Andreas Dietrich Westendörpf

ABOUT ME

As a people-centric Chief Technology & Product Officer, I thrive in driving digital transformation and exploring new business models in scale-up environments. With a proven track record of building & leading neuro-diverse, high-performing teams through rapid growth and change for profitability, I excel in developing technology strategies from product discovery to high-velocity delivery.
My leadership style is rooted in empathy, values, and collaboration, ensuring impactful and sustainable growth.

• Babbel GmbH — Chief Technology & Product Officer (CTPO)
  Berlin (Germany) & remote — since 2024 until currently

• Emma Sleep GmbH - The Sleep Company —  Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
  Frankfurt a. M. (Germany) & remote — 2020-2024 (3 years 10 months)

• Engel & Völkers Technology GmbH — Managing Director + Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
  Hamburg (Germany) — 2017-2020 (3 years 7 months)

• Zalando SE — Head of Digital Productivity — Head of internal IT
  Berlin (Germany) — 2015-2017 (2 years)

• KPMG WPG AG — Manager IT Consulting
  Frankfurt a. M. (Germany) — 2013-2015 (1 year 5 months)

• Comma Soft AG — Senior Consultant
  Bonn (Germany) — 2012-2013 (1 year 3 months)

• Detecon Inc. — Consultant
  Reston, VA (USA) — 2008 (5 months)

• Detecon International GmbH — Head of Team Data Center Management — Senior Consultant — Consultant — Business Analyst
  Bonn (Germany) — 2007-2012 (5 years 5 months)

• Freelance — Software Engineering Consultant
  St. Augustin (Germany) — 2005-2007 (1 year 10 months)

• Freelance — IT Administrator — Web Developer — Academic Intern
  Bonn + St. Augustin (Germany), New York City, NY (USA), Cologne (Germany) — 1998-2005 (7 years 2 months)

• 2000 - 2005: University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg — Computer Sciences / Media Informatics,  Diploma of Science in Computer Science (M.Sc. in Computer Science) — St. Augustin (Germany)

• 1995 - 2000: Gymnasium Lohmar — Abitur, corresponding general qualification for university entrance 'A' levels — Lohmar (Germany)

• 1993 - 1995: German School Moscow — Moscow (Russia)

• 1987 - 1993: German School Geneva — Geneva (Switzerland)

• Software Architecture & Design: Legacy & modern/cloud/composable tech patterns and architecture

• Software Engineering Culture: Agile software development processes (SCRUM, Kanban, mixes), DevOps, GitFlow, Trunk-based, Software Quality, eXtreme programming, …

• Software Delivery: Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) in Cloud DevOps environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)

• Data Analytics: Data modeling, ETL/ELT, analytics, data mining, ML/AI

• Tech Stacks: various - Typescript/JavaScript, Java+Kotlin, golang, Python, Swift, PHP, SQL, GraphQL

• Motivation3.0 (Purpose / Autonomy / Mastery)

• Radical Candor

• Outcome > Output > Input

• Empowered Tech Product Management

• Team Topologies

• Missions & Launchpads

• Servant Leadership, Leaders eat Last

• Computer Science fundamentals and early computing history

• Classic cars (owner of a 1969 Ford Mustang 302cci Convertible)

• Photography & Graphic Design

• Music & HiFi