Klaus Schonewald
Hospitality & Travel Tech Growth Executive | VP & Head of Sales | Global SaaS Partnerships & Go-to-Market Leadership – Scaling Revenues – Driving Customer Value
- Role
- Founder & Principal Acting VP CRO Executive Sales & Growth Leadership at Klaus On Purpose
- Location
- Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Klaus Schonewald
For more than 25 years, I’ve helped organizations turn complexity into clarity, and…
Experience
Founder & Principal Acting VP CRO Executive Sales & Growth Leadership
Jan 2017 — Present · Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US
Founded Heinz W. Consulting to provide embedded executive leadership and strategic advisory for SaaS, travel tech, and hospitality firms. Operated as a platform to deliver hands-on leadership in enterprise sales, go-to-market execution, and revenue transformation.Representative leadership engagements:IBS Software (W2) – Director, Business Development, Hospitality DivisionRepositioned hospitality business during platform modernization. Rebuilt customer confidence and designed scalable go-to-market strategies.Onyx CenterSource (W2) – VP, Business Development, Emerging ProductsLed Go-to-Market strategy and pipeline development until COVID-driven downturn in corporate travel segment.Solutionz (Equity-based) – Strategic Advisor & GTM LeadSupported pipeline development and designed GTM strategy. Engagement completed following post-funding pivot.Additional consulting included growth architecture, due diligence, and market-entry execution for U.S. and international firms across travel, hospitality, and adjacent industries.
Education
University of Münster
Master of Business Administration - MBA
University of Münster
Bachelor of Arts - BA
Skills
- Sales Management
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Sales
- Hospitality Management
- Business Analysis
- Business Transformation
- Customer Service
- Crm
- Business Strategy
- New Business Development
- Team Building
- Management
- Hospitality Industry
- Product Management
- Global Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Pricing
- Business Planning
- Operations Management
- Account Management
- Revenue Analysis
- Product Development
- Projet Management
- Change Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Marketing Strategy
- Product Marketing
- Business Process Improvement
- Strategy
- E-Commerce
- Team Leadership
- Financial Analysis
- Marketing
- Saas
- Leadership
- Competitive Analysis
- Contract Negotiation
- Start-Ups
- Online Travel
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Integration
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