Christian Brennecke-Räther

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Director of Engineering - New Business at Sematell GmbH

Münchweiler an der Rodalbe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Overview

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.

Personality Overview

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.

Topics They Care 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.
Cloud-Native Platforms
His background includes guiding the cloud transformation of legacy products and building new SaaS platforms from the ground up.

Media Appearances

Christian has no verified media appearances

Work History

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

Education

2009 - 2011
SAE Diploma from SAE Institute Berlin
2000 - 2007
Fachgebundene Hochschulreife from Michelsen Gymnasium

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Insights For Selling To Christian

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • If you can, show them industry reports or analyst comments instead of sharing anecdotal stories
  • Be formal and objective, they will appreciate it more
  • Keep some extra margin while sharing pricing, they are likely to negotiate later

DONT's

  • Avoid phrases like ‘trust me’, ‘others just love’ etc.
  • Do not use very emotional or colorful language
  • Don’t try too hard to build a relationship with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Christian is

  • Strong evidence of ROI, effective pricing, and proven data points matter the most to them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Christian

  • It is not very hard for them to say no if they are not convinced about the decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Christian move?

  • They are neither the fastest nor the slowest decision makers, they are somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Christian take some risk or not?

  • They can bear some risk if their analysis backs the decision.

You And Christian

Personality Compatibility


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