Driving Product Success and Business Growth
Product, Strategy, and Growth Consulting
Fractional Product Leadership
About Me
Alex Schwertner is a seasoned leader with over two decades in tech and product management. He is involved as an entrepreneur in two startups and has experience as board member of various organizations.
Alex specializes in product strategy, operational excellence, and team leadership, and helps companies to unlock their full growth potential. His expertise lies in guiding startups and established companies through growth and innovation, working closely with founders and CEOs to ensure they meet their business goals. Passionate about mentoring, he brings a wealth of experience from global tech ventures across North America and Europe to each client engagement - along with an open mind and a candid communication style.
Over 20 years of leadership experience in product, strategy, and general management, enabling companies across North America and Europe to launch, scale and transform their business.
Areas of Expertise
Product Strategy and Development
Crafting customer-centric and value-driven product strategies to focus your team and resource investments on market success and innovation. Specializing in aligning product vision with business goals, ensuring your offerings stand out in the competitive tech landscape.
Startup Acceleration and Business Growth
Refine your company strategy and build a compelling positioning for sales growth and a story line to attract investors. Offering expert mentorship and strategic insights to navigate market challenges, secure funding, and scale your business effectively.
Fractional Product Leadership
Drop-In Product Leadership, taking an active role within your company to shape your product strategy, lead or build product / design teams, drive product discovery and delivery, and get your organization aligned on a shared product vision and roadmap. Part-time or interim engagement.
Does any of this sound familiar?
We have hundreds of feature requests - how should we decide which features matter?
We are shipping too slow. How can we streamline discovery and delivery?
How can I develop a compelling pitch to attract funding?
How do I develop a scalable and profitable business model that maximizes the value of my company?
We aren’t focused on the right things. How can I refine our product strategy for better positioning and growth?
How can I get product, design, engineering, marketing and sales to align and collaborate?
My company is growing fast, and I need a co-pilot to drive product and level-up my team.
How you can work with me.
I advise and coach you
Coaching / Mentoring
As a Coach or Mentor, I share my insight and expertise with founders, CEOs, or product leaders in 1:1 sessions to help accelerate growth, find focus, or work through specific challenges, ultimately empowering my clients to implement a course of action themselves.
I take on a project for you
Consulting
As a Consultant, I work with founders or CEOs to develop an action plan towards achieving specific goals, or get to a root cause of a challenge, and take the lead during the execution phase to drive a project to completion.
I join your team part-time
Fractional Product Leadership
As a Fractional Head of Product, I join your team in a part-time role, often on an interim basis, and taking on functional responsibility within your organization. In this capacity, I can help shape product strategy with your team, co-pilot execution with CEOs, help hire and build up a full-time product and design function, or lead the team through phases of accelerated growth and scale.
Ready to focus your business on what matters most?
Get in touch and set up a free consultation call to discuss your needs and find out if we are a good fit.