People profiles
Herwig Stöckl
Professional Background
- 30 years of professional experience
- Head of global Operations m-commerce at Ericsson, a 100000+ staff telecom vendor
- Longer employments in 2 countries (AUT, SWE) and worked with and in 30+ countries over the globe
- Frequent interactions with C-suite and staff functions at employer and customers
- 7 years in various management positions at Siemens, a 400000+ staff technology company, in Austria and Central Europe (HUN, CZE, SVK, CRO, POL)
- 15+ years in various management positions at Ericsson Sweden working mainly within project management, M&A, operations and deployment, R&D and business development
- Frequent speaker on conferences
- Native German, fluent English and Swedish speaker
M&A Skills & Expertise
- Post-merger integration (PMI), M&A projects
- Sectors: Telecommunication, IT, Automotive and Transportation, Professional Services, FinTech and Financial Services, Tourism and Fashion
- Project management of complex PMI and carve-out projects as well as Transactional Services Agreement (TSA) delivery
- Transition, Transformation and Change Management in line management roles and as a consultant, both strategic planning and execution
- Full Profit & Loss responsibility both in Siemens line management role and as CEO for start-ups
- Experience from Start-up, Scale-up, transfer to maintenance mode, insourcing, outsourcing and down-sizing a business
- Several cases of near- and/or off-shoring both within Europe, India and Asia
- PMP© Certified Project Manager since 2005
Project Highlights
- Flex Power Modules, rather complex carve-out from Ericsson and TSA delivery until closure of the projects. 300+ staff including a factory in China, Shanghai, 1 year from Signing to end of TSA
- Mediakind, extreme complex carve-out from Ericsson to a Joint Venture with Private Equity,1600+ staff in 30+ countries, main role in Separation Project Office with focus on TSA preparation, Target Operating Model, payroll system, establishment of legal entities, etc.
- Ericsson Edge Gravity, integration of Vidscale, a 150+ company, mainly in US and Ukraine
- Ericsson Edge Gravity, separation of the business from Ericsson legal structure into a new 100% Ericsson owned subsidiary with headquarter in US
- Ericsson, Integration of Envivio, a French/US based product company. Focus on Sales workstream to setup a totally new flow for channel partners
- Undisclosed deal in Automotive, Integration planning and preparation of a complex carve-out from one global company to another (both 100000+ staff), 300+ staff, 5 sites on 4 continents