Richard Haagensen

Product & Technology Leader | Industrial, Energy & Deep-Tech SaaS | Global GTM, Strategy, Partnerships, M&A

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CheckProof

ex-Schaeffler

ex-Landis+Gyr

I build products at the meeting point of deep technology and the market — and I've spent most of my career learning to own both My foundation is engineering: C/C++/Java, embedded systems, telecom systems, automation and IoT systems.
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But my core discipline is product. I climbed the full ladder — Product Manager, Portfolio Manager, Head of Product Management for EMEA, where I built the product organization, grew the software and services business ~40% year-on-year, and put a real operating model in place (Pragmatic Marketing Framework, CMMI-aligned requirements). From there I broadened into business strategy, global go-to-market and M&A. That means I own the whole line: the problem, the roadmap, the technology that delivers it, and the commercial motion that takes it to market. Most technology leaders go one way or the other. I've done That combination has played out at global scale. At Landis+Gyr as a VP I led a 60+ person global organization of Solution Directors and Architects across eight countries — Brazil, Finland, India, Japan, South Africa, Switzerland, the UK and the USA — reporting to the Group CEO/CTO, and drove the transformation of regional R&D into a single global organization. Earlier, as Head of Smart Grid & Business Strategy, I led EMEA strategy and a run of M&A — the acquisitions of PowerSense, EcologicAnalytics, GRIDiant and Consert — and built the endorsed SAP for Utilities partnership. At Schaeffler I owned global go-to-market for Smart Energy Solutions and, before that, led the partner ecosystem and M&A - the acquisitions and integrations of BEGA and Eco-Adapt. Responsible of developing and putting the Schaeffler OPTIME ecosystem to the global market. I work natively across Nordic, in several At CheckProof I led a combined product-and-technology remit through the company's early scaling — owning product strategy and execution, with the product organization reporting to me alongside engineering, QA, DevOps and architecture and security (ISO 27001). When we brought in a dedicated CPO in early 2026, I focused on technical product strategy, delivery and operations as CTO. Over 2025–2026 I also built a ~20-person engineering organization in Bandung, Indonesia from the ground The thread through all of it: taking hard, technical, long-cycle industrial products and turning them into something the market actually buys. That's the job I do best.

