ANDREAS DIETRICH WESTENDÖRPF
Chief Technology & Product Officer, Software Nerd
Tech Leader / Enthusiast / Evangelist, Public Speaker
ABOUT ME
I am a people-centric Chief Technology & Product Officer (CTPO) and tech leader with focus on digitization of existing and exploration of new business models in scale-up organizations. I’ve led and built tech organizations to augment business, developing technology strategy from discovery to delivery. I am a proven leader of diverse, mid-sized teams in hyper-growth and agile, rapid change environments and have proven my leadership, consulting expertise, methodological skills and industry-overarching tech experience in international projects in 11 countries.
KEY EXPERTISE
Business+Tech Leadership
Outcome-focused Tech Strategy
User-centric Tech Product Development
Scaling Empowered Tech Product Teams
Anti-fragile Software Engineering
Tech Organization Development
Diverse Tech People & Culture
International Consulting
Agilization / Restructuring / Change Mgt.
Data Privacy & IT Security
BUSINESS OWNERSHIP
Direct staff headcount: 20-200
Managed Revenue: >12mn EUR p.a.
Managed Budget: >25mn EUR p.a.
Reporting line: direct to board / founder
Team Leadership since 2011
IT + Management Consulting since 2005
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Emma Sleep GmbH - The Sleep Company — Chief Technology Officer (CTO) — Frankfurt a. M. (Germany) + remote, since 10/2020
Engel & Völkers Technology GmbH — Managing Director + Chief Technology Officer (CTO) — Hamburg (Germany), 3 years 7 months
Zalando SE — Head of Digital Productivity — Head of internal IT — Berlin (Germany), 2 years
KPMG WPG AG — Manager IT Consulting — Frankfurt a. M. (Germany), 1 year 5 months
Comma Soft AG — Senior Consultant — Bonn (Germany), 1 year 3 months
Detecon Inc. — Consultant — Reston, VA (USA), 5 months
Detecon International GmbH — Head of Team Data Center Management — Senior Consultant — Consultant — Business Analyst — Bonn (Germany), 5 years 5 months
Freelance — Software Engineering Consultant — St. Augustin (Germany), 1 year 10 months
Freelance — IT Administrator — Web Developer — Academic Intern — Bonn + St. Augustin (Germany), New York City, NY (USA), Cologne (Germany), 7 years 2 months
KEY LEADERSHIP CONCEPTS
Motivation3.0 (Purpose / Autonomy / Mastery)
Radical Candor
Outcome > Output > Input
Empowered Tech Product Management
Team Topologies
Missions & Launchpads
Servant Leadership, Leaders eat Last
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
2000 - 2005: University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg — Computer Sciences / Media Informatics, Diploma of Science in Computer Science (M.Sc. in Computer Science) — St. Augustin (Germany)
1995 - 2000: Gymnasium Lohmar — Abitur, corresponding general qualification for university entrance 'A' levels — Lohmar (Germany)
1993 - 1995: German School Moscow — Moscow (Russia)
1987 - 1993: German School Geneva — Geneva (Switzerland)
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
E-Commerce & Online Retail (D2C/B2C/B2B)
Real Estate Brokerage / PropTech
IT Services
Financial Services / Banking
Telecoms / ISP
Government / NGO
Mechanical Engineering
IT & Management Consulting
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Software Architecture & Design: Legacy & modern/cloud/composable tech patterns and architecture
Software Engineering Culture: Agile software development processes (SCRUM, Kanban, mixes), DevOps, GitFlow, Trunk-based, Software Quality, eXtreme programming, …
Software Delivery: Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) in Cloud DevOps environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Data Analytics: Data modeling, ETL/ELT, analytics, data mining, ML/AI
Tech Stacks: various - Typescript/JavaScript, Java+Kotlin, golang, Python, Swift, PHP, SQL, GraphQL
MEMBERSHIPS & CERTIFICATIONS
04/2023: ADPList Mentor
03/2022: MACH Alliance Ambassador
01/2011: Professional Sales on Executive Level (AVINA)
12/2009: PRINCE2 Practitioner in Project Management
10/2009: PRINCE2 Foundation in Project Management
12/2008: MPLS - Architecture and Design
09/2007: ITIL Foundation in IT Service Management
HOBBIES & INTERESTS
Computer Science fundamentals and early computing history
Classic cars (owner of a 1969 Ford Mustang 302cci Convertible)
Photography & Graphic Design
Music & HiFi
VOLUNTEERING
Hochschule Bremen – City University of Applied Sciences:
Guest Lecturer 2022, 2021KaJe Jötterfunke e.V.: Founding member of the non-profit Cologne-based carnival club
Johanniter Unfallhilfe e.V.: Paramedic (Sanitätshelfer) of the civil protection unit (Katastrophenschutzeinheit)
LANGUAGES
German (native)
English (fluent)
French, Russian (basic)
For an extended professional profile and detailed project list as PDF, please request directly at andreas@westendoerpf.de.