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[[menu.header]]
name = 'Media'
name = 'Speaking'
url = '/pages/appearances/'
weight = 50

[[menu.header]]
name = 'Bookshelf'
name = 'Reading'
url = '/categories/bookshelf/'
weight = 66

[[menu.header]]
name = 'Blogposts'
name = 'Writing'
url = '/posts/'
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---
title: Home
date: 2023-09-01
summary: I'm Klaus Breyer. With a lifetime in tech, a degree in Software Engineering, and a passion for innovation, I went from founding my first startup in 2010 to playing key roles as CTO/CTPO in many others.
summary: I am a developer/founder/advisor who starts, leads, and transforms software products and their teams. I am also a Speaker, Blogger, and Book Author. In 15 years of product and tech leadership, I founded and led startups Buddybrand (digital agency) and BuzzBird (marketplace) and corporate business units for Voith (IoT) and edding (SaaS).
image: /images/preview.png
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# Start, Iterate, Fight Bullshit.

![That's me!](/images/klaus-breyer-a-landscape.jpg)

I'm Klaus Breyer and I bring [15 years of product and tech leadership]({{< relref "/pages/services" >}}), with a track record of building startups and a corporate business units. Currently transforming a corporate digital project into an empowered product team.
I am a developer/founder/advisor who starts, leads, and transforms software products and their teams. I am also a [speaker](pages/speaking), [blogger](posts), and [book author](]({{< relref path="2015-practical-guide-facebook-development">}})).

Focused on breaking down silos and building holistic, interdisciplinary, diverse teams. Passionate about the tooling, methods, and leadership of remote teams and committed to creating effective solutions that provide customer value and work for the business.
While based in Berlin, I have extensive experience and prefer to work with remote, international, and, most of all, interdisciplinarity orgs.

In [15 years of product and tech leadership]({{< relref "services" >}}), I founded and led startups [Buddybrand](https://www.buddybrand.com/) (digital agency) and [BuzzBird](https://www.buzzbird.de/) (marketplace) and corporate business units for [Voith](https://voith.com) (IoT) and [edding](https://www.edding.com/de-de/) (SaaS).

## What I stand for

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If this is your first visit, here's a guide to what you'll find on this site:

- **[Now](/pages/now/)** - Discover what I am currently focusing on. This page is regularly updated.

- **[Past](/pages/cv/)** - Take a look at my curriculum vitae and explore my past experiences and achievements.

- **[Speaking](/pages/appearances/)** - A summary of events where I have shared my insights and expertise.
- **[Speaking](/pages/appearances/)** - Bio for Event Organizers and a summary of past talks.

- **[Bookshelf](/categories/bookshelf/)** - My virtual bookshelf, where I share summaries and insights from the books I've read.
- **[Reading](/categories/bookshelf/)** - My virtual bookshelf, where I share summaries and insights from the books I've read.

- **[Blogposts](/posts/)** - Explore my blog posts categorized under Business, Code, Management, Meta, Open Source, and Product.
- **[Writing](/posts/)** - Explore my blog posts categorized under Business, Code, Management, Meta, Open Source, and Product.
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I assemble and manage interdisciplinary product and tech teams, including senior leaders, to excel in remote settings. I address critical challenges and deliver substantial user value by accelerating the transition from chaotic ad-hoc development to structured product and engineering processes.

- [edding AG](https://edding.com.com/) - **Head of Product & Technology:** My primary focus is steering the innovative easycheck product, a cutting-edge digital driver's license control solution, towards greater heights by transforming it from a corporate project to an empowered product team. (2023-now)
- [Hydro Pocket](https://hydropocket.com/) - **Tech Lead in Industrial IoT:** I led Voith GmbH's Hydro Pocket's tech division, establishing a team and implementing the [Shape Up method](http://localhost:1313/tags/shapeup/). I focused on enhancing hydropower plant efficiency and reliability with actionable data. Industry awards praised my achievements. (2019–2023)
- [edding AG](https://edding.com.com/) - **Head of Product & Technology:** My primary focus is steering the innovative easycheck product, a cutting-edge digital driver's license control solution, towards greater heights by transforming it from a corporate feature factory to an empowered product team. (2023-now)
- [Voith Hydro Pocket](https://hydropocket.com/) - **Tech Lead in Industrial IoT:** I led Voith GmbH's Hydro Pocket's tech division, establishing a team and implementing the [Shape Up method](http://localhost:1313/tags/shapeup/). I focused on enhancing hydropower plant efficiency and reliability with actionable data. Industry awards praised my achievements. (2019–2023)

