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Christian Brennecke-Räther

Critic · DISC type C
Director of Engineering - New Business at Sematell GmbH
📍 Münchweiler an der Rodalbe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Christian is a Director of Engineering at Sematell, focused on building empowered, accountable teams for cloud-based SaaS products. He has a track record of restructuring teams to improve reliability, reducing engineer attrition to zero, and guiding technical direction. Colleagues describe him as pleasant, calm, positive, and strategic.

Outside of his leadership roles, Christian has a clear passion for the video game industry, stemming from his time at Crytek and his continued interest in companies like EA and Ubisoft. He is also a proponent of continuous learning, recently earning a certification in data science with Python.

Unique fact: About two years ago, he deleted his teams entire backlog, a decision he stands by to enforce ruthless focus.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering - New Business
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Münchweiler an der Rodalbe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Personality Overview

How Christian shows up

Negotiator
ROI Driven
Objective Thinker

They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data. They enjoy working alone and do not rely on others very often. They prefer to do logical analysis and value evidence over emotions.

Priorities

Topics Christian cares about

Empowered Engineering Teams
He builds teams that thrive on trust, clarity, and autonomy over rigid processes, enabling them to be more resilient and proactive.
Pragmatic Agile Delivery
Focuses on core agile principles like Kanban to improve efficiency, believing in focusing on "lazy work, not lazy workers" to remove systemic roadblocks.
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Career

Work history

2-2023
Director of Engineering - New Business
Sematell GmbH
11-2021 - 2-2023
Head of Software Development
EVANA AG
12-2019 - 10-2021
Lead Software Developer
EVANA AG
6-2017 - 11-2019
Product Owner / Software Developer
Hoffmann Group
6-2015 - 5-2017
Technical Account Manager
Crytek
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2009 - 2011
SAE Diploma
SAE Institute Berlin
2000 - 2007
Fachgebundene Hochschulreife
Michelsen Gymnasium
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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