CEMS Knowledge Forum 2008
  

Workshop #8

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Lean go to market: smart pull marketing to avoid the profitability trap

CEMS Knowledge Forum | Track 2: Saturday, 25 October 2008, 1200-1345

Key Questions

  • What are the reasons for the increased need for lean go-to-market approaches across industries?
  • How can you redefine the Marketing Value Chain, saving go-to-market costs while increasing marketing effectiveness?
  • How does smart Pull Marketing work in practice?

Speakers

Michael Viertler

Dipl.-Ing. Michael Viertler, Principal McKinsey & Company

  • Business Manager at Hewlett-Packard Europe for 6 years.
  • Engineering degree from the Technical University Graz. MBA from Purdue University with a Fulbright Scholarship
  • Since 2001 Associate Principal McKinsey
  • Specialized in High-Tech and Telecoms industries with significant experience in B2B Pricing, Strategy Development, Turnaround management and Post-Merger Integration

Robert HacklDr. Robert Hackl, MBA, MIM, CEO Tele2

  • born 1970
  • 1990-1995 Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
  • 1994-1997 Community of European Management Schools Alumni Association (CAA), Haute Ecole de Commerce, Paris
  • 1995 SBC Equity Partners - SBC Warburg Group, Zurich
  • 1996-2006 Associate Principal Marketing & Sales Expert at McKinsey & Company, Vienna
  • 1997-1998 J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois
  • since 2004 Lectures at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
  • 2006-2007 Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Member of the Executive Board Tele2 Telecommunication GmbH, Vienna
  • Since 2007 Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Tele2 Telecommunication GmbH, Vienna
  • Since 2007 Vice President "Verband Alternativer Telekom-Netzbetreiber" (VAT)
  • Since 2007 Vice President Alumni Association Austria

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