Philipp Wehn

Specialized AI for Heavy Industries // Backed by a16z speedrun // Ex-Siemens

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Building Artificial Super Intelligence for Heavy Industries. After spending almost 10 years in industries like automotive manufacturing, railroads and commercial real estate, I am now building Nexxa, the AI for heavy industries. I believe that technology will allow humanity to tap into its full potential in the next decade. Work in front of a laptop is just a phase. We evolved away from agriculture, away from the shop-floor and we will evolve away from work on a laptop. I am also obsessed with sports and strongly believe in the athlete mindset of discipline, excellence, resilience and enjoyment of the grind.

Experience

  • Co-Founder & CEO at Nexxa.ai
    May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Siemens (Full-time · 2 yrs 6 mos)
    • Head of Go to Market
      Oct 2023 - May 2024 · 8 mos

      As Head of Go to Market at the Siemens company Enlighted , I lead the teams Solutions Consulting , Project Design, Sales Enablement and Channel enablement. My team and I drive the growth through multiple channels and accelerate the positioning of our portfolio on a global scale.

    • Vice President Innovation & Venture Building
      Oct 2022 - Feb 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos

      As VP Innovation & Venture Building, Philipp is responsible to drive and accelerate the SW innovation program through in-House development and powerful partnerships. Philipp also leads the development of a generative AI strategy for his business segment to drive top line growth and bottom line optimization.

    • Vice President Innovation & Strategy
      Dec 2021 - Oct 2022 · 11 mos

  • Founder & Owner at Phil's Innovation Shuttle
    Sep 2020 - Sep 2023 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Senior Consultant at Kearney
    Apr 2021 - Oct 2021 · 7 mos

    In my role as a Senior Consultant in Kearney’s Digital Transformation practice, I worked on client challenges around Digital Business Models across industries.

  • Siemens (3 yrs)
    • Innovation & Sales Manager
      May 2020 - Apr 2021 · 1 yr

      As part Siemens Mobility Mass Transit, we enable cities to build the rail infrastructure of the future! It is my responsibility to connect two worlds: our core business and our digital innovation. I am responsible for traditional sales in Australia, Hongkong and Taiwan combined with a global focus on business development for our digital portfolio. I am also representing our business in the Berlin Startup ecosystem to learn and reflect with early stage companies from all kinds of industries.

    • Siemens Graduate Program
      May 2018 - May 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      From May 2018 until May 2020, I work and learn as a Trainee inside the Siemens Graduate Program for Siemens Mobility. This program is a leadership program with mentoring, coaching, project management training and three eight-month assignments, one of them abroad.

    • Team Lead Participant in the Next47 Accelerator Program
      Oct 2019 - Dec 2019 · 3 mos

      For 12 weeks, my team and I focus on bringing an innovation from a broad vision to a go to market product strategy. In collaboration with Alchemist, Next47 offers this accelerator program to selected intrapreneurs from every Siemens business. The focus is on applying startup methods to increase speed, customer traction and success of an innovative idea.