Thomas Kessler

About

My Curriculum Vitae stands for: • Innovation and customer orientation • Internationality • Continuous development of my personal skills. The automation as well as the Power Transmission & Distribution (T&D) businesses have been the focal points of my professional career. I have invented or co-invented successfull products like Safety Integrated or Sirius SC and Softstarters. Presently I am heading a Strategy & Innovation Planning team in the area of T&D asset services. I have participated severall Management learning programs to continuously improve my skills.

Experience

• Head of Customer Relationship Management "Digital Services for Transmission Products" at Siemens Energy
  Oct 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 10 mos

  Consultative selling of Digital Services for Power Transformers and High Voltage Switchgear

• Siemens AG ()
  • Head of Product Lifecycle Management Management "Transformer Services"
    Oct 2014 - Sep 2018 · 4 yrs

    PLM, R&D of Online Monitoring Systems, Asset Performance Management (APM) applications and Lifecycle Extension systems for transformers

  • Head of "Monitoring, Diagnostics, Cable and Transformer Services"
    Jul 2013 - Sep 2014 · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) • Product Portfolio Management (PPM) • Research & Development • Member of the business segment management team

• Siemens AG (21 yrs 9 mos)
  • Head of „Strategy & Innovation Planning“ at T&D Asset Services
    Mar 2008 - May 2013 · 5 yrs 3 mos

    • Strategy-Definition incl. M&A, Business Target Agreements • Portfolio-, Product Lifecycle, Innovation management • Business Development India, South Africa • Co-Head of the business segment "Transformer Services" • Successfull restructuring of our South African entity • Member of the business segment management team

  • Project Manager „Mergers & Acquisitions“, Low Voltage Power Distribution
    Jul 2005 - Feb 2008 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    • Identification of the targets, negotiation lead, regions Korea, Russia • Member of the business segment management team

  • Innovation Planning, Project Manager
    Jun 2000 - Jun 2005 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    Strategic Product Management „Sirius SC, -Softstarters“ • Innovation planning, system- und product profiles