CEO
Resume:
DR. STEFANIE LEMCKE
SENIOR TECH EXECUTIVE, SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR, INVESTOR GREATER NEW YORK CITY +1-917-***-**** DETAILS
Greater New York City
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LINKS
SKILLS
Business Development Strategies
Business Strategy
Business Development
Innovation Management
Company Management
General Management
Leadership and Teamwork
Interpersonal Communication
Product Development
Project Management
Contract Negotiation
Marketing and Sales
Market Research
LANGUAGES
English
German
Spanish; Castilian
Italian
French
Portuguese
PROFILE
Venture and technology expert, Serial Entrepreneur, Investor Serial Entrepreneur and driven technology executive, with 20+ years of proven track record in building and growing award winning technology companies. A proven track record of growing businesses from strategy to execution with a key experiences in business development, sales, strategic partnerships and deal negotiations.
Demonstrated Achievements:
Led strategic business development with million dollar sales for fortune 500 companies and startups
Built award winning technology brands that grew into hundreds of thousands in usage Core Industry Expertise
Mobile Apps; Mobility, consumer tech
Media and Entertainment: Digital media, family tech, ed tech Retail technologies incl. mobile payment
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
CEO and co-founder at GoKid Corporation, New York, NY June 2016 — July 2020
Co-founded and led GoKid as CEO, an award winning carpooling technology for schools, teams and families. A Techstars company, GoKid won the 2018 SXSW Mobility award, and App of the Day by the Apple. GoKid ceased operations due to school closures and disruptions caused by Covid-19 in the summer of 2020.
• Lead all aspects of the business, with a team of 8 and grew company to 800,000 trips and hundreds of thousands in b2b revenue.
• Raised $ 2.4 M from strategic investors, family offices and angel investors and executed on strategic partnerships
• Drafted and won six figure grants
Managing Director and co-founder at New York International, New York, NY September 2011 — May 2016
Co-founded, built and led New York International, a media and technology venture for founders, leaders, and smarter cities. The company provided consulting services and conferences around smart city technologies and innovation in urban hubs.
• As Managing Director grew the brand to hundreds of thousands in revenue with clients such as City of New York, the City of Berlin, and Quebec Government and managed a a team of 5.
• Developed leading industry and conference formats 'Transatlantic Entrepreneur Conference' and "W2NYC'.
Principal at Quantum Media, New York, NY
2004 — 2016
• Generated hundreds of thousands in revenue winning Fortune 500 clients such as Disney, Deutsche Telekom, Telekom Italia, Metro AG, HBO, Lego, Comcast and Viacom.
• For Metro AG, set up innovation strategy, worked directly with CEO and CIO to invest in and collaborate with disruptive retail technologies and startups.
• Lead digital transformation initiatives + new product development leading to millions in revenue.
• Won Brightcove Corporation as multi-year client, leading their go-to market strategy in GAS; won first multi-million $ sales deal for the company through a strategic partnership.
• Investor, advisor and mentor to venture-backed start ups.
• Speaker at international innovation, technology and media conferences such as SXSW Austin, TX, K.E.Y Innovation conference Seoul, Korea. Guest lecturer at NYU Stern School of Business.
Head of Video on Demand and Partner Channels at Sky (Germany), Munich, Germany June 2001 — May 2004
• Transformed the Pay-per-View department into a profit center with EUR 40 million annual budget and a team of 8.
• Responsible for the new business development, strategic partnerships selection, scheduling and acquisition of on-demand movies, sport and music events, the marketing of the service as well as the development of new technical solutions and strategic alliances.
• Dealt and negotiated all multi-year agreements with US studios and independent production houses.
Head of Business and Legal Affairs at The Disney Channel, Munich, Germany July 1999 — June 2001
• As part of the Management successfully prepared and executed the launch of the Disney Channel in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
• As first in-house lawyer solely in charge of negotiating of all commercial agreements: technology and distribution agreements, corporate affairs, trademark and copyright, marketing, licensing agreements, as well production agreements. Saved company hundreds of thousands in outside legal counsel fees. Manager Business and Legal Affairs at Sony Music GmhH, Frankfurt, Germany June 1996 — June 1999
• Promoted to negotiate all agreements with artists, producers as well as international label deals in the GAS region.
• In charge of trademark and copyright infringements litigation. EDUCATION
PhD + LLM, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, German Dissertation 'cum laude' on "The New Spanish copyright law in comparison to the German copyright law". First legal Exam 'magna cum laude', Second legal exam 'cum laude'. MBA, Steinbeis-Hochschule-Berlin, Berlin, New York, Milan Executive MBA at Steinbeis University, Berlin in collaboration with Bocconi School of Business, Milan and NYU Stern School of Business (full scholarship). Master thesis on 'Profitability of VOD services'.
COURSES
Social media bootcamp, Columbia University, New York City EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Board Member at OTA, Westport, CT
January 2017 — Present
OTA, Oyebog Tennis Academy, a non-profit organization founded in 1999 by Joseph Oyebog, a former ATP pro, and Davis Cup player to bring the benefits of tennis to underprivileged children in his native Cameroon, Africa. Since it’s founding, OTA has introduced over 10,000 children to tennis, giving them not only tennis skills, but life skills as well. Board Members raise awareness for the organization and organize the annual fundraising event.
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