Thomas Hanappi

Thomas Hanappi has a diverse work experience spanning over several companies and roles. Thomas currently works as the Director of Wholesale & Strategic Partnerships MENAT at Cubic Telecom, starting in 2023. Before that, they were a Partner at SCNELL LLC-FZ since 2022. From 2016 to 2022, Hanappi worked at Vodafone Business, where they held the position of Head of IoT Sales Middle East, responsible for establishing and growing Vodafone's IoT business in the Middle East.

Prior to that, Hanappi had a long tenure at Vodafone, starting in 2007. During their time there, they held various positions, including Head of Internet-of-Things and Machine-to-Machine Connected Product Management, Principal Product Manager M2M, Principal Strategy and Portfolio Manager Email, and Principal Product Manager BlackBerry. Thomas played a key role in managing product lifecycles, commercial success, and strategic partnerships in the IoT and M2M space.

Before joining Vodafone, Hanappi worked at mobilkom austria AG as a Senior Product Manager for Premium Services and Mobile Email. Thomas was responsible for managing the Mobile E-mail and Premium Mobile Messaging portfolio and products.

Earlier in their career, Hanappi worked at Wienstrom as a Business Development and Senior Product Manager, focusing on new energy services. Thomas also worked at Siemens Building Technologies as a Product and Vertical Marketing Manager, where they had roles in product management, marketing, and vertical market segment management.

Overall, Thomas Hanappi has gained extensive experience in sales, strategic partnerships, product management, and business development, particularly in the IoT, M2M, and telecommunications sectors.

Thomas Hanappi completed their education in Business Administration at WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) from 1990 to 1996, where they obtained a degree of Mag. Prior to that, from 1985 to 1990, they studied Maschinenbau - Betriebstechnik at HTL Mödling, earning a degree of Ing.