Sebastian Bayer
Angestellt, VP Product - New Business, StayFriends GmbH
Berlin, Deutschland
Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Sebastian Bayer
Bis heute 6 Jahre und 11 Monate, seit Juli 2017
VP Product - New Business
StayFriends GmbH
1 Jahr und 9 Monate, Okt. 2015 - Juni 2017
Head of Product Management Portal
PAYBACK GmbH, Part of the American Express Group• Product strategy and roadmap for PAYBACK’s web, and affiliate BIZ • Relaunch of the Rewards Shop, PAYBACK’s eCommerce offering • Products Prospektbox and PAYBACK Internet Assistant (PIA) • Contributes to agile / lean transition of the organization (SCRUM/KANBAN/Lean Product Development) • Revamped affiliate business backend and processes
3 Jahre und 1 Monat, Juni 2012 - Juni 2015
Director Product Management
Sleepy Giant Entertainment / adaptiv.io, Newport Beach, California
Led SGE's Product Management Team. SGE provides B2C eCommerce and community experiences as well as backend services for mobile, web, console, and PC games. • Led agile transformation = Agile and lean processes across all teams • Built effektive product management team • Managed Projects include Disney Infinity, Zenimax Elder Scrolls Online, Ubisoft, BBC, Tera, Fox • Webby award nomination for Disney Infinity • Led product strategy for the adaptiv.io mobile marketing automation platform (now SWRVE)
3 Jahre und 8 Monate, Okt. 2008 - Mai 2012
Senior Product Manager
StayFriends GmbH, Erlangen, Germany
Headed core business PM team for European sites of Classmates.com • 25M+ users • 5 countries • Subscription + ad based revenue. • Leadership for core business product team • Pricing models and discount strategies • Monetization and UX for core business features: eCommerce, checkout process, alumni database, registration process, contacts, messaging • Conversion optimization: payment and registration process • Product management and agile development processes
9 Jahre und 6 Monate, Apr. 1999 - Sep. 2008
CTO und Founder
cardamon beratung.gestaltung.programmierung
Co-founded business, offering tech consulting and software development services • Designed and built software solutions for automotive, manufacturing, and tourism industry • Managed software development teams with up to 7 developers (+QA, Designer) per team • Gathered software dev experience with Java, C++, PHP, ASP.net, PL/SQL, SQL Plus, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL etc.
3 Jahre und 7 Monate, Juni 2001 - Dez. 2004
Geschäftbereichsleiter
IFB logistics & process consulting GmbH
Managed budget and strategy for the software development business unit of a Fraunhofer Research Institute spin-off. • Managed entire product lifecycle for online survey platform »Infoluchs« • Sold 90 licenses and 28 customization projects to market research institutes • Licensed QA technology to Volkswagen and implemented it in two VW plants; now collecting and analyzing data for more than 2000 cars produced per day
3 Jahre und 11 Monate, Mai 1995 - März 1999
Research Assistant
Fraunhofer-Institut für Fabrikbetrieb und -automatisierung
Parallel to my CS studies: Software development and IT Consulting for • Industrial logistics • Factory automation • Research projects Clients: • Siemens • Carl Zeiss • BSH • Volkswagen
Ausbildung von Sebastian Bayer
1997 - 1998
Mining Engineering Computer Simulation
University of Idaho
1994 - 2001
Informatik
Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg
Technische und betriebliche Informationssysteme
Sprachen
Deutsch
Muttersprache
Englisch
Fließend
Spanisch
Gut
Russisch
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