Frank Geisler

Current

• Channel Development Manager at SAP (Schweiz) AG

Past

• Managing Director (Geschäftsführer) at Loy, Hutz & Co
• VP EMEA at ESP (Environmental Software Providers)
• Managing Director (Geschäftsführer) at MRO Software

• Branch Manager at J.D.Edwards
• Regional Sales Manager at Commodore
• Sales Support Technician at Westward
• Head Programmer at Private Institute Prof. Dr. med. Seelig
• Programmer at MCS

see less...

5 more...

Education

• Studiengemeinschaft Darmstadt
• Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
• Control Data Institute

• Other
• University of Life

see less...

2 more...

Recommended

71 people have recommended Frank

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Computer Software

Frank Geisler’s Summary

- 30 years of IT experience (software, hardware, services, dvlpmt)
- 24 years of IT Recruiting experience
- 21 years of IT Sales Management and Sales experience
- 20 years of IT Partner and Channels Management
- 11 years of IT Marketing and Press experience
- 10 years of gaming simulations around manufacturing
- 8 years of Software Development exerience
- 5 years of IT Consulting experience


WHY WORK WITH ME?

1. Strategic Orientation:
Innovation and new ideas
Big business and appreciation for smaller customers
Solution quality and cost control
„Walking in the mokassins of the client“
Extensive quality insures a long standing PARTNERSHIP

2. Working Methods:
Concentrated and creative
Entrepreneurial, business and technical thinking methods
Extreme motivation via identification with the operation
Setting and fulfilling of priorities
100% focussed and target oriented usage of resources
Motivator and developer of the team
Advisor, based on accepted competency
Responsible duties are challenges
Challenges are offering PERSPECTIVES

3. Business Experience:
Exploration of new market segments
Development of sales strategies
Leadership and development of employees
Evaluation of markets
„Production“ of customers
Development from customers to partners
Convincing presentations in front of Executives / Users
Benefit oriented sales method
Contracts with win-win situations

Self explanatory SUCCESS

.

Frank Geisler’s Specialties:

Languages: German, English, Russian, Italian, Assembler, Basic, C, C++, Cobol, HTML, JAVA, Fortran, Lisp, Pascal, PL1, Prolog

Experience in evangelism, business development, marketing, team building, developing strategy, negotiation skills, channel programs, alliances, partnering, forecasting, building pipeline, exceeding goals, turnarounds, mergers & acquisitions, interim management, solution selling coaching, public speaking.

EU passport holder with settlement permit „C“ for Switzerland

Frank Geisler’s Experience

• Channel Development Manager

  SAP (Schweiz) AG

  (Computer Software industry)

  December 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

  SAP: The world's largest Business Software Company. Founded in 1972 as Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing, SAP is the recognized leader in providing collaborative business solutions for all types of industries and for every major market (www.sap.com). AUFSICHTSRAT:, Hasso Plattner, Lars Lamade, Pekka Ala-Pietila, Thomas Bamberger, Panagiotis Bissiritsas, Willi Burbach, Helga Classen, Wilhelm Haarmann, Peter Koop, Bernard Liautaud, Gerhard Maier, Hartmut Mehdorn, Joachim Milberg, Erhard Schipporeit, Stefan Schulz, Klaus Wucherer, VORSTAND:, Henning Kagermann, Leo Apotheker, Werner Brandt, Erwin Gunst, Claus E. Heinrich, Bill McDermott, Gerhard Oswald, John Schwarz, Jim Hagemann Snabe, Peter Zencke, ANDERE:, Eric Duffaut, Joachim Hechler, Bernd-Michael Rumpf, Bob Stutz, Peter Graf, Volker Merk, Hakan Yuksel

• Managing Director (Geschäftsführer)

  Loy, Hutz & Co

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  Loy, Hutz & Co (Loy & Hutz International "LHI") is one of the leading providers of industrial maintenance, object and facility management and asset and service management solutions. The Company's flagship solution, visual FM, increases productivity, optimizes asset performance and service levels, reduces costs and enables asset-related sourcing and procurement across the entire spectrum of strategic assets. The Company's asset management solutions allow customers to manage the complete life cycle of strategic assets including: planning, procurement, deployment, tracking, maintenance and retirement. Using LHI’s solutions, customers improve production reliability, labor efficiency, material optimization, software license compliance, lease management, warranty and service and facility management across their asset base (http://www.loyhutzint.ch).

• VP EMEA

  ESP (Environmental Software Providers)

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

  July 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 6 months)

  ESP provides software for sustainability, environmental compliance and emissions trading programs. ESP's environmental software helps companies meet EHS compliance and sustainability goals from the facility to the global enterprise (http://www.esp-net.com).

