Xavier Lauwaert

About Xavier Lauwaert

A veteran of the high tech industry with global experience effectively driving a complex product portfolio, supporting global go-to-market motions, and driving growth in assigned fields.Proven track record of owning complex WW roadmaps based on voice-of-customer, competitive landscape, new technology solutions, and regional idiosyncrasies.Multi-billion dollar portfolio management with achievements in revenue growth, gross margin optimization, and market share capture.Combining a mixture of Planning with Evangelism and Sales know how to maximise Dsign In/Win.Deep and wide industry knowledge with the ability to foster and grow strategic business relationships to deliver award winning and differentiated products first to market.Rounded team management skills (up to 20 reports) with extensive multi-site international experience and ability to work efficiently and collaboratively in matrixed organizations.Broad international background having worked in 3 continents and with 17 years’ exposure to multi-cultural environments.Product Lifecycle Management - Product Development - Project Management - CPU Roadmap - PC Roadmap - Product Planning - N.P.I- E.O.L- Cross-functional team leadership - Strategic Partnerships - Category creation - Consumer Electronics - Consumer PC’s - Gaming PC\'s - Laptops/Desktops - Connected Home - Partner Management - Vendor Management - ODM Management - Consumer Insights - Emphatic Product Design - Pricing - Budgeting - Global Business Management - International Team management - Process streamlining - Portfolio rationalization - Matrixed Organization - Product Marketing - Voice of Customer - Market Analysis - Competitive Analysis - Sales Training - Market Research - Channel Partners - Business Development - Press and Analyst Briefing - MarCom - Trade Shows - GTM Strategy - Product Evangelist - P.R- Branding

Experience

1. Gaming Laptops Director

   Intel

   Jul 2015 — Present · Santa Clara, US

   Evolving through multiple R&R\'s, my role culminated into driving a $Multi (E2E) Gaming Laptop advocacy- Largely responsible for \"HX\" becoming \"The\" Mobile Silicon for Mobile Gaming- Main point of contact for Nvidia + Intel co-ordination for Si + dGPU deployment- Preparing the future: guiding ODM\'s to support our Strategic goals

Education

• Institut Libre Marie Haps

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Language Interpretation and Translation

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• P&L Management
• Strategy
• Strategic Partnerships
• Product Marketing
• Direct Sales
• Market Planning
• Channel Partners
• Program Management
• Account Management
• Product Management
• Team Management
• Sales Operations
• Customer Retention
• Pricing Strategy
• Sales
• Market Research
• Negotiation
• Market Analysis
• Pricing
• Business Development
• Digital Marketing
• Multi-Channel Marketing
• Brand Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Consumer Electronics
• Lead Generation
• Vendor Management
• Solution Selling
• Business Planning
• Integrated Marketing
• Retail
• Budgets
• Management
• Key Account Management
• Trade Shows
• Crm
• Business Strategy
• Project Management
• Competitive Analysis
• Contract Negotiation