Raphael Leiteritz

Current

• Product Manager at Google

Past

• Head of Innovation- and Business Development at Utimaco Safeware AG
• Head of research unit at Technical University of Berlin / German Ministry of Interior
• Co-founder and CEO at innominate

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Education

• INSEAD
• Technische Universität Berlin

Recommended

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Connections

481 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website

Raphael Leiteritz’s Summary

Computer Scientist, Entrepreneur, MBA. Expert on product management, innovation and business development working for Google.

Raphael Leiteritz’s Specialties:

Entrepreneurship, Business Development, M&A, Negotiation, Open Source Software, Security, Mobile networks, Mobile Security, Innovation, Corporate Development, Startup, Business Models, internet, geo, Google

Raphael Leiteritz’s Experience

• Product Manager

  Google

  (Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

  April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  Product Manager for Google Maps. Working on existing and new product initiatives in the Geo area (local search, Maps, Google Transit, Photos etc.)

• Head of Innovation- and Business Development

  Utimaco Safeware AG

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; USA; Computer & Network Security industry)

  August 2004 — March 2008 (3 years 8 months)

  Utimaco is a market leader in enterprise data security and encryption. With more than 300 employees in 10 countries, the public company has over $75m in revenues
  
  • Led a new product team to develop, refine and implement future product strategy
  • Managed global product launch including sales and marketing
  • Conducted extensive strategy and market research to assess future product and market opportunities
  • Led all M&A and due diligence efforts for the company
  • Led all strategic partnerships and new business development initiatives
  • Developed patent application and screening process, submitted several patents
  • Member of the senior management group
  • Company was sold for over EUR 215m to a leading security vendor

• Head of research unit

  Technical University of Berlin / German Ministry of Interior

  (Public Safety industry)

  April 2002 — September 2003 (1 year 6 months)

  • Started a research department at leading university, developed a sales and marketing-strategy, acquired several long-lasting research contracts
  • Directed major research project German Ministry of Interior in the field of mobile security
  • Published research results in a comprehensive report which had significant industry impact

• Co-founder and CEO

  innominate

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 1997 — September 2001 (4 years 5 months)

  • Founded one of the first European companies selling open source software products and services to businesses
  • Managed growth of profitable company to 115 employees in 10 offices in Germany, Switzerland and Italy to second largest Linux company in Europe
  • Developed marketing and sales strategy for Open Source products and services
  • First Linux company in Germany to receive venture-capital financing after two years profitable growth (EUR 1.75m), raised additional EUR 10.75m from international investors (among others, Capital Group from Los Angeles, third largest mutual fund in the US) to facilitate European expansion
  • Led the merger & acquisitions operations, responsible for acquisition and integration of three companies with a total of 35 employees
  • Closed deals and managed on-going relationships with key accounts like Bosch, Toshiba, German Ministry for Economic and the German parliament
  • New company was 2008 sold in trade-sale

Raphael Leiteritz’s Education

• INSEAD

  MBA , Business Administration , August 2003 — July 2004

  France and Singapore

  Activities and Societies:

  Focus on Private Equity, Entrepreneurship, High Tech Strategy, enjoyed french cuisine and Singapore nightlife.

• Technische Universität Berlin

  MSc. , Computer Science , 1995 — 2002

  Finished studying in 2002 with thesis about Open Source business models.
  
  Suspended studies from 1999 to 2001 while I started my own company.

  Activities and Societies:

  Deputy president student council

Additional Information

Raphael Leiteritz’s Websites:

• My Website

Raphael Leiteritz’s Interests:

Windsurfing, hiking, discovering nature, running, cooking for my wife ;-)

Raphael Leiteritz’s Groups:

INSEAD Alumni

•    INSEAD Alumni (5,000+ Alumni connected)
•    Googlers & Xooglers
•    INSEAD business school

Raphael Leiteritz’s Honors:

McKinsey StartUp competition winner in Berlin

Lecturer at Technical University Berlin and a number of private institutions over many years. Give classes on innovation, open source/Linux, mobile technologies, security and business/economics since 1995.

Used to be member of the board of the German Linux business association.

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