Pedro Almeida

Pedro Almeida

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GTM & Growth | Principal, Pathway GTM | Driving Commercial Excellence Across Sales, Product, Ops & CX | Advisor to Mid-Caps, Startups & Investors
Lisbon, Portugal

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  • Pathway
    Principal
    Pathway
    Mar 2024 - Current (2 years 4 months)
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    Chief Customer Officer (CCO)
    Schréder Hyperion
    Jun 2021 - Aug 2023 (2 years 3 months)
    | Schréder Hyperion is Schréder's corporate venture to advance Smart Cities around the world; run as the Group's Innovation Business Unit; Phase: Market Growth | --- In the Business Unit’s Leadership Team, carried the mandate to drive growth of our Enterprise SaaS offering and elevate customer experience across Schréder’s 70+ countries in six continents. Achieved growth objectives and drove substantial improvement in customer NPS and staff engagement scores.
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    Co-Founder & CEO | MD
    Own ventures UVAwine BabyID
    Feb 2018 - Jul 2020 (2 years 6 months)
    | UVA.wine: 3-sided marketplace on wine trade / BabyID: infant biometrics | --- - UVA.wine: Secured contracts with 70+ wine producers; framework agreements with associations of wineries and of sommeliers; and MoUs with prominent media companies. - BabyID: Re-aligned founders re. Product roadmap; established MoUs with NGOs and a national hospital to iterate MVP.
  • Ericsson
    General Manager IT & IIoT - Industry & Society, Mediterranean Region
    Ericsson
    Jan 2017 - Dec 2017 (1 year)
    | ‘Industry & Society’ (I&S) was 1of 5 growth initiatives pursued by Ericsson (segment expansion into the Public Sector and Multinational Corporations beyond Telecom Operators); Phase: Market Growth | --- In both the Global and Regional I&S Leadership Teams, carried the region’s P&L for the Information & Communication Technology (ICT) [Professional Services business] + Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) businesses [SaaS + Professional Services business]. Delivered healthier margins by streamlining existing projects and consolidating sales processes; built capabilities to develop market-centric propositions; and solidified the ‘esprit de corps’ in the team * the Segment was disbanded following a strategy revision dictating the consolidati
  • Ericsson
    VP Business Development - Hyperscale Cloud, EMEA
    Ericsson
    Dec 2014 - Dec 2016 (2 years 1 month)
    | Hyperscale Cloud Infrastructure was 1 of 5 growth initiatives pursued by Ericsson (new offering); Phase: Market Introduction | --- Executive member of the Global Go-To-Market Steering Drove the market activation and organizational readiness to introduce Hyperscale Cloud Infrastructure in four regions in EMEA. Drove the leadership of line organizations at regional and country levels to deliver targets: lighthouse projects; qualified sales funnel & growth plans; and talent upskilling and recruitment. Co-drove the Sales Transformation workstream for 2 merging BUs in a company-wide restructure
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    Strategy Execution & Business Development Director, Region Mediterranean
    Ericsson Portugal
    Jun 2011 - Oct 2014 (3 years 5 months)
    | Mandate: to motivate, structure, introduce, and embed growth or efficiency initiatives that would fall beyond or cut across business lines within the Region | --- Led market discovery and qualification for the nascent Hyperscale Cloud Infrastructure architecture & established CoDev Frame Programs with two of Ericsson’s Top 10 Global Customers. Designed the region’s setup to pursue wanted growth from 2015 onwards. Drove 7 business lines to offshore the production of offers to India and Latin America, co-leading the setup of the remote delivery centers. Ran growth initiatives that resulted in substantial upsell and improved consulting engagement maturity.
  • Ericsson
    Business Development Manager - TV, Hub South Europe (secondment)
    Ericsson
    Mar 2010 - Sep 2010 (7 months)
