Experience — Sebastian Schaaf

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Experiences

Built up a new business unit which
enables advanced C2C trade of vehicles
Contributed to design and optimization of the product and fostered partnerships with other service providers
Defined and implemented new processes and databases
Built tools to track progress and perform analyses (with SQL) to observe the effect of implemented measures
Responsible for a team of 30 employees in operative business

Redesigned reporting tools and oversaw the progress reporting during a restructuring execution for a leading health insurance provider
Contact person for multiple client employees and service providers during go-live weekend
Compiled, processed and repackaged data to derive insights used to analyze project progress and intermediate results
Prepared, presented and participated in meetings and workshops with the client (with more than 60 participants)

Co-founder of News Spectator, a platform to aid professional research by automatically sourcing data related to any given text
Responsible for development of business case and business plan, securing funding and solving any arising problems
Worked with developers to develop front- and backend of the platform
Stopped development to pursue master degree as we realized that we lacked IT knowledge and external development would be very costly

Worked on projects revolving around a strategic
re-positioning of the financial markets branch
Organized and oversaw a new investment conference format that connects young tech companies with institutional investors
Supported strategic decision processes regarding the department's future business focus after acquisition by Oddo

Supported trading and sales divisions during issue of new derivatives and structured products
Managed databases and supported a database move to MS Sharepoint
Trained newly hired students in the department

Sebastian Schaaf