Curriculum Vitae – Dr. Stefan Ried
Since January 2008 Forrester Research
Responsible as an analyst for the software market vendor perspective of Forrester´s Tech Industry branch. Main focus is middleware and integration software, as well as application development, modelling and enterprise architecture. See my profile on the official Forrester page.
June 2005 – January 2008 SOFTWARE AG
Responsible for Product Management of the SOA Integration – Product Division, formerly Crossvision, now webMethods.
July 2004 – January 2005 SAP AG
Responsible for the Product Management of SAP’s technology platform.
November 2001 – June 2004 Deutsche Post ITSolutions
Since January 2002 additionally heading the System Architecture Division of the company. Since November 2001 heading the strategic staff department.July 2001 – October 2001 Freelancer Freelancer on e-business architecture and e-strategy consulting.
Jan 2001 – June 2001 Chief Technology Officer, Softlution AG
Responsible for the overall product delivery of the company including the product marketing team as well various development locations in Germany, UK and India. Responsible for the company positioning and strategy in cooperation with two other executives and the marketing team.
1999-2000 Director Technology Marketing, Intershop
Globally responsible for analyzing and determining the impact of new technology on upcoming business models. Acting as the communication bridge between Engineering and Marketing. Public and individual presentations for analysts and key customers. Creation of Sales tools, online demonstrations facilities. Preparation of the market introduction of INTERSHOP enfinity with the first “early adopters” including PWC, KPMG, and Unisys end of 1999. Creation and promotion of strategic marketing messages like “silent commerce”.
1998-1999 Product Management, Intershop
Responsible for the global product management of INTERSHOP’s first high-end product line “INTERSHOP Enterprise”, dedicated to large customers and the BIG 5 system integrators. Creation of technology partnership between INTERSHOP and SAP.
1997-1998 Consulting and Sales Engineering, Intershop
Responsible for building a pre sales engineering group at INTERSHOP Communication Europe. Focused on technical consulting before the major license sales, including configuration and customization issues. Special target at large enterprises and the use of INTERSHOP technology in conjunction with ERP systems. Customers like BOSCH, Hewlett Packard, Wer Liefert Was.
1994-1997 Software Development, Eurotax Holding AG
Lead Development of a CRM Software for car dealers, installed at about 100 big car dealers including Daimler-Benz, BMW, Volkswagen and Porsche dealers. This was done with the Ried&Partner Consultancy, a company of the Eurotax Holding AG.
