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Pierre Buerkle

Investor

Operating Partner at SE Ventures

Germany

About

Pierre Buerkle is an Operating Partner at SE Ventures. He joined Schneider Electric in 2001 and held roles across Taiwan, the UK, and Germany in product and segment marketing and sales management, most recently as Vice President of Industrial Automation for the DACH Zone. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences and completed an executive innovation program at INSEAD in Singapore.

Experience

  1. SE VenturesOperating Partnercurrent2023 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  2. HTGF | High-Tech GründerfondsMember of the Investment Committeecurrent2022 — present
  3. Schneider ElectricInnovation/Strategy - SE Venturecurrent2023 — presentRatingen
  4. Schneider ElectricVice President Industrial Automation DACH2021 — 2023Ratingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  5. Schneider ElectricDirector Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) & Software Sales2019 — 2021Ratingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  6. Schneider ElectricDirector Sales & Segment Marketing2017 — 2019Ratingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
  7. Schneider ElectricIndustry Marketing Manager2015 — 2017Ratingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
  8. Schneider ElectricSegment Marketing Manager Packaging & Material Handling2013 — 2015Ratingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
  9. Schneider ElectricOffer Marketing Manager High Performance Solution2010 — 2012Ratingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
  10. Schneider ElectricTrainee2005 — 2010Lahr/Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
  11. Schneider ElectricTrainee Application Engineer2008 — 2009Taichung City, Taichung City, Taiwan
  12. Schneider ElectricApplication Engineer2005Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
  13. Schneider ElectricEngineering Trainee2001 — 2005Lahr/Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
  14. VDMABoard Member- Elektrische Automation2022 — 2025Germany

Skills & more

Automatisierung11Ingenieurwissenschaften8Geschäftsentwicklung5Management13

From Pierre's professional profile.

Colleagues at SE Ventures

Amit Chaturvedy
Global Head & Managing Partner at SE Ventures
Amit Peri
Senior Associate at SE Ventures
Brad Jones
Principal at SE Ventures
Carlos (CK) Kokron
General Partner at SE Ventures
Caroline Wells
Head of Legal at SE Ventures
Edison Almeida
Investor at SE Ventures
Erin Minjares
Executive Assistant at SE Ventures
Gemma Odena Bultó
Operating Partner at SE Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Pierre Buerkle?
Pierre Buerkle is an Operating Partner at SE Ventures. He joined Schneider Electric in 2001 and held roles across Taiwan, the UK, and Germany in product and segment marketing and sales management, most recently as Vice President of Industrial Automation for the DACH Zone. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences and completed an executive innovation program at INSEAD in Singapore.
Where does Pierre Buerkle work?
Pierre Buerkle is Operating Partner at SE Ventures.
Where did Pierre Buerkle go to school?
Pierre Buerkle studied at INSEAD (Innovator's Method - Completion); Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (Bachelor's degree, Elektrotechnik).

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