Austria
Josef is a commercial and product leader and founder with successful track record in public, private equity owned and founder led fintech environments. He brings more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, selling and delivering mission-critical software and technology enabled services to complex Tier 1 and 2 clients. Josef held management roles as Co-CEO, CCO/CRO, Chief Product officer, and acted as a board member during Private Equity ownership. Most recently Josef is Heading Sales for Clearwater Analytics accross EMEA for the companies core segments. Josef’s track record includes: - Build and scaled large enterprise Sales Teams, drove 20+ market entries accross EMEA, NA and APAC. - Co-founded and co-led a data and software company serving tier 1 and 2 financial institutions globally. Successfully sold the company to a Private Equity buyer (Welsh Carson Anderson and Stowe) and subsequently to a listed corporate buyer (SimCorp A/S) - Led the transformation of the business from an enterprise software to a SaaS and subsequently to fully Managed Services/BPaaS company.
Responsible for defining and executing strategy for Clearwater’s core segments in Insurance, Captive Asset Managers, and Asset Owners in the EMEA region. Focused on driving Clearwater's growth strategy and ensuring client success. At Clearwater, we offer a cloud-native, single-instance, multi-tenant platform that eliminates costly upgrade cycles, ensuring clients benefit from seamless, automatic updates and a unified security master. Our unique network effect and Generative AI-driven insights enhance data quality and decision-making, empowering firms to scale efficiently while achieving industry-leading client satisfaction.
Responsible for the DACH, the Nordics region as well as the Netherlands.
Responsible for the strategy and its execution for one of Simcorp’s business lines – Data and Communications (enterprise data management, analytics, digital client engagement, reporting)
Managed the successful integration of the company into Simcorp’s verticals.
Responsible for the CRO function, Product Management and Service Delivery.
Acted as Co-CEO after I led the successful sales process of the company to the NYC based PE firm Welsh Carson Anderson and Stowe. Direct areas of responsibility included the CRO and Product functions.
Key achievements include: - Sold the 100% founder owned company to PE - In last 3 years before exit maintained 40% revenue CAGR and 30% EBITDA margin - Entered 20+ markets in EMEA, NA and APAC and opened various offices. - Built and maintained a diverse customer base of 60+ customers with Tier 1 names - Acquired and integrated two competitive businesses