Daniel Pasztor

BESS - SmartPV Business Development - Executive MBA

Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

About

Manager with solid experience in different business areas, especially in solar energy, renewable, software business development, tech and innovation field. Project director in utility scale solar and ESS projects, with a strong customer focus attitude. Successfully managed with a proven record of over several Meur businesses. Skilled negotiator, many years of experiences, special skills in getting differently aligned teams and organizational structures for deploying successful business initiatives, new ideas. Strategic thinker with wide global network in the tech industries. 10+years experience in multinational environment. Strong entrepreneurship professional with an execution MBA for IT specialization and a specialized engineer, post graduation from Budapesti Mûszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem / Technical University of Budapest.

Experience

  • Utility Sales Director at Kehua Tech
    May 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    Focus areas: Utility-scale BESS solutions (PCS, system integration) Supporting project development from early-stage structuring to tender phase Grid-related applications, including flexibility and system stability

  • Country Manager Hungary Utility BG | Business Development Manager at LONGi Solar
    2024 - May 2026 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Utility scale PV and BESS business development for Hungary & Serbia region

  • Business Development Manager at Huawei
    2020 - 2024 · 4 yrs

    Digital Power Department – Utility-Scale Energy Projects Led Smart PV with a focus of BESS (Battery Energy Storage System) business development in Hungary and Serbia, focusing on utility-scale solar energy projects Acted as Project Director for large-scale BESS developments, overseeing technical, commercial, and stakeholder coordination from early-stage through execution Developed strategic partnerships with EPCs, investors, and utilities, building Huawei’s market presence in the CEE region's renewable sector Ecosystem Development Served as Device Ecosystem Development Manager for CEE & Nordics, supporting Huawei AppGallery and Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) growth Built regional partnerships with app developers, content providers, and digital platforms to drive user adoption and ecosystem integration Led initiatives to localize key global apps, expand developer engagement, and position Huawei as a competitive digital ecosystem player in Europe

  • Strategic Partnership Manager at NNG LLC
    2017 - 2020 · 3 yrs

    Develop strategies for new business and technical partnerships and co-operations. Partnership development related to automotive software and services in the Sales Strategy & Alliances team

  • TomTom (Budapest)
    • Site owner
      Aug 2015 - Jul 2017 · 2 yrs

      Build and lead the team from zero to over 10 people mostly GIS analyst with seniors as well. General management for the Budapest TomTom Office. Liaise with local authorities and TomTom HQ. Key contact between various internal organizational units, being involved in the processes Site owner of the whole TomTom office dealing from legal, HR, facility, design or IT and security related issues.

    • Team Lead; Content Operations, CEE & SEE
      Dec 2013 - Jul 2017 · 3 yrs 8 mos

    • Senior geographic sourcing analyst
      2010 - 2014 · 4 yrs

      Managing map databases for SEE. Responsible for Croatia, Hungary, Bosnia, Slovenia, Bulgaria; supporting Albania, Romania, Serbia. Sourcing, controlling, quality checking, supporting the production team.