Kai Otte

CEO / Geschäftsführer

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

About

#AnfangKomprimierteHeldensage Three decades (of which 15 years as a freelance interim manager) of international 1st and 2nd line management experience. Main fields: sales and business development for defense, automotive and telecoms as well as the software development (inkl. digitization/"Digitalisierung") and financial services industry sector. 🫡 #reserve officer #rheinmetall Certified and experienced coach & trainer General management experience incl. full P&L responsibility, starting new businesses from scratch (incl. start-ups) as well as preparing and managing take-overs; active business angel & business mentor. Lecturer for marketing and e-business at the University of Applied Science in Saarbrücken, Germany. (Certified) Coach & trainer. Definition and execution of sales strategy & goals in the software and telecommunications industry, development and implementation of a key account management, outsourcing (SaaS). Native German, fluent in English and French SPECIALITIES: Post Merger integration, as a Managing Director or Sales / Business Developement Director (interim management), restructuring, change management Performance coaching, executive coaching (business coaching), as well as cultural management experience, restructuring, diversification and new markets exploration. Business Angel and Business Mentor #EndeKomprimierteHeldensage

Experience

  • Reserveoffizier at Bundeswehr Wir. Dienen. Deutschland.
    Nov 2025 - Present · 9 mos

    Beorderter Reservist, LKdo Niedersachsen / KVK

  • CEO / Managing Director / Geschäftsführer at benntec Systemtechnik GmbH (Rheinmetall-Gruppe)
    May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

    Rheinmetall-Gruppe

  • Vorstand / Board member / Administrateur at BOANARGES SA
    Jan 2011 - Aug 2021 · 10 yrs 8 mos

    International network of interim management services and resources. Co-design of a European strategy for the busines, acquisiton of partners and projects.

  • External Consultant at EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
    Mar 2019 - Jul 2019 · 5 mos

  • DB Vertrieb GmbH (Self-employed · 1 yr)
    • Head of Project and Portfolio Management (Interim)
      Sep 2018 - Dec 2018 · 4 mos

    • Head of IT Operations (Interim)
      Jan 2018 - Sep 2018 · 9 mos