Florian K. Engel

Florian K. Engel has a wealth of work experience, beginning with their current role as Director, Customer Marketing at Aiven since 2022. Prior to this, they held a number of roles at VMware from 2019-2018, including Senior Manager, Global Customer Advocacy - AMER, APJ and EMEA, Global Customer Advocacy Manager | VMware Global Customer Marketing, and Solution Marketing Manager CEMEA | Multi-Cloud. From 2018-2016, they were a Marketing Manager at OpenText and a Sales & Marketing Manager DACH at MDI - condent GmbH, where they developed and implemented a sales plan for existing and new customers, analyzed and assessed customer and territory sales trends, maintained regular contact with existing customers, generated leads and qualified prospects, expedited the resolution of customer problems and complaints, planned and managed events, and more. Florian K. also held the role of Regional Manager at Franz Tress GmbH&Co.KG from 2016-2010, and Marketing Specialist and Trading Floor Executive at 3M from 2010-2016, where they administered the execution and logistical planning of tradeshows and sales meetings, provided support and strategic recommendations for improving logistical and event management, achieved growth objectives through prospecting and lead response, and sourced new sales opportunities.

Florian K. Engel attended FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management from 2013 to 2017, where they obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Sales & Marketing. Florian K. also attended IHK M\u00fcnchen from 2012 to 2012, where they obtained a Veranstaltungsfachwirt (IHK - Bachelor Professional of Event Organisation CCI) in Event Management. Finally, they attended Macromedia, Akademie der Medienberufe from 2007 to 2010, where they obtained a Veranstaltungskaufmann (IHK) in Event Management. Additionally, Florian K. Engel has obtained two certifications: a VMware SaaS Essentials from VMware in January 2021, and a SaaS Marketing from Forrester in December 2020.