Petr Saar

Overview

Building Onyx Logistics in Tallinn - HR software. Raised $6 million across 2 rounds. Before that: Roche and Siemens. Most at home with HR tech and SaaS. I mentor students through university programmes.

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Experience

1. Co-founder & COO

   Sep 2022 - Present
   Onyx Logistics · 4 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Tallinn, Estonia
   • Previously built and sold a small HR software company.
   • Grew the team to 37 people across 4 countries.
   • Signed 370 paying customers, 9 of them enterprises.
2. Controller

   Feb 2020 - Sep 2022
   Roche · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Tallinn, Estonia
   • Built the operating model the board used for a $42 million raise.
   • Closed the books in 6 days, down from 17.
3. Financial Analyst

   May 2018 - Dec 2019
   Siemens · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Tallinn, Estonia
   • Ran diligence on 12 acquisitions.
   • Built the operating model the board used for a $296 million raise.
4. Senior Financial Analyst

   Jan 2017 - Mar 2018
   Nokia · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Tallinn, Estonia
   • Closed the books in 5 days, down from 18.
   • Took forecast accuracy to within 3% for 10 straight quarters.
5. Senior Financial Analyst

   Dec 2013 - Sep 2016
   Amazon · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Tallinn, Estonia
   • Saved $3 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
   • Built the operating model the board used for a $125 million raise.

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Education

1. Erasmus University Rotterdam

   MSc, Engineering
   2005 - 2007
2. Humboldt University of Berlin

   BA, Engineering
   2001 - 2004