Hi, my name is Jörn Petereit. I am an experienced manager and digitalization expert with over 20 years of experience working in international large corporations and medium-sized companies. I have a passion for leading teams with a clear client orientation and a strong user-centred approach, and I am a result-oriented individual with an agile mindset.
Throughout my career, I have gained significant experience in building rapidly growing tech companies, post-merger integration, digital transformation, implementing digital implementation projects, and introducing agile organisational structures. My expertise lies in developing and implementing growth and digitalization strategies, transforming business models, and building digitalization units with a focus on Software Development, Big Data & Cloud Analytics, AI Development & Consulting, IoT and startups.
I have a proven track record of numerous achievements such as successful market positioning, increasing company value, restructuring programs, turnaround, improving productivity, building product portfolios, and implementing numerous digitisation projects. I have also managed large budgets and led over 700 employees.
As a visionary leader, I possess an integrative team-player attitude, entrepreneurial flair, and motivational skills that make me an innovative, communicative, focused, pragmatic, structured, result- and sales-oriented manager. I am proud to have contributed to developing a company from a single software developer with 280 employees to a full-service provider in the industrial digital transformation field with over 1000 employees in five countries. Under my leadership, the company tripled its revenue and profit in three years.
At JPE Advisory, I specialize in providing comprehensive strategic advisory and investment solutions to help companies achieve their full potential. With my expertise, I offer services to drive growth, optimize performance, and maximize profitability.
In my role as an Executive Board Member of Bitkom, the digital association of Germany that represents over 2,700 companies, I provided advisory services on various industry-related topics. This included areas such as artificial intelligence and digitisation in schools, where I ensured the delivery of top-tier expertise and sustainable guidance.
As a member of the Supervisory Board, I contributed to the success of a leading global e-commerce solutions partner based in Poland, overseeing operations and strategic decision-making with a team of over 350 employees.
As Managing Director/COO, I successfully took over a custom software development company with 280 employees in Austria and implemented an international growth strategy, expanding our operations to five countries and growing our team to over 1,000 employees. I tripled turnover and profit in three years, achieved a successful exit of a major shareholder, and received numerous awards for employee satisfaction and employer reputation.
As Vice President IoT/M2M at a leading IT service provider for Deutsche Bahn AG, I was responsible for developing and implementing the Group's digitalization strategy. This included creating the central Internet of Things platform, establishing a Digital Twin Ecosystem, introducing agile organizational structures, and successfully implementing various IoT use cases. I achieved strong growth from 10 to 300 employees in three years and transformed an internal start-up into a business unit of Deutsche Bahn AG.
As Head of Strategic Cloud Projects, I successfully developed scalable and digital business models in the Cloud & Internet of Things ecosystem, prioritizing profitability, scalability, high customer value, speed to market, and reproducibility. This involved leveraging both internal and external technologies, products, and services to achieve desired outcomes
