004 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Project Management for international Transmission Systems