Bernd Schoner
Global Head of Product Strategy | Hypergrowth through Product Management and M&A | AI, Machine Learning, Enterprise SaaS, IoT | Retail, Supply Chain, Transport & Logistics | Patent Strategy and IP Litigation
- Role
- Head of Product Strategy at Scandit
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Bernd Schoner
Bernd is a Technology and Product Executive with a PhD in machine learning and data science from MIT, specializing in building and selling technology companies, running product management and M&A operations, and managing patent protection and litigation. Incubation of technology companies, revenue growth, and successful exit: Led successful sale of three technology entities: ThingMagic acquired by Trimble Inc. in 2010 and by Novanta Inc. in 2017; DeepMagic acquired by Standard Cognition in 2019. Achieved 100%+ annual revenue growth 3 years in a row at ThingMagic by building a worldwide partner network of 150 partners in more than 40 countries. Product management and M&A for B2B, SaaS, and AI products with a focus on the retail and supply chain industry: Developed and sold the first long-range UHF RFID readers at ThingMagic; ThingMagic continues to be a technology and market leader more than 20 years after I co-founded it. Contributed to tremendous ARR growth during 3 years after joining scale-up Scandit AG by leading product strategy. Built and led the M&A function at Unicorn Scandit. Intellectual Property and Patents: Protection, Prosecution, and Litigation Initiated and built aggressive patent protection programs at multiple companies while maintaining strict cost control (10-50 patents per program, first patents issued within 6 months) Led defense strategy in massive muti-national patent litigation against a Fortune 100 corporation Inventor on 40+ issued patents covering RFID, computer vision, AI, and retail operations.
Experience
Head of Product Strategy
Jan 2020 — Present · New York, NY, US
Responsible for Product Strategy, M&A, and patenting at Zurich based computer vision and AI Unicorn Scandit focusing on Developing and executing Scandit’s M&A strategy including deal flow and due-diligence Building and prosecuting patent and trademark portfolio Running product strategy operations in support of Scandit’s Smart Data Capture category leadership Developing AI SaaS platform ShelfView including mobile and robotic data capture and analytics
Education
RWTH Aachen University
Diplom-Ingenieur (Master of Science)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD
Ecole Centrale Paris
Ingenieur des Arts et Metiers (Master of Science) - Ecole Centrale de Paris
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