Günther Mittermayer

Startup Founder | Product and Tech | Agile | Education Ops | Edtech | Innovation

Bis 2023, Founder, Escola Mais

Berlin, Deutschland

Über mich

I have lived, studied and worked in different countries (Brazil, Germany, Portugal, Egypt) and thrive in a multi cultural, diverse environment. I love learning and studying new languages, Movies, Rock, Jazz and Brazilian music. Professionally I am passionate about problem solving, project management and innovation. In particular, I have learned to lead teams in innovating to solve complex problems, and I am also skilled in mentoring and developing team members. I graduated as a Computer Science Engineer at University of São Paulo (Brazil), have a Master's degree from Hochschule Mannheim (Germany) and over 20 years of work and entrepreneurship experience. After a successful career in Management and Technology Consulting at Accenture I cofounded a Film School, an Edtech startup and after that a very successful K12 affordable school chain (Escola Mais - 9 school units, over 600 employees, ~4K K12 students).

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Project Management
Technology
Team Management
Team work
Consulting
Management
Infrastructure
Information technology
Computer Science
Technology development
Edtech
Education
Agile Development
Software Development
Administration
New Technologies
Product Development
Curriculum design
Curriculum Planning
Scrum
Leadership
Responsible
innovative
Entrepreneurship
Leadership skills
Commitment
Enthusiasm
Intercultural competence
Fast learner
ability to work under pressure
Communication skills
Reliability
Motivation
independent

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Günther Mittermayer

  • 2021 - 2023

    CPO & CTO

    Escola Mais

    As leading Product and Technology Director, I lead the areas responsible implementation and introduction of Agile/Lean Methodology in software and service design. As direct reports to me, both content & curriculum as well as product and technology areas helped us reshape the way our students learn.

  • 2016 - 2023

    Founder

    Escola Mais

    As Founding partner of Escola Mais I helped to conceptualize and implement a successful chain of highly innovative schools that offer high quality education at an affordable price point. This was achieved by implenting a very efficient school operation with an intensive use of technology. Cofounded and the codirected the company from zero to a ~US$ 12M/yr revenue.

  • 2016 - 2021

    Managing Director - Product, Technology and Operations

    Escola Mais

    As Managing Director of a growing business, my main role was to ensure Product-Market fit of the educational solutions. I helped designing and implementing most business and pedagogical processes from the ground up. This included implementing management processes, leading technology definitions and implementation as well as designing and implementing most of the KPIs Metrics based management. I also lead our team of school directors and their teams summing to ~400 people.

  • 2014 - 2016

    Co-Founder and Director of Product

    Wikidu

    As Co-founder and Product Director, my main role was to design, implement and train envolved personal, as well as ensuring Product-Market fit. Wikidu was an EdTech comitted to bringing Project-based Learning to traditional schools, mainly through an after school program, but also as curricular activities. The company operated mainly with public schools in Brazil reaching ~3000 students.

  • 2012 - 2014

    Founding Partner and Managing Director

    Operahaus

    Film School in São Paulo, Brazil. More than 3000 student learned to produce, direct, photograph and write film scripts. As founder, I have developed most of the learning material, coordinated most of learning activities. Operahaus has also produced music videos and short films.

  • 2009 - 2012

    Film School Coordinator, Producer, Director

    LAFilm - Latin American Film Institute

    Coordinated film and acting courses at LAFilm. LAFilm is a film and acting school in São Paulo, Brazil committed to bringing the highest standard of practices to aspiring actors and film makers. The Acting School is Brazil's best representative of Method Acting, while the film school focuses on empowering students to start their film making careers even if with low or no budget productions.

  • 2008 - 2009

    IT Manager - IT Process Improvement

    Citi

    Lead the Technology Process Improvement team at Citi Brazil with significant results. We implemented ITIL standard processes in Data center management, Tech feature Change Management and others.

  • 2001 - 2008

    Project Manager

    Accenture

    I helped companies to implement better processes and technology. Collaborated both as a team member and team manager in several consulting projects in companies like AES Eletropaulo, Petrobras, Gerdau, Braskem and others. These projects mostly involved redesigning processes and implementing new technologies to achieve high business performance.

  • 8 Monate, Jan. 2004 - Aug. 2004

    Master's Degree Student

    SIEMENS

    As a Master's Degree conclusion thesis, developed a Network Management tool based on MLPS protocol (Multi Protocol Label Switching) for the High Speed Networks department at Siemens' Research Facility in Munich, Germany. Thesis was evalutated with highest grades by Hochschule Professor and very positively evaluated by direct leadership at Siemens.

Ausbildung von Günther Mittermayer

  • 1 Monat, Okt. 2023 - Okt. 2023

    Technology Innovation: From Strategy to Application

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Course with MIT xPRO department on Innovation

  • 3 Jahre, Jan. 2002 - Dez. 2004

    Information technology

    Hochschule Mannheim

  • 5 Jahre, Jan. 1996 - Dez. 2000

    Computer Science and Engineering

    Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo

Sprachen

  • Englisch

    Fließend

  • Portugiesisch

    Muttersprache

  • Spanisch

    Fließend

  • Französisch

    Grundlagen

  • Deutsch

    Fließend

Interessen

Photography
Cooking
Music
Travel
Film
Running

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