Hacon
Gerd Overbeck has a diverse work experience spanning different industries and roles. Gerd has held leadership positions in various mobility companies, including Hacon and Padam Mobility, where they served as the Head of Shared Mobility & Partnerships and Head of DACH, respectively. Gerd has also worked at Deutsche Bahn as the Lead New Mobility @ Smart City and Senior Manager Smart City. Prior to that, they were a Senior Mobility & Innovation Manager at Arriva Group. Gerd's earlier experience includes roles at choice GmbH as a Project Manager/Consultant and diffferent as an Interim Consultant and Working Student. Gerd also had a role as an Assistant to Project Leader at Limest Market Research. Gerd began their career as a Physiotherapist at Reeder Unternehmensgruppe, where they later became an Interim Manager.
Gerd Overbeck holds a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Economics from FernUniversität in Hagen. Gerd also obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Business Administration and Sociology from the University of Potsdam. In addition to their formal education, Gerd has completed several certifications, including Professional Agile Leadership (PAL I) from Scrum.org in 2021, Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) from Scrum.org in 2020, and Design Coach from Sebastian F. Müller in 2019. Gerd also holds certifications in PRINCE2 Practitioner and PRINCE2 Foundation from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, obtained in 2017 and 2016 respectively. Furthermore, Gerd obtained certifications in Artificial Intelligence and Ethics and Foundations of Artificial Intelligence from KI-Campus in 2023.
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Hacon
Hacon, headquartered in Hanover/Germany, is a leading provider of software solutions for transport operators and passengers. With the aim of making tomorrow's mobility more sustainable, more convenient and accessible to everyone, the company, which was founded in 1984 and has nearly 500 highly qualified employees, is constantly developing its product portfolio. The focus is on Mobility as a Service solutions, travel information and ticketing, operator business products, and timetable design and scheduling. Each day, Hacon´s apps and web-based solutions receive over 100 million requests from passengers who rely on HAFAS to empower their mobility choices; the software is considered the highest industry standard for trip planning throughout the world. Hacon´s mobile ticketing solutions can be incorporated to create an efficient and simple user experience for passengers, while the backend fleet management solutions add a new dimension of efficiency for both small and large operators. Since 2017, Hacon has been part of Siemens Mobility, where it forms the Software business unit with the companies eos.uptrade, Bytemark, Padam Mobility and Sqills.