Falko Zurell
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Senior Product Manager @ HERE Technologies

First Name: Falko
Last Name: Zurell
Member since: 2026-09-08
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EXPERIENCE
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* 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
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* 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
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* 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
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* English: C1 (Preferred contact language)
* German: Native
* Russian: A1

PHONE NUMBERS
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* Work Cell: +49 1515 5155784
* Cell: +49 172 7616782

ADDRESSES
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* Private: 10249, Berlin, Germany

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