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Job: CheckProof — Chief Technology Officer · 2025-01 – present · 1y 7mo — Leading technology and product delivery for CheckProof's Operations Management SaaS platform for HSEQ, maintenance and inspections, serving heavy industry across aggregates, cement, asphalt and OEM fleets. Through 2025, ran a combined product-technology-support function: owned product strategy in partnership with the CEO, with the product organization reporting to me alongside engineering, QA, Devops and support. From early 2026, following the hire of a dedicated CPO, focused on technical product strategy, delivery and operations. • Built a ~20-person engineering organization in Bandung, Indonesia from the ground up (2025–2026) — Engineering Manager, Delivery Project Manager, a QA & test-a…
Job: Schaeffler — Head of Global Go-To-Market Smart Energy Solutions / Eco-Adapt · 2024-03 – 2025-01 · 10 mo — Globally responsible of the go-to-market strategy and complete commercialization of the Eco-Adapt and Schaeffler Lifetime Solutions Smart Energy Solutions throughout Schaeffler’s sales organization globally.
Job: Schaeffler — Head of Partner Ecosystem and M&A · 2021-04 – 2024-03 · 2y 11mo — Driving the Schaeffler Industrial Lifetime Solutions business and portfolio growth by leading the strategy definition, Mergers & Acquisition (M&A) and technology Partner Ecosystem. • Led and drove the acquisitions of BEGA Special Tools (Netherlands — personally led), Eco-Adapt (France — personally led), integrating them into the global portfolio.
Job: Schaeffler — Ecosystem and Partners Program Manager · 2019-03 – 2021-03 · 2y — Leading an ecosystem cluster and program to develop and launch new Industry 4.0 solution offerings in different industry market segments for Schaeffler's Industry 4.0 division. Lead the partnerships, customer engagements and product development of the Schaeffler OPTIME ecosystem solution and SaaS, bringing it to the global market.
Job: Landis+Gyr — Vice President, Head of Innovation Partner Management · 2017-07 – 2019-03 · 1y 8mo — Vice President, Head of Innovation Partner Management , responsible for future group R&D innovations in the Global Innovations Group of Landis+Gyr, managing also the innovation ecosystems and the innovation centre in Finland.
Job: Landis+Gyr — Vice President Global Systems and Solutions · 2014-11 – 2017-07 · 2y 8mo — Global responsible in the Landis+Gyr Group for technical pre-sales, technical solution sales, definition, development and delivery of end-to-end solutions in and with Global R&D and Global business regions. Managing a global team of Solution Directors and Solution Architects (Brazil, Finland, India, Japan, South Africa, Switzerland, UK and USA) • Managed a 60+ person global team of Solution Directors, Architects, Validation and Support across eight countries (Brazil, Finland, India, Japan, South Africa, Switzerland, UK, USA), reporting to the Group CEO/CTO. • Led the 2014 global R&D transformation, merging regional R&D organizations into a single global function for faster time-to-market. •…
Job: Landis+Gyr — Head of Smart Grid and Business Strategy · 2012-04 – 2014-11 · 2y 7mo — Responsible for the Smart Grid portfolio and business strategy in EMEA (Toshiba and Smart Energy Solutions). Defining and implementing a Smart Grid strategy in EMEA, with M&A responsibilities, contributing to a global strategy in cooperation with Toshiba. • Owned the EMEA smart-grid portfolio and business strategy (Toshiba / Smart Energy Solutions), with M&A responsibility feeding the global strategy. • Led or drove the acquisitions of PowerSense (Denmark — personally led), EcologicAnalytics, GRIDiant and Consert (US), integrating them into the global portfolio. • Defined and led the endorsed SAP for Utilities partnership offering. • Built new business lines in grid monitoring/management, a…
Job: Landis+Gyr — Head of Product Management · 2009-12 – 2012-04 · 2y 4mo — Head of Product Management for AMI, Smart Metering and Energy Management System Software/Solutions in EMEA at Landis+Gyr. • Led a 10+ person product-management, product-marketing and technical-writing team across Czech Republic, Finland and Switzerland. • Grew the software and services business ~40% year-on-year, supporting 150+ MEUR in solution sales. • Implemented a new product operating model (Pragmatic Marketing Framework) and a CMMI-aligned requirements process bridging product and R&D. • Led global portfolio harmonization toward a common target architecture across regions.
Job: Landis+Gyr — Portfolio Manager · 2007-03 – 2009-12 · 2y 9mo — Portfolio Manager, System Software: Managing the complete residential AMM/AMI system software/solutions product portfolio of Landis+Gyr, as well as the ICG system software/solutions portfolio. Managing the software product management team across EMEA (Finland, Switzerland, Czech Republic) Providing leadership for long term planning, product concepts and solution sales, for ICT and AMM/AMI software solutions.
Job: Landis+Gyr — Product Manager · 2005-08 – 2007-02 · 1y 6mo — Product Manager, Metering IT-Solutions: Managing the product portfolio of energy metering systems and applications for data gathering and control, AMI/AMM Metering Solutions, to ensure its continued development to meet target market needs in terms of functional requirements, profitability and overall competitiveness over it’s life cycle.
Job: Ixonos — System Architect and Designer · 2004-02 – 2005-07 · 1y 5mo — Tieto-X (Currently: Digitalist Group!): Consulting in software projects / Software development. Telecommunications; Architect and designer: Design, development, testing and maintenance of SMS Center and MMS Center products. (C/C++, UML, UNIX) Maintenance includes consulting end-customers in product troubleshooting and problem investigation through the customer care and support organization. Mobile application development (C++, Symbian).
Job: IBM — Professional Services Manager · 2002-04 – 2003-07 · 1y 3mo — Telelogic (Currently: IBM): Managing and developing the Professional Services (consulting, training and technical sales) business, services and organization within Finland (located in Helsinki, Jyväskylä and Turku). Technical sales, technical service project management and project resource management. Managing and developing specific consulting and training business and services for certain global corporate account worldwide.
Job: IBM — Manager Professional Services Sales and Field Application Engineers · 2001-03 – 2002-03 · 1y — Telelogic (Currently: IBM): Managing and developing the Professional Services (consulting, training and technical sales) business and services within Finland. Managing and developing the Field Application Engineers (FAE) organization within Finland (technical sales consultants, located in Helsinki, Jyväskylä and Turku). Managing and developing the FAE sales work in Finland and towards the Nordic organization. Technical sales, technical service project management and project resource management.
Job: IBM — Consulting Manager, CAT Nokia / MO Finland · 2000-05 – 2001-02 · 9 mo — Telelogic (Currently: IBM): Technical and work related management of the consultants and trainers in the Helsinki office. Technical responsible person in the area of Telelogic Tau TTCN Suite and TTCN; technical expert, technical sales, project management. Technical sales, consultant and trainer for corporate account team Nokia, main areas being Scandinavia and Europe. Consultant services in usage and applications involving Telelogic Tools and methods. Customer training in Telelogic tools (UML, SDL, TTCN, ASN.1, C/C++).
Job: IBM — Senior SW Specialist / Methods and Applications Consultant, CAT Nokia / MO Finland · 1999-02 – 2000-04 · 1y 2mo — Telelogic (Currently: IBM): Consulting and technical sales, mainly within the area of TTCN and the Telelogic Tau TTCN Suite tools. Trainer in the area of protocol conformance testing and TTCN (GSM L3 protocols). Technical sales, consultant and trainer for corporate account team Nokia, main areas Scandinavia and Europe. Consultant services in usage and applications involving Telelogic Tools and methods. Customer training in Telelogic tools. IT-responsible and support at the local site(s). One of the people starting up the first Telelogic office and business in Finland, in Espoo, in April 1999 and then moving the location to Helsinki, Finland, in December 1999.
Job: MGE UPS SYSTEMS — SW engineer, BMS (Building Management System) Windows Applications · 1996-12 – 1999-02 · 2y 2mo — TAC (Currently: Schneider Electric): Designing, implementing and testing software for a building automation supervising client/server system. The work was done in project form and controlled by an ISO 9001 certified quality process. (OMT, C/C++, COM, OLE, ActiveX, DDE, Echelon LonWorks, Windows 95/98/NT, Microsofts development tools) Software designer and developer in the technical group of the EU ESPRIT Project 22217: SIMBA - Seamlessly Integrating Multimedia in Building Automation. (MMI, Windows 95/98/NT, C++, COM, OLE, ActiveX.)
Job: Mactive AB — Programmer · 1995-06 – 1995-08 · 2 mo — Designing and developing database software for a newspaper subscription/sales and distribution system. (OMT, C++, Oracle, Informix, Apple Macintosh, UNIX)
School: The Faculty of Engineering at Lund University — Master of Science, Computer Science and Engineering
School: Coaching House BoMentis, Espoo, Finland — Systemic Business Coach , InSys, International Business / Coaching

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