Stefan Wesche

Head of E-Commerce at HEIMKINORAUM

Bavaria, Germany

About

I am a technology and IT expert with more than 14 years of experience in product management, project management, marketing, communications and PR at market-leading international companies spanning both consumer and enterprise products. I have acquired a rare mix of excellent technical, analytical, troubleshooting and spokesperson skills which enable me to drive complex technical projects and solve challenging problems with ease while communicating clearly and being able to present complicated topics in an easy-to-understand and engaging way.

Experience

  • Head of E-Commerce at Heimkinoraum e.K.
    Feb 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 5 mos

  • Symantec (Munich Area, Germany)
    • Technical PR Manager - Corporate Communications
      Jul 2013 - Oct 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Global Technical Lead on the communications team. Responsible for the entire Consumer and Enterprise product portfolio spanning both the Norton and Symantec brands and products. EMEA-wide expert and media spokesperson spanning technical and mainstream media. Further building the relationship with media and key influencers in EMEA. Creation of thought leadership campaigns that reinforced Symantec’s position as the global leader in security

    • Technical PR Manager - Consumer, EMEA
      May 2008 - Jun 2013 · 5 yrs 2 mos

      Acting as EMEA Technical Product Manager directly contributing to software development process for Android, iOS, OSX and Windows products from early concept to RTM phase. Building the relationship and briefing key Norton influencers, reviewers and tech media in EMEA. Global tracking of review results and driver of improvement plan resulting in significantly improved review results. Primary expert spokesperson for Norton in EMEA incl. presentations at events, interviews (incl. radio and TV) resulting in high-profile media coverage. Technical project lead for special partner projects like the successful DE-Cleaner project with the German government (eco and BSI - Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik). Community and Social Media engagement and management.

    • Senior Systems Engineer Norton Partners, EMEA
      Oct 2004 - Apr 2008 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      Technical Account Management, Project management for customer specific versions and Escalation Management for all OEM and ISP Partners in EMEA. Customer presentations, product demonstrations and trainings. Presales, marketing and post sales support for Norton consumer security and backup products. Interface between customer, sales, product management, marketing and product development on international level

  • Product Manager Hardware/Software at T-Systems
    Jul 2002 - Sep 2004 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Product management and product marketing for T-Systems Branded PCs, Notebooks and Servers.

  • living systems AG (Donaueschingen, Germany)
    • Product Manager Software
      Sep 2000 - Oct 2001 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Product manager for Internet software platform based on Java agents.

    • Software Engineer / Web Designer
      Mar 2000 - Aug 2000 · 6 mos

      Project management for an online platform for financial services