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# Falko Zurell

Senior Product Manager @ HERE Technologies

- First Name: Falko

- Last Name: Zurell

- Member since: 2026-09-08

- Fediverse: @maxheadroom@vutuv.de

- Followers: 1

- Following: 2

- Connections: 1

## Tags

- [Fediverse](https://vutuv.de/tags/fediverse) (1 endorsements)

- [Linux](https://vutuv.de/tags/linux) (1 endorsements)

- [macos](https://vutuv.de/tags/macos) (1 endorsements)

- [agile project management](https://vutuv.de/tags/agile_project_management) (0 endorsements)

- [cloud computing](https://vutuv.de/tags/cloud_computing) (0 endorsements)

- [datacenter](https://vutuv.de/tags/datacenter) (0 endorsements)

- [macOSX](https://vutuv.de/tags/macosx) (0 endorsements)

- [mobile applications](https://vutuv.de/tags/mobile_applications) (0 endorsements)

- [mobile internet](https://vutuv.de/tags/mobile_internet) (0 endorsements)

- [mysql](https://vutuv.de/tags/mysql) (0 endorsements)

- [puppet](https://vutuv.de/tags/puppet) (0 endorsements)

- [scrum](https://vutuv.de/tags/scrum) (0 endorsements)

- [software development](https://vutuv.de/tags/software_development) (0 endorsements)

- [syseng](https://vutuv.de/tags/syseng) (0 endorsements)

- [unix](https://vutuv.de/tags/unix) (0 endorsements)

## Experience

- Senior Product Manager @ HERE Technologies (2020-05 – today): Responsible for HEREs Platform Foundation

- Member of the Board @ Zuhause in Brandenburg e.V. [Volunteering & hobbies] (2008-09 – today): socialServices · Founding member and member of the board since the beginning.

- Head of HERE Location Platform Operations @ HERE Technologies (2013-04 – 2020-05): Ensure the high performance and availability of the global HERE Location Platform

- Head of Map Platform Operations @ Nokia (2012-01 – 2013-04)

- Head of Location Systems Engineering Team @ Nokia (2011-01 – 2012-01): leading the team of system engineers that provides & operates the development, test, QA, staging and production environments for Nokias location based services.  Cloud Computing, Operations & Delivery

- Head of Development Support Team @ Nokia (2009 – 2011-01): I was responsible for building the development support team to help Nokias Location based service R&D teams. We were tasked with building out a new data center and ramping down two old DCs. Establishing a DevOps model for developments support was another goal of the team.

- Teamlead Development Support @ Nokia Gate 5 Berlin (2009-07 – 2011-01)

- Teamleader Development Support @ Nokia gate5 GmbH (2009-07 – 2010-12)

- Head of Application Management @ ID Media (2005 – 2009)

- Head of Application Management @ new economy Amt (2005 – 2009-07)

- Head of Application Management @ I-D Media AG (2005-02 – 2009-07)

- Webmaster @ init AG für digitale Kommunikation (2004-12 – 2005-02)

- Consultant @ Unilog Avinci AG (2002-11 – 2004-11): Consultant for Performance Testing and Application Management

- Webmaster @ Pixelpark AG (2001-06 – 2002-10): Webmaster responsible for running websites for our clients

- Webmaster @ BertelsmannSpringer AG (1999-06 – 2001-05): Responsible Webmaster for several online representations of BertelsmannSpringer publications.

- Apprentice @ Siemens (1995 – 1999)

## Education

- trainee, ATIW GmbH/SIEMENS (1996 – 1999): This was my apprenticeship at SIEMENS. Main aim was to educate us to professional system administrators.
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- Abitur, Gymnasium Templin (1989 – 1995)

## Certificates & licenses

- Creating a Program Strategy: Certificate · LinkedIn · awarded 2024-06 <https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/9d7e280b85bfcb8f7060bcfd33e8fe76a052920b84c799eaf5d91f896bfea70a>

- Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) RHEL6: Certificate · Red Hat Inc. · awarded 2012-10

- Red Hat Certified System Engineer (RHCE) RHEL6: Certificate · Red Hat Inc. · awarded 2012-10

## Languages

- English: C1 (Preferred contact language)

- German: Native

- Russian: A1

## Phone Numbers

- Work Cell: +49 1515 5155784

- Cell: +49 172 7616782

## Addresses

- Private: 10249, Berlin, Germany