Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
References
Affiliations
Sport, cultures & people, good food, new business ideas, kids and family
Timeline
Tim Franke

Tim Franke

Berlin

Summary

Experienced leader focused on creating and maintaining high-quality relationships to drive sustainable business growth. Extensive management background in regional sales, services, and global product delivery within technology sectors. Skilled in managing organic expansion, M&A initiatives, and restructuring with a commitment to continuous adaptation. Recognized for collaborative, hands-on leadership style that emphasizes people development and effective organizational structuring to achieve tangible results.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Director Transformation

Siemens eMobility
12.2024 - Current
  • Leading the global restructuring and reorganization of Siemens’ eMobility business, incl.
  • Development and implementation of structural measures for turnaround and growth incl. overall organizational setup, product-portfolio focus, sales setup and service delivery, R&D setup and locations, global manufacturing network and supply chain performance
  • Define and implement sales push, G2M and service delivery strategies in 20 countries (US and EU) for sustainable growth
  • Responsibility for the strategic business plan
  • Managing several smaller M&A deals, liquidations, ramp-downs
  • Leading the negotiation with employee representatives
  • Leading the project teams and senior managers across workstreams to ensure targets and timelines are met
  • Communication to top management and key stakeholders in steering committees and advisory meetings (CEO/CFO, Chairman Portfolio Companies, M&A team, Managing Board)

Director M&A/ Post-Merger Integration

Siemens EMobility
08.2023 - 12.2024
  • Leading the global Post-Merger Integration of Heliox, a market leader in DC fast charging with focus on North America and Europe.
  • Acting as “CEO of the integration” and drive value creation
  • Full integration along the value chain incl. R&D, product portfolio, manufacturing network, sales and services across more than 20 entities in 6 countries (US and EU)
  • Responsibility for the strategic business plan, value creation program and synergies
  • Leading the global project team ~80 FTE across all workstreams and locations (US and 5 locations in Europe)
  • Communication to top management and key stakeholders in e.g. steering committees and performance reviews (CEO/CFO, M&A team, Managing Board)

Head of Business Development & Regions

Siemens eMobility
01.2022 - 08.2023
  • Leading the business development and sales initiatives for IEC markets, i.e. Europe, Middle East, Asia-Pacific, India, Australia/NZ.
  • Successful scale-up of the business to >100 Mio. Euro p.a.
  • Leading sales regions and regional management team with responsibility for regional Go-to-Market strategies, profit & loss development, and growth in >20 countries.
  • Driving customer-centric product and portfolio development introducing value-stream teams

Regional Manager and Head of Sales Region (Germany)

YUNEX Traffic – A Siemens Business
01.2021 - 01.2022
  • Responsibility for regional business and growth targets (>80’ Euro p.a. with app. 250 employees).
  • Leading the regional management team (Sales, Project Execution, Engineering, Service, Finance)
  • Leading regional sales and account teams
  • Driving the digital transformation sales strategy
  • Responsibility for overall business, operations and the organizational transformation during the Carve-Out from Siemens Mobility

Head of Sales Region (Germany)

Siemens Mobility
01.2018 - 01.2021
  • Responsibility for regional sales and growth targets (>70’ Euro p.a.).
  • Successful turnaround of former East-Germany (as part of sales region) by capturing a high-profit niche market introducing local4local product development/customization
  • Outperforming annual sales targets (up to 180%)
  • Leading digital transformation projects with key accounts
  • Leading regional sales and account teams (~11 FTE)

Business Development Manager

Siemens Mobility (CTO Office)
01.2015 - 01.2018
  • Global business and account development responsibility on C-Level for future mobility solutions.
  • Building internal start-ups / incubation projects world-wide
  • Focus on rail2X, connected trains and intelligent traffic management systems
  • Incubation lead (~15 FTE development team globally) for smart parking & connected mobility development projects (incl. IoT hardware development as well as Software-as-a-Service/ Cloud-Service development)

Senior Project Manager

Siemens Corporate Technology
01.2014 - 01.2015
  • Project management and business development for sustainable infrastructure solutions (buildings and mobility) / smart cities program.
  • Developing new business opportunities with focus on IoT hardware components, complementary data analytics (AI) and Software-as-a-Service solutions for e.g. Siemens’ Building Technologies, Energy Management and Mobility Divisions.

Director

Siemens Center of Knowledge Interchange (TU Berlin)
01.2009 - 01.2014
  • Leading 1 out of 8 innovation collaboration centers within Siemens.
  • Development and management of inter-organizational stakeholder networks, strategic research projects and large-scale project consortia
  • Reporting to Siemens’ management board (Dr. H. Hiesinger/ Dr. Roland Busch) and TU Berlin president(s)

Research Fellow, Lecturer and Doctoral Candidate

TU Berlin
01.2009 - 01.2014
  • Chair of Strategic Leadership & Global Management
  • Prof. Dr. Dodo zu Knyphausen-Aufseß

Multiple positions

Horváth & Partners, PAREXEL International, DB Mobility Logistics AG, Stonemill Ltd.
01.2002 - 01.2009

Education

Multiple Trainings On Leadership, Coaching, Strate -

Siemens AG + External Coaching
01.2024

Program on Leadership & Negotiation -

Harvard Business School / Harvard Law School
01.2021

Dr. rer. oec. - Chair of Strategic Leadership & Global Management

TU Berlin
01.2014

Prof. Dr. Dodo zu Knyphausen-Aufseß

Design Thinking Coaching & Teaching - undefined

Hasso-Plattner Institute & University of Potsdam
01.2014

Master of Industrial Engineering and Management - (Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur)

TU Berlin
01.2009

Skills

  • Effective leader
  • Transformation and value creation
  • Hands-on problem-solving
  • Relationship building and communication
  • Analytics and decision-making

Languages

German (fluent), English (fluent)

References

References on request

Affiliations

  • Member & Mentor “Netzwerk Chancengleichheit” since 2025
  • Member Global Goals Berlin Foundation since 2024
  • Member of the Foundation “Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas“ since 2022
  • IHK Berlin and Hamburg representative for Siemens ITS / Yunex Traffic 2021 - 2022
  • Fellow of the Program on Leadership & Negotiation, Harvard Law School since 2021
  • Senator of the Academic Senate / Member of the Faculty Board at TU Berlin 2011 - 2015
  • Fellow of Einstein Foundation since 2011

Sport, cultures & people, good food, new business ideas, kids and family

Skiing, hiking, running to recharge. Enjoying international travels meeting people and having great food. Curios about new business ideas and innovations all the time. Dedicated to my kids and famliy. 

Timeline

Director Transformation - Siemens eMobility
12.2024 - Current
Director M&A/ Post-Merger Integration - Siemens EMobility
08.2023 - 12.2024
Head of Business Development & Regions - Siemens eMobility
01.2022 - 08.2023
Regional Manager and Head of Sales Region (Germany) - YUNEX Traffic – A Siemens Business
01.2021 - 01.2022
Head of Sales Region (Germany) - Siemens Mobility
01.2018 - 01.2021
Business Development Manager - Siemens Mobility (CTO Office)
01.2015 - 01.2018
Senior Project Manager - Siemens Corporate Technology
01.2014 - 01.2015
Director - Siemens Center of Knowledge Interchange (TU Berlin)
01.2009 - 01.2014
Research Fellow, Lecturer and Doctoral Candidate - TU Berlin
01.2009 - 01.2014
Multiple positions - Horváth & Partners, PAREXEL International, DB Mobility Logistics AG, Stonemill Ltd.
01.2002 - 01.2009
Hasso-Plattner Institute & University of Potsdam - Design Thinking Coaching & Teaching,
Siemens AG + External Coaching - Multiple Trainings On Leadership, Coaching, Strate,
Harvard Business School / Harvard Law School - Program on Leadership & Negotiation,
TU Berlin - Dr. rer. oec., Chair of Strategic Leadership & Global Management
TU Berlin - Master of Industrial Engineering and Management, (Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur)

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