Patrick Rebscher

Curriculum Vitae

Address:

Weißenfelderstr. 6

D-80686 München / open to relocation

 

Phone:                          

+49 163 23 72 113

Email:

patrick@rebscher.org

Birthdate

August 7th, 1982

Place of birth:

Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany

Nationality:

German

SUMMARY

Technology executive with 17-year record of building high-performing engineering organizations for global enterprises (Amazon, BMW, and Elektrobit). Expert in transforming legacy architectures into high-availability SaaS platforms and driving rapid digital turnarounds in high-pressure, strictly regulated environments. Passionate about leveraging Generative AI for engineering efficiency and delivering innovative SaaS solutions.

Professional Experience

Mar 24 - Present |  Elektrobit, Munich    |  Senior Director - Head of Architecture and Engineering Strategy

-   Direct leadership of 8 Principals (including 2 department heads), a wider org of 48 architects,
and functional leadership of 2200 employees.

-   Leading all Chief and Principal Architects from real-time products and Android apps to cloud software.

-   Defined a new corporate vision and Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy in collaboration with the management board, realigning the company's product portfolio with customer needs and market opportunities.

-   Increased delivery capability with better architectural abstractions, reducing project escalations by more than 50% and significantly improving time-to-market.

-   Implemented the company’s first GenAI use case to quantify Epic quality requirements. This streamlined the handshake between Product and R&D, resulting in 36% more customer deliveries and a 43% reduction in bugs. The solution is built with our GenAI & RAG gateway/router implementing compliance and billing for models.

-   Leading researchers for EU AI Act solution “AI Trust & Compliance Framework” (patents pending).
It is already applied in EU research project Code4EV.

Aug 22 - Feb 24 |  Amazon, Munich       |  Team Lead - International Solution Architects

-   Led global technical sales. Created a sales pipeline with net present value > $100M.

-   Drove the product lifecycle to transform an enterprise mobile developer platform into a commercial SaaS offering. Creating a new >$20M annual revenue stream. It was profitable from inception.

-   Initiated and led a global AI Transformation effort, developed internal LLM learning path to upskill the organization in AI, GenAI and agent orchestration, driving adoption in sales and product development.

Aug 20 - Jul 22 |  Amazon, Munich        |  Senior Solution Architect

-   Led Amazon product implementations with world leading partners.

-   Created and implemented partner facing KPIs for service quality. CSAT +2 points to 4.4/5.

-   Architected and implemented the Security Certification framework for this domain, ensuring compliance and security for 27 distinct partner programs in a highly regulated environment.

-   Authored product and innovation documents, leading to the implementation of multiple features and products.

-   Designed frictionless authentication and authorization for automotive use cases with Amazon identity systems.

Jun 19 - Jul 20  |  BMW Group, Munich  |  Senior Expert - Connected Vehicle Architecture On- and Offboard

-   Created strategic roadmap for In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) integration to Cloud ecosystems.

-   Drove consensus on API and data implementation for the vehicle across Senior Vice President divisions. Reduced time-to-market by avoiding defects and improving time to resolution.

Oct 18 - May 19 |  BMW Group, Munich  |  Deputy for Vice President “Digital Services and Big Data”

-   Assumed responsibility for the "Digital Services" sector, directing operational activities and strategic initiatives.

-   Championed the strategic vision for a full data center migration to AWS for the Connected Drive backend, defining the business case and technical roadmap to transition from a legacy on-premises model to a scalable, cloud-native architecture.

-   Led a cross-divisional IT Task Force of 150 engineers to stabilize and re-architect the ConnectedDrive App backend, ensuring 99.8% uptime for millions of end-users. Improved the digital consumer experience by resolving critical latency issues between the vehicle and the mobile app.

Sep 12 - Sep 18 |  BMW Group, Munich  |  Deputy “Head of ConnectedDrive Billing & Catalog”

-   Architected and delivered a global SaaS Billing & Payment Platform transformation, enabling recurring revenue models for >14 million users. Managed integration with external payment providers and ensured data compliance across 40+ countries. Halved costs and reduced time-to-market for new business cases from 12+ months to 3 months.

-   Product & Delivery Lead: Built Connected Drive store for >14 million vehicles in >40 countries.

Oct 08 - Aug 12 |  iteratec, Munich         |  IT Management Consultant

-   Migration Manager “Central Commissioning System” - International Insurance.
Migrated three legacy systems into one system to pay all brokers and control sales.

-   Delivery Lead “Soft- and Hardware Migration of ECM System” - International Insurance.
Executed major version upgrade and switch from AIX to HP-UX.

-   Process Analyst “Gas Sales Germany” - International Utilities. Enabled client to sell gas for the first time.

Feb 08 - Sep 08 |  Hewlett-Packard, Bad Homburg & syscovery, Mannheim        |  Diploma Thesis

-   Developed a toolkit for information demand analysis in the implementation process of standard software for IT service management.

-   The thesis results were successfully validated in two outsourcing projects. Clients: Second biggest bank in Germany and a retail and mail order company based in Hamburg.


Education

Oct 03 - Sep 08 |  University Mannheim |  Diploma Business Administration and Computer Science (grade 1.7).

Aug 05 - Apr 06 |  University Oulu, FI     |  Term abroad (grade 1.8).

Skills

Innovation & Transformation Strategy

Executive Leadership (functional up to 2200), Corporate Turnaround, Go-To-Market (GTM) Strategy, Cloud & SaaS Business Model Transformation, Product & Service Innovation, Stakeholder Management (C- and SVP-level).

Leadership & Management

International Team Leadership (Germany, India, US, UK, Finland, etc.), P&L Management, Budgeting & Resource Planning, Mentorship of Technical Teams, Multi-Project Steering.

Technical Architecture

Cloud Architecture (AWS Expert, Azure), On-Premises & Hybrid Systems, High-Availability Systems, API Design & Strategy, SaaS Platform Development.

Domains & Industries

High-Volume Transactional Systems, Billing & Payment Architecture, Automotive (IVI, Apps, Connected Vehicle), Cloud Services (SaaS/PaaS), Regulated Industries (Safety/Security), AI/LLM.

Methodologies & Compliance

Scaled Agile (SAFe, LeSS), DevOps, KPI Implementation, Safety-Critical Systems (ISO26262), Security Standards (ISO21434), Domain Driven Design (DDD), Test Driven Design (TDD), Event Driven Design.

Languages

German (Native), English (Proficient).

Early Career Experiences

Java, Oracle DB, Postgres, Scala, JavaScript, TypeScript. Tools: Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, Node.js, Payara.

Extracurricular Activities

Jan 09 - Jul 15  |  Rotaract Munich        |  President (2011-2012).

Jan 06 - Apr 06 |  AIESEC Oulu, FI         |  Corporate Contacts and Acquisition.

Jan 04 - Sep 07 |  Student Guild            |  Vice President (2006-2007).