• Managing Director (Geschäftsführer)

  MRO Software

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; MROI; Computer Software industry)

  August 1996 — June 2005 (8 years 11 months)

  MRO Software was called PSDI earlier and is now part of IBM. It is the leading provider of strategic asset and service management solutions. Maximo Enterprise Suite, the Company’s flagship solution, is delivered on a web-architected platform and increases productivity, optimizes asset performance and service levels, reduces costs and enables asset-related sourcing and procurement across the entire spectrum of strategic assets (http://www.mro.com and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRO_Software).

• Branch Manager

  J.D.Edwards

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  July 1992 — July 1996 (4 years 1 month)

  J.D. Edwards was a software company founded in March 1977 in Denver, Colorado by Jack Thompson, Dan Gregory and Ed McVaney. The company made its name building accounting software for IBM minicomputers, beginning with the System/34 and /36, focusing from the mid 1980s on System/38 minicomputers, and then switching to the AS/400 when it became available. The company gradually added functions to its accounting software, evolving it into a platform-independent enterprise resource planning (ERP) application that was renamed OneWorld in 1996 (http://www.oracle.com/applications/jdedwards-enterprise-one.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.D._Edwards).

• Regional Sales Manager

  Commodore

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  October 1989 — June 1992 (2 years 9 months)

  Commodore was an American electronics company based in West Chester, Pennsylvania which was a vital player in the home/personal computer field in the 1980s. The company is also known under the name of its R&D operation, Commodore Business Machines (CBM). Commodore developed and marketed the world's best-selling desktop computer, the Commodore 64 (1982) and later the Amiga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_International).

• Sales Support Technician

  Westward

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  July 1987 — September 1989 (2 years 3 months)

  Westward offered Raster-Scan-Terminals types 2014 and 2015/2019-W with highspeed vector processors. The W-HVG offered fast vector creation with writing speeds of 133 nanoseconds per pixel. The V.24 interface had a transmission speed of 19,200 Baud. In addition a 16-Bit parallel interface could be used. Westward also had the distribution rights of Rasterex graphic cards and later became distributor for Autodesk's Autocad.

• Head Programmer

  Private Institute Prof. Dr. med. Seelig

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

  July 1981 — June 1987 (6 years )

  The Private Institut for Immunologie and Molecular Genetics is concerned with the development, the production and examination of in vitro diagnostica for immunological and molecular-genetic analyses. Apart from own research also research contracts are accomplished (http://www.laborseelig.de).

• Programmer

  MCS

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

  November 1979 — June 1981 (1 year 8 months)

  MCS is a leading company for software products and services for the health industry. The close working relationship between MCS employees and MCS users was and still is one of the core requirements for the successful development of the products and services (http://www.mcs-ag.com).

Frank Geisler’s Education

• Studiengemeinschaft Darmstadt

  Management 1991 — 1991

• Universität Karlsruhe (TH)

  Informatics, Mathematics 1982 — 1983

• Control Data Institute

  Programming 1979 — 1979

• Other

  Hoffmann-von-Fallersleben Gymnasium 1971 — 1977

• University of Life

  Professor , My Life , 1959

Additional Information

Frank Geisler’s Interests:

Competitive dancing (Hesse championship winner), Travel, Sport, Cinema

Frank Geisler’s Groups:

American Chamber of Commerce, CLN - Career Link Network, Connect to Switzerland, Creating Results from Cultural Diversity, DallasBlue Executives, EHS Elite, Global EHS Online Software Solutions, GroupLinked.com, LI Switzerland, Lion500.com, Networkers United, Netzwerk-Elite, OpenNetworker.com, SAP Community, SAP members club, SAP Middle East Network, SAP PartnerEdge SME, SAP People, SAP SME Community, Swiss Business Club, TopLinked.com, UPSA - United Professional Sales Association, Xing, Zurich SAP Consultants

•    Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (25,000+ members)
•    Sales Training Drivers
•    CareerLink Network
•    OpenNetworker.com
•    SAP Community
•    SAP People(9000+ Member)
•    LI Switzerland
•    SAP members club
•    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
•    Creating Results from Cultural Diversity
•    SAP Middle East Network
•    Job & Career Network
•    Zurich SAP Consultants
•    LION500.com (Open Networkers)
•    EHSQ Elite [#1 IN SAFETY]
•    Swiss Business Club
•    Global EHS Online Software Solutions[1900+]
•    Netzwerk-Elite
•    Connect to Europe
•    SAP SME Community
•    SAP PartnerEdge SME
•    Connect to Switzerland

Frank Geisler’s Honors:

SAP Top Talent 2009

SAP Champion 2008

MRO EMEA „Manager of the Year“ 2003 and 1999

J.D.Edwards most successful sales manager in Europe 1993

Multiple 100%-Club participant

Former GFIN Executive Marketing/Technics
Former EFNMS Council Member

Cosmonaut Training 2000

EU & Swiss passport holder

Frank Geisler’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch