Tibor Zahorecz
Business development specialist with a strong focus on sales and early stage validation with over 15 years of experience in sales and product management.
I have worked for Enterprise sector and mid-sized businesses helping them to grow and go through technology validation, as well as start-ups where owned the responsibility to “build the platform”. Passionate about technology and start-ups.
Like to be an evangelist and naturally enjoys building new businesses, exploring IoT & embedded applications, software security and secure software development technologies, using fast prototyping and lean methodology to get organisation’s support.
Launch start-ups to discover new areas and help companies to grow.
[email protected]
(36) 30- 836-4099
Budapest, Hungary
Experience
DoSell & LabShare, co-founder - managing partner, February 2015 - Present
DoSell: B2B Sales HUB for engineering and technology firms focusing on software security services and secure software development.
LabShare: Capacity optimisation platform for software security and secure software development firms.
TÜV Rheinland, head of business development, Nov. 2013 - Feb. 2015
Mission was to build up new services from seed stage to market entry (first revenue stage).
Key development service areas: independent software product evaluation laboratory (Common Criteria), Smart Grid services (IEC 61850, 60255), Virtual Testing (in 3D CAD phase), E-mobility & connectivity.
Managing business development organisation (11 people).
Texas Instruments, Key accounts manager, January 2010 - November 2013
Business development through designing TI product portfolio to OEM companies like IskraEmeco, IskraAvto, ThyssenKrupp, Bosch etc. Maintaining current running business portfolio. Working with distribution network on business fulfilment and new business registration.
STMicroelectronics, several positions, January 2003 - August 2009
Starting as field sales engineer for Hungarian clients shortly assigned to EMS accounts as an account manager. My last mandate was product marketing specialist: Business and market development responsibilities for East Europe, support for North Europe (mainly UK). Key responsibilities are: working out pricing policy and analyses for product development, marketing new products (NPP, NPR), supporting design-in, prepare market-mapping, developing market strategies for power & analogue product group.
Education
CDS: Business Management, 1998/2012 - completed
specialisation on Business Administration with Marketing option.
Kandó Kálmán College: Computer Science, 1996/1998 - not completed
Szolnok Commercial College, 1994/1996 - completed
Bebrits Lajos secondary school, 1985/1989 - completed
Readings - Learnings
Sprint by Google Venture
How to solve big problems and test new ideas in just five days. Jake Knapp created the Google Ventures sprint process.
Zero to One by Peter Thiel
Notes on Start-Ups, or How to Build the Future. Peter Thiel is a technology entrepreneur and investor best known for co-founding PayPal.
Udacity
Google' online learning platform.
I learn AI, VR, JS technologies.
https://www.udacity.com/
edx
Top universities programs.
I learn programming, International Business, Innovation management.
https://www.edx.org/
