Ottmar Matthias Müller

Head Strategy and Business Development at VAT AG

Sennwald, St Gallen, Switzerland

About

Entrepreneur with dedication to lead and develop companies technologically and organizationally to the top level. Proven leadership and transformation track record in various business environments ranging from mid sized automotive supplier industries, large electronic and optical high-tech company divisions to in-depth experience co-founding and growing an engineering software company for many years. Many years of top-management level experience in "German family owned Mittelstand" and large international companies. Business approach is based on a holistic process where the knowledge, engagement and innovation of the leaders and staff plays the most important role. Innovation is not reduced to the invention of new technologies or products but seen as the possibility to become top level creating customer value by challenging and improving the entire setup of the company ranging from vision, strategy, processes down to the setup of the organization. This approach covers quick improvements but from the beginnig ensures sustainability by continuously improving all aspects of the company with focus on people and processes.

Experience

  • Head Strategy and Business Development at VAT GROUP
    Feb 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 5 mos

  • Managing Director at Brand Group
    Apr 2009 - Jan 2019 · 9 yrs 10 mos

    Car Supplier industry, production company, family owned. Tasks are amongst others: - Managing the leader succession - Enabling the Management team for leadership tasks - Transforming the germany/ europe centric Brand Group to a successful global player by establishing and driving an internationalisation process resulting in sales/ engineering/ production sites in China, Mexico and Poland. - Ensuring healthy growth by introducing a company tailor made business excellence framework covering not only production topics but focusing on People development as well.

  • Siemens (4 yrs 3 mos)
    • Vice President Head global Product Line Access Control
      Nov 2006 - Mar 2009 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    • Vice President Head global Business Development and Global Account Management
      Jan 2005 - Oct 2006 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Principal at Droege & Comp.
    Nov 2001 - Dec 2004 · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • Co-Founder at FE-DESIGN GmbH
    Jul 1991 - Dec 2001 · 10 yrs 6 mos