Leading Digital Transformation Studio for manufacturing | Körber Digital | Icebreaker

Leading Digital Transformation Studio for manufacturing | Körber Digital | Icebreaker

Members

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Founder @Product People, 🍙 Interim Product Management, Growth, and AI Transformation | Founding Partner @Lightcone Capital

Roderick Rühl 🚀

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Experienced Innovation Consultant & Venture Builder helping companies tackle complex digital transformation challenges, focusing on implementing Generative AI. Skilled in Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Development Management. Competent at evaluating a venture’s potential economic and business value. Successfully built winning teams and co-founded various ventures (consumer and AI tech). Collaborated with Venture Capital funds, Accelerators, and government agencies across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Strong understanding of the startup mindset. Experienced in solving typical challenges startups face in building successful teams, identifying & promoting talent, driving product development, and acquiring pilot clients while keeping costs under control. Let me help you build your ventures or products and secure your investments. • Experienced in Generative AI, image detection and interpretation, & SpaceTech companies • Successfully created, scaled, & optimized product portfolios from zero to $18M in revenue • Built, led, & grew a world-class product team from 0 to 40 people • Able to speak effectively with both tech and executive stakeholders • Eloquent public speaker, able to tell captivating narratives that motivate • Fluent in English, German, French, & Spanish • Experienced in setting up, managing, & operating companies in Europe & Asia SKILLS: Business Development | Team Development | Generative AI | GenAI | Digital Transformation | Product Development & Scaling | SME Consultancy | Cross-functional Team Leadership | Strategic Partnerships | Data-Driven Process Improvement | Agile Development | Venture Development | AI in Business DEU========== Erfahrener Innovationsberater & Venture Builder, der KMUs bei der digitalen Transformation und der Implementierung von Generativer KI unterstützt. Ausgeprägtes Verständnis der Startup-Mentalität: Erfahrung im Aufbau erfolgreicher Teams, Talentförderung, Produktentwicklung und Kundenakquise – alles bei effizienter Kostenkontrolle. • Expertise in Generativer KI und Bildverarbeitung • Erfolgreicher Aufbau und Skalierung von Produktportfolios bis zu 18 Mio. USD Umsatz • Aufbau eines Produktteams von 0 auf 40 Personen • Kommunikativ stark mit technischem und strategischem Publikum • Fließend in Englisch, Deutsch, Französisch & Spanisch • Erfahrung in Unternehmensaufbau und -führung in Europa und Asien

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Marketing Professional | 12+ Years Experience | B2B | SaaS | Demand Generation | GTM Strategy Results-driven marketing professional with 12+ years of experience developing and executing multichannel marketing strategies tailored to B2B audiences. Specializing in demand generation and go-to-market (GTM) planning to drive qualified leads, build active sales pipelines, and support customer acquisition, expansion, and retention. Proven track record of delivering measurable growth for SaaS products through data-driven campaigns, cross-functional alignment, and scalable marketing programs.

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Professional Technologist and published Author, worked in many roles (Tech Lead, Customer Facing, Systems Engineer, Frontend and Backend) in multiple companies (StartUps with 3-8 people, small businesses with around 50 people and large scale enterprise from 200 to 5.000 people). I am working in the industry for well over 15 years, and my passion still remains to build scalable, well maintainable web services which delight others.