Klaus-Peter Hars
Managing Director at Inventivio GmbH- Claim this Profile
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Olaf Wilcke
Klaus is a highly skilled marketing director, combining the talent to build successful brands with abundant experience in making it happen. Fully exploring the consumer and competitive environment, he used his strong analytical marketing skills together with commercial acumen to deliver both short term tactical successes as well as long term sustainable growth. Having managed major organisational and commercial turnarounds, Klaus demonstrated that he easily steps out of his comfort zone and operates as a general manager covering all aspects of doing business. It was a pleasure for me to have Klaus as a colleague
Jeffrey Pearson
I had the pleasure of working with Klaus while he was Consumer and Small Business lead at Microsoft. During this period, I was impressed with his deep knowledge of the retail channel and his ability to use his strong business acumen, creative and strategic skills and operational expertise to consistently over achieve results. Introducing the retail channel in our key markets in Central and Eastern Europe, he developed and managed a strong team of consumer focused marketers who took retail sales to new heights and earned the respect of local and HQ management across the region. Working closely with Klaus on distribution strategies for my region, I found his direct, no-nonsense approach to the business to provide the clarity and direction needed to bring our plans to the next level and deliver meaningful results. His customer centric approach to managing our partners led him to always find a solution to any challenge or issue that they faced. A strong team player, always willing to help others and open to feedback and new ideas, he was a pleasure to work with and brought a positive presence to our group. I would heartily recommend him and gladly work with him again.
Olaf Wilcke
Klaus is a highly skilled marketing director, combining the talent to build successful brands with abundant experience in making it happen. Fully exploring the consumer and competitive environment, he used his strong analytical marketing skills together with commercial acumen to deliver both short term tactical successes as well as long term sustainable growth. Having managed major organisational and commercial turnarounds, Klaus demonstrated that he easily steps out of his comfort zone and operates as a general manager covering all aspects of doing business. It was a pleasure for me to have Klaus as a colleague
Jeffrey Pearson
I had the pleasure of working with Klaus while he was Consumer and Small Business lead at Microsoft. During this period, I was impressed with his deep knowledge of the retail channel and his ability to use his strong business acumen, creative and strategic skills and operational expertise to consistently over achieve results. Introducing the retail channel in our key markets in Central and Eastern Europe, he developed and managed a strong team of consumer focused marketers who took retail sales to new heights and earned the respect of local and HQ management across the region. Working closely with Klaus on distribution strategies for my region, I found his direct, no-nonsense approach to the business to provide the clarity and direction needed to bring our plans to the next level and deliver meaningful results. His customer centric approach to managing our partners led him to always find a solution to any challenge or issue that they faced. A strong team player, always willing to help others and open to feedback and new ideas, he was a pleasure to work with and brought a positive presence to our group. I would heartily recommend him and gladly work with him again.
Olaf Wilcke
Klaus is a highly skilled marketing director, combining the talent to build successful brands with abundant experience in making it happen. Fully exploring the consumer and competitive environment, he used his strong analytical marketing skills together with commercial acumen to deliver both short term tactical successes as well as long term sustainable growth. Having managed major organisational and commercial turnarounds, Klaus demonstrated that he easily steps out of his comfort zone and operates as a general manager covering all aspects of doing business. It was a pleasure for me to have Klaus as a colleague
Jeffrey Pearson
I had the pleasure of working with Klaus while he was Consumer and Small Business lead at Microsoft. During this period, I was impressed with his deep knowledge of the retail channel and his ability to use his strong business acumen, creative and strategic skills and operational expertise to consistently over achieve results. Introducing the retail channel in our key markets in Central and Eastern Europe, he developed and managed a strong team of consumer focused marketers who took retail sales to new heights and earned the respect of local and HQ management across the region. Working closely with Klaus on distribution strategies for my region, I found his direct, no-nonsense approach to the business to provide the clarity and direction needed to bring our plans to the next level and deliver meaningful results. His customer centric approach to managing our partners led him to always find a solution to any challenge or issue that they faced. A strong team player, always willing to help others and open to feedback and new ideas, he was a pleasure to work with and brought a positive presence to our group. I would heartily recommend him and gladly work with him again.
Olaf Wilcke
Klaus is a highly skilled marketing director, combining the talent to build successful brands with abundant experience in making it happen. Fully exploring the consumer and competitive environment, he used his strong analytical marketing skills together with commercial acumen to deliver both short term tactical successes as well as long term sustainable growth. Having managed major organisational and commercial turnarounds, Klaus demonstrated that he easily steps out of his comfort zone and operates as a general manager covering all aspects of doing business. It was a pleasure for me to have Klaus as a colleague
Jeffrey Pearson
I had the pleasure of working with Klaus while he was Consumer and Small Business lead at Microsoft. During this period, I was impressed with his deep knowledge of the retail channel and his ability to use his strong business acumen, creative and strategic skills and operational expertise to consistently over achieve results. Introducing the retail channel in our key markets in Central and Eastern Europe, he developed and managed a strong team of consumer focused marketers who took retail sales to new heights and earned the respect of local and HQ management across the region. Working closely with Klaus on distribution strategies for my region, I found his direct, no-nonsense approach to the business to provide the clarity and direction needed to bring our plans to the next level and deliver meaningful results. His customer centric approach to managing our partners led him to always find a solution to any challenge or issue that they faced. A strong team player, always willing to help others and open to feedback and new ideas, he was a pleasure to work with and brought a positive presence to our group. I would heartily recommend him and gladly work with him again.
Experience
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Inventivio
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Germany
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Managing Director
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2009 - Present
Start-up at Inventivio we believe in innovation. We aim for highly innovative, game changing technologies that have a positive impact on society. We have launched our first assistive technology for blind people called 'Tactonom Reader'. It facilitates the access to graphic information. This is achieved though an interactive technology that augments tactile graphics with audio explanantions and helps blind people to easily navigate and understand complex graphics. At the same time we are working on an interactive tactile display with more than 10.500 moving tactile pixels (taxels). This device will enable blind people to access any text or graphic information like spreadsheets, maps, graphics, images, charts, floor plans and many more without the help of others. This project under the name of 'Tactonom'has received the Seal of Excellence of the European Union is financed through the EU's Horizon 2020 EIC Accelerator. For further information please do not hesitate to contact me at klaus-peter.hars@inventivio.com.
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Microsoft
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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CEE Distribution Partner Lead
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2007 - 2009
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CEE Retail, Consumer & Small Business Marketing Lead
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2004 - 2007
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Intersnack Bulgaria
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Food and Beverage Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Marketing & Sales Director Vico SA
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2000 - 2003
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Marketing Director Vico S.A.
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1999 - 2000
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Head of Marketing Chio Chips
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1998 - 1999
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Mondelēz International
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United States
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Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Brand Manager
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1997 - 1998
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Brand Manager
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1995 - 1997
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Assistant Brand Manager
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1992 - 1995
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Education
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1989 - 1992
Europäische Wirtschaftshochschule Berlin
Diplomkaufmann; European Master in Business Administration -
1987 - 1989
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Vordiplom, Betriebswirtschaft -
1984 - 1986
Gymnasium Wentorf
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Deutsche Schule Den Haag
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