Henrik Mitsch

Henrik Mitsch has an extensive work experience in various companies and roles. Henrik currently holds the position of VP Elli Digital at Elli - A Brand of the Volkswagen Group. Prior to this, they were the VP Technical Products & Delivery Management at the same company.

Before joining Elli, Henrik was the Group Lead Sono Digital at Sono Motors, where they were responsible for digital product and software development, as well as the operational management of mobility services and digital features of the Sion. Henrik also defined the company's IT agenda.

Henrik also worked at Mozilla, where they served as a Senior Manager in the Open Innovation group. Henrik led a distributed team of engineers and product managers, focusing on designing and building participation systems to promote open methods in product development.

Henrik also had significant experience at Sixt, holding positions such as Executive Manager, Head of DriveNow IT, and Executive Manager, Product Management DriveNow. In these roles, they were responsible for the strategic realignment and product management of the DriveNow carsharing IT stack, as well as assembling cross-functional teams for platform development and incident response.

Henrik's earlier experience includes roles at Progan Consulting Group Inc., Accenture, Salzburger Banken Software, Henrik Mitsch IT Services, and Teleholding, where they held various managerial, project management, and system analysis positions.

Overall, Henrik Mitsch has a strong background in digital product management, software development, and IT leadership, with a focus on automotive and technology industries.

Henrik Mitsch has an extensive education history. Henrik obtained an Advanced Certificate for Executives (ACE) in Management, Innovation, and Technology from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2013. In the same year, they also completed an Executive Education program in Driving Strategic Innovation at IMD. In 2012, they participated in the Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP 2012) at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Prior to their executive education, Mitsch earned a Master's degree in Information Management from the University of Vienna and the Technische Universität Wien, completing their studies from 1997 to 2003. Henrik also spent a year on an Erasmus Exchange program in Information Technology at the University of Deusto from 1999 to 2000.

In addition to their formal education, Mitsch has obtained certifications, including Professional Scrum Master and Professional Scrum Product Owner from Scrum.org in April 2012.