Matthias Zeitler

Past

Business Consultant at SDL International
Founder / Technology at Scubish Inc.
Group Technology Manager at CLS Communications

Director Product Management at TRADOS
CTO at step: GmbH
CTO / VP Technologies at STAR Group

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Education

Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business
Fachhochschule Salzburg

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Matthias Zeitler’s Summary

Matthias is an expert in web technologies, offshore outsourcing, global content lifecycles, translation process technology and enterprise software product management.

After leading a captive offshore development organization in Russia he is a strong believer in offshore and outsourcing as a strategic business advantage. He is driving to create great products and solutions that excite customers.

He has been driving the development of cutting edge products and solutions at various positions with globalization industry leaders like the STAR Group, TRADOS and SDL International. Since globalization is always integrated into other functions and systems, he has a lot of experience with partners and 3rd party technologies like Documentum, Interwoven, Astoria, Arbortext/PTC, Alchemy, Systran and many other commercial or internal front- and backend systems.

He has worked in different countries where he gained a solid understanding of international business culture and local nuances.

To advance his knowledge and to strengthen his network he is currently attending the MBA program at Santa Clara University with a focus on leadership and entrepreneurship.

He also founded and developed several smaller projects and businesses in the social media space. His Biotrend application on Facebook has grown to 45,000 users and is still growing.

Matthias Zeitler’s Specialties:

Product Management, offshore, globalization, localization, translation, BPO, process automation, process reengineering, software development, CMS, Content Management, WCM, GMS, Globalization Management, TWS, Translation Workflow Automation, online communities, social networks, web 2.0

Matthias Zeitler’s Experience

Business Consultant

SDL International

(Public Company; sdl; Translation and Localization industry)

June 2006 — October 2009 (3 years 5 months)

Defining global information management solutions based on SDL Translation Management system for key accounts like Electronic Arts, John Deere, Kodak, Kaiser, VeriSign, NetApp... and SDL internal solutions for translation services customers.
Managing and supporting the complete account management lifecycle from initial sales contact to final delivery of solution (Define - Design - Develop - Deploy).
Founder / Technology

Scubish Inc.

(Internet industry)

March 2007 — September 2009 (2 years 7 months)

scubish.com: Built a very comprehensive Web 2.0 Scuba Diving community portal with information about scuba diving locations around the world. Managed multiple offshore resources to develop the site from the initial idea to its launch. Extensive search engine marketing and optimization to drive traffic and built an online brand. Sold the site in May 2008 to a competitor.

biotrend.us: Used the Facebook platform to architect a comprehensive biorhythm and astrology application. Leveraged open source technology and content. Application is growing fast and is part of the "Verified by Facebook" program.

wisheo.com: Co-founder of an exciting group gifting application on Facebook that leverages social media as a distribution platform. Managed the technical aspects of the product development and online marketing. Shortlisted for fbfund in 2008 and participates in UC Davis Big Bang business plan competition.
Group Technology Manager

CLS Communications

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

October 2005 — March 2006 (6 months)

Reviewed the current IT infrastructure and defined a technology strategy that would give CLS a competitive advantage in the global market. Evaluation of build vs. buy strategies.
Lead cross functional meetings to facilitate decision making process.
Gained a much better understanding of localization processes at financial institutions.
Director Product Management

TRADOS

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 3 months)

Gathered market requirements and defined together with the CMO a next generation product portfolio strategy to enable the company to expand the localization tool offering to a complete global information solutions product portfolio covering authoring through publishing lifecycle stages.
Started to implemented this strategy for one new product and one existing product. Supported cross functional initiatives that ultimately lead to the acquisition of TRADOS by a major competitor (SDL International).
CTO

step: GmbH

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 2003 — July 2004 (11 months)

Built a software development center in St. Petersburg to deliver an enterprise grade globalization system as differentiator for an international translation group start-up.
18 employees in my reporting line
CTO / VP Technologies

STAR Group

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 2001 — September 2003 (2 years 7 months)

After starting as the Executive Product Manager for Translation Workflow, Matthias was quickly promoted to lead all translation technology products at STAR.
Responsibility for staff and strategy of the software development unit
at two locations with a total staff of 47
Acquisition and handling of high potential leads and accounts like DaimlerChrysler, Heidelberg and BMW
Setup of a department for the development and marketing of a standard workflow solution for translation processes ("globalization management system")
Evaluation of new ideas for translation memory tools

Matthias Zeitler’s Education

Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business

MBA , 2007 — 2009

The Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University began in 1926, and was one of the first business schools in the country to receive national accreditation. Its MBA program is #10 in the nation.

Activities and Societies:

Leading People and Organizations, Entrepreneurship, Managing Innovation and Technology
Fachhochschule Salzburg

BA (Dipl. Ing.) , Computer Science , 1997 — 2001

The degree program offers a comprehensive university education in the field of information technologies complemented by management and social skills training.

The Fachhochschule Salzburg (FHS) – Salzburg University of Applied Sciences - offers interdisciplinary, bachelor and master programmes geared to the needs of the labour market in the innovation-oriented areas of Information Technologies, Business and Tourism, Media and Design, Health Studies and Social Work as well as Wood and Biogene Technologies.

Fachhochschule Sazburg is ranked #2 in Austria.

Activities and Societies:

CCNA, ISO 9000, Specialization: Network and Communication Technologies