Markus Widmer

Overview

Currently at Relay Studio, where I lead financial services strategy with a team of 6. Led a cost programme that saved a client $76 million. Delivered 26 engagements across 7 countries. Before that: Nestlé and Siemens. Most at home with banking strategy and due diligence. I host a monthly meetup on financial services strategy.

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Experience

1. Managing Director

   Apr 2023 - Present
   Relay Studio · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Munich, Germany
   • Wrote the due diligence service that now handles 55 million requests a day.
   • Mentored 8 engineers through their first promotion.
   • Brought on-call pages for product security down from 20 a week to 3.
2. Associate Partner

   Jan 2022 - Apr 2023
   Nestlé · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Munich, Germany
   • Built the experimentation framework 22 product teams use to ship changes safely.
   • Grew the product security team from 5 to 21 engineers.
3. Associate Partner

   May 2018 - Jan 2022
   Siemens · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Munich, Germany
   • Shipped 21 launches on the product security team without a rollback.
   • Built the experimentation framework 33 product teams use to ship changes safely.
4. Engagement Manager

   Jul 2014 - May 2018
   BlaBlaCar · 3 yr 10 mo · Contract · Munich, Germany
   • Led a cost programme that saved a client $55 million.
   • Ran commercial diligence on 37 deals.
5. Consultant

   Jul 2011 - Jul 2014
   Volvo Cars · 3 yr · Full-time · Munich, Germany
   • Ran commercial diligence on 33 deals.
   • Delivered 25 engagements across 3 countries.

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Education

1. Sorbonne University

   Licence, Economics
   2003 - 2006