    | TV Infrastructure was 1 of 5 growth initiatives pursued by Ericsson (new offering); Phase: Market Introduction | --- Center of Excellence (CoE) to drive the TV SaaS and Infrastructure business in South Europe. Pilot organization that came to be the blueprint for a company-wide restructuring. Supported development of TV leads in Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria and LatAm; while motivating adjustments to products and sales based on market demand and the portfolio's strategy.
  • Ericsson
    Strategic Accounts Manager (secondment)
    Ericsson
    Oct 2010 - Apr 2011 (7 months)
    | Tasked with following and developing growth opportunities beyond thebaseline business for the operation in the country | --- Motivated and led a priveliged consultancy to a customer’s C suite in assessing their ambition to roll-out a greenfield 4G operation. Initiated engagements and established plan to break-in into ‘Industry &Society’ (segment expansion into the Public Sector and Multinational Corporations beyond Telecom Operators).
  • Ericsson
    Strategy Program Manager, Business Unit Multimedia (secondment)
    Ericsson
    Jan 2009 - Feb 2010 (1 year 2 months)
    • Coordinated and supported the review of the BU’s USD 2B execution plan in five product areas – led to leadership approval for eight streams to address opportunities and areas of concern • Produced recommendation to expand business into M2M and new customer segments, resulting in a preliminary indentification of interesting segments and partners – and potential Go-To Market strategies
  • IMD Business School
    Full time MBA
    IMD Business School
    Jan 2008 - Dec 2008 (1 year)
    • Consulted a Qatari conglomerate on its IT services division: a joint-venture scenario for the GCC countries and options to incentivize the leadership of its near-shore operation in India
  • Ericsson
    Senior Account Manager – Multimedia, Vodafone Portugal
    Ericsson
    Jan 2005 - Jan 2007 (2 years 1 month)
    • Orchestrated initiative with Vodafone executives to expand business into wireline; resulted in an impactful project for both firms’ businesses which was subsequently replicated in other countries • Doubled account size in one year by improving satisfaction on the performance of existing small footprint • Coordinated and executed high profile initiatives that generated EUR tens of M as a core member of a global team mandated to articulate business development and sales motions for the Vodafone Group
  • Ericsson
    Sales Manager, Portugal Telecom International & TMN
    Ericsson
    Jan 2001 - Jan 2005 (4 years 1 month)
    • Secured approx. 1/3 of TMN’s overall budget for the roll out of its 3G mobile communications infrastructure, disrupting the position of its two incumbent suppliers • Secured competitive T&Cs of own offerings for smaller deployments by recommending adjustments to global commercial terms, supported on business cases built to gauge value for TMN & Ericsson • Led the creation and growth of business with the only international customer for Ericsson Portugal, which consistently generated over 30% of the company's annual turnover in subsequent years • Collaborated in customer’s preliminary assessments of expansion into new markets – mainly in Africa
  • Jazztel
    Account Manager - Enterprise & Corporate segments
    Jazztel
    Jan 2000 - Jan 2001 (1 year 1 month)
    • Achieved 120% on target sales of voice and datacom services to the Enterprise & Corporate segments
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    Product Manager, New Data Services
    Portugal Telecom
    Jan 1998 - Jan 2000 (2 years 1 month)
    • Specified new datacom services offering in a cannibalization context (introduced IP/MPLS) • Analyzed and ranked vendors’ proposals in meeting required specifications for the offering
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  • IMD
    MBA, Business Administration
    IMD
    Jan 2008 - Dec 2008 (1 year)
  • Universidade Catolica Portuguesa
    General Management post-graduate studies, Business Administration
    Universidade Catolica Portuguesa
    Jan 2002 - Jan 2003 (1 year 1 month)
  • Instituto Superior Técnico
    MSc, Electronics & Computer Systems Eng
    Instituto Superior Técnico
    Jan 1992 - Jan 1998 (6 years 1 month)
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    Marcus Wallenberg Foundation Scholarship
    Marcus Wallenberg Foundation
    Oct 2007