Seong-Min Kang - CPTO and Co-Founder, Engineering Leader

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Neunkirchen, Germany

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Experience

Aug 2022 - Present

4 years 1 month

Düsseldorf, Germany

CPTO, Co-Founder, and Managing Director

consalio GmbH

Establishing the new category of Advisor Spend Management
Pre Seed-Stage startup
Product development

Sep 2021 - Jul 2022

11 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Interim-CTO and advisor

Consulting CTO
Working with startup clients to support with product-market-fit, strategy, technical assessment
Team building

Jul 2019 - Jul 2021

2 years 1 month

Frankfurt, Germany

Tech Director, Director Strategic Operations, Director Platform

Ampolon Ventures (AV Management GmbH)

Venture Studio for the Aareal Group, Proptech Venture Development
Member of the management team
Created a highly effective team with the objective to build ventures to change how we live and work in the future
Venture Program developed
Founded and invested in 2 pre-seed ventures and worked with founders to reach product-market fit in an ambitious timeline
Advisory role, technology and organizational development
Managing investments (capital increase, convertibles, secondaries)

Mar 2018 - Dec 2019

1 year 10 months

Berlin, Germany

Founder, CTO and Managing Director

BULLET Global GmbH

Digitization services for SMEs (