Michael Wetzel
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Born 12th of January 1970 in Nuremberg, Germany, married, one child
Is Development delivering what the market needs?
Is the Sales team able to message the value proposition?
Does the market know what your company's offerings are?
I love orchestrating different groups of interest - Development - Marketing - Sales - Post-Sales ... Domain knowledge drives acceptance amongst different audiences in an organisation, creates confidence and establishes credibility. Innovative projects require successful evangelization - no matter whether internally or externally.
Leading an audience through strong presentation and communication techniques – also internationally: My charismatic and convincing behaviour guarantees to not only fulfill but to "live" leadership responsibility, to encourage also external teams achieving supreme performance, in order to bring top
class products to market together in a team with fun and spirit. Change is my main motivator!
I strongly believe in the Lean Startup and Product Development Model.
Dec 2012 - today | Coreon Berlin – Managing Director
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May 2011 - today | ESTeam Berlin / Athens – Senior Product Manager
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June 2005 - April 2011 | SDL Language Technologies Stuttgart – Product Manager
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June 2005 | SDL International (1,300 employees) acquires TRADOS (150 employees) at approx. $60 million |
January 2003 – July 2005 | TRADOS Stuttgart – Product Marketing Manager
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July 2000 - January 2003 | TRADOS Stuttgart – Product Manager
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April 1998 - June 2000 | TRADOS Brussels – Program Manager
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August 1997 - March 1998 | TRADOS Stuttgart – Training and Support
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Spring 1997 | Internship with TRADOS Stuttgart: Competitive market analysis translation technologies |
University |
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Summer 1997 | Passed degree as Master of Arts at FAU Erlangen – Nuremberg, overall average note: 1.99 (MA German Linguistics: 1.7 / German Linguistics: 2.1 / Gallo roman philology: 2.3 / Computational Linguistics: 1.7) |
WS 1992 - SS 1997 | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg: • German Linguistics • Gallo roman philology • Computational Linguistics |
WS 1990 - SS 1992 | Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg: • German studies • Communication science • Gallo roman philology |
Community service as alternative to military service 1989-1990 | Altenheim Regensburger Straße in Nuremberg |
School Education |
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1980 - 1989 | Neues Gymnasium Nürnberg, Nuremberg Abitur, overall average note 1.7 |
1976 - 1980 | Primary school Nuremberg-Fischbach |
www.coreon.com | Coreon homepage |
www.sdl.com | SDL plc Homepage |
www.dttev.org | Deutscher Terminologietag |
www.localizationworld.com | Localization World |
www.tekom.de | tekom, lectures, workshops and panel discussions in 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013 |
Outdoor activities and sports requiring staying power such as racing cycles, swimming, hiking, skiing
Mediterranean way of life, travel and culture with a particular focus on media, food and wine, jazz music
Regular readings: Süddeutsche Zeitung, Handelsblatt, Der Spiegel, c't, iX, Computerwoche, Multilingual Computing, Harvard Business Manager, kressreport, Der Feinschmecker, outdoor, kress.de, spiegel.de, computerwoche.de