- [Native Studios UG](https://www.native-studios.com/) - **Tech Lead & Technical Evangelist in SaaS:** Developed initial prototypes to secure investors and customers, later led product development and technology advocacy, led the initial product development, and secured early investors. (2016–2019)

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title: "Public Speaking"
title: "Speaking"
date: 2022-12-19
lastmod: 2024-06-28
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aliases:
- "talks"
- "appearances"
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As an accomplished writer and public speaker, I'm always eager to share my insights and expertise with others. In addition to my own book, I've written numerous guest articles for top blogs and am a frequent conference speaker, comfortable addressing audiences of all sizes and backgrounds.

## Podcasts

- 2023: 🇺🇸 [Building Tools for Shape Up – Klaus Breyer & Matt Lane, Co-founders of Dumplink)][16]
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- 2014: 🇩🇪 [Praxishandbuch Facebook Programmierung(O’Reilly)]({{< relref path="2015-practical-guide-facebook-development">}}).

## Bio for Event Organizers

### Full Bio

Klaus Breyer is a developer/founder/advisor who primarily starts, leads, and transforms software products and their teams. He is also a [speaker](pages/speaking), [blogger](posts), and [book author](]({{< relref path="2015-practical-guide-facebook-development">}})).

Based in Berlin, he has extensive experience working with remote, international, and interdisciplinary organizations.

In [15 years of product and tech leadership]({{< relref "services" >}}), Klaus founded and led startups [Buddybrand](https://www.buddybrand.com/) (digital agency) and [BuzzBird](https://www.buzzbird.de/) (marketplace) and corporate business units for [Voith](https://voith.com) (IoT) and [edding](https://www.edding.com/de-de/) (SaaS).

His philosophy: Start, Iterate, Fight Bullshit.

### Short Bio

Klaus Breyer is a developer, founder, and advisor with 15 years of experience in product and tech leadership. Based in Berlin, he has led startups like [Buddybrand](https://www.buddybrand.com/) and [BuzzBird](https://www.buzzbird.de/) and corporate business units for [Voith](https://voith.com) and [edding](https://www.edding.com/de-de/). Klaus specializes in remote, international, and interdisciplinary teams and is also a speaker, blogger, and book author.

### Socials

**[v01.io](https://www.v01.io/?nl)** | **[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/klaus-breyer/)** |**[Twitter](https://twitter.com/klausbreyer)**

### Images

Pictures of me you can use without asking:

- Headshot
- [400 × 400](/images/klaus-breyer-headshot-small.jpg)
- [2287 × 2287](/images/klaus-breyer-headshot.jpg)
- Full A
- [280 × 280](/images/klaus-breyer-a-small.jpg)
- [4370 × 4370](/images/klaus-breyer-a-full.jpg)
- Full B
- [204 × 280](/images/klaus-breyer-b-small.jpg)
- [3761 × 5163](/images/klaus-breyer-b-full.jpg)
- Speaking A
- [1200 × 1600](/images/SpeakingA.jpg)
- Speaking B
- [1600 × 1200](/images/SpeakingB.jpg)

[2]: http://www.socialgenius.de/whatsapp-unternehmen-marketing-support/
[3]: https://superdev.club/podcasts/shape-up/
[4]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEnrFbR2qso
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title: Blog
title: Writing - My Blogposts
date: 2017-03-23
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