Sean Smart
Chief Operating Officer at Swiss Solar Group AG- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Swiss Solar Group AG
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Switzerland
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Services for Renewable Energy
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Operating Officer
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Apr 2023 - Present
Swiss Solar Group, a holding company based in Zurich, was founded in 2022 with the aim of making smart and clean energy accessible throughout Switzerland. The holding company supports its partner companies with competencies in human resources, skilled labor, supply chain, finance, marketing and digital transformation, allowing them to focus on their core business. Swiss Solar Group is backed by moyreal holding, a Swiss family office which pursues a strong sustainability course, by Helvetic Trust AG acting as moyreal’s advisor, and by the climate investor blue8 from Zurich. Show less
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SeetalSolar AG
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Switzerland
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Renewables & Environment
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1 - 100 Employee
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Geschäftsführer
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Oct 2023 - Present
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blue8
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Switzerland
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Operating Partner
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Apr 2023 - Present
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Koru Nachfolge GmbH
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Augsburg Area, Germany
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Founder
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2018 - Present
• Successfully acquired a SME in Switzerland during the pandemic. • Sourced deals via cold-contacting 2500+ companies in Germany and Switzerland. • Raised venture and acquisition capital incl. negotiating contracts with investors, bank, and sellers. • Successfully acquired a SME in Switzerland during the pandemic. • Sourced deals via cold-contacting 2500+ companies in Germany and Switzerland. • Raised venture and acquisition capital incl. negotiating contracts with investors, bank, and sellers.
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Renovation-Bern AG
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Switzerland
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Construction
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1 - 100 Employee
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Geschäftsführer
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2020 - Apr 2023
• Responsible for day-to-day operations, resource planning and project overview. • Digitalisation of internal processes after process mapping, software selection and implementation. • Managed organisation through the pandemic and a management transition. • Responsible for day-to-day operations, resource planning and project overview. • Digitalisation of internal processes after process mapping, software selection and implementation. • Managed organisation through the pandemic and a management transition.
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MAN Diesel & Turbo
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Germany
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Strategy Programme Manager, Global Sales & Aftersales
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2016 - 2018
• Managed strategic sales programme to implement sales strategy and cost reduction measures.• Established and led global support organisation for the 2000 users of SAP CRM in 57 countries.
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Group Leader Tendering APAC
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2013 - 2016
• Led consortium to win MAN's first EPC power plant projects in Indonesia.• Initiated and set up group in Singapore to manage € 800 million of bids regionally and provide support to Sales Managers covering 11 countries in APAC.• Developed business cases for total life cycle of power stations to commercially evaluate solutions for customers.
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Tendering Manager
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2009 - 2013
• Delivered critical, complex bids and met tight deadlines with international multi-functional teams.• Led an international EPC consortium bidding for a 600 MW power plant in Jordan.• Managed teams for projects in Tanzania, Kenya, Mauritius, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Jordan and Indonesia.
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Geisler-Tannhoff Ingenieuer Büro GmbH
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Munich Area, Germany
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Mechanical Engineer
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2008 - 2009
• Designed engine test stands. • Designed engine test stands.
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Amec Foster Wheeler
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United Kingdom
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Oil and Gas
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Transmission Line Engineer
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2007 - 2008
• Design work for 400 kV cable installation in Liverpool. • Trained employees in specialist software 3D modelling of transmission lines. • Design work for 400 kV cable installation in Liverpool. • Trained employees in specialist software 3D modelling of transmission lines.
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Beca
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New Zealand
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Mechanical Engineer
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2004 - 2008
• Technical lead for construction of a 220 kV transmission line to a new wind farm. • Model and identify solutions for thermal upgrade projects to existing transmission lines. • Technical lead for construction of a 220 kV transmission line to a new wind farm. • Model and identify solutions for thermal upgrade projects to existing transmission lines.
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Yarlet Prepartory School
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Yarlet, England
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Assistant Boarding Master
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1999 - 1999
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Education
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INSEAD
Executive Master of Business Administration -
University of Canterbury
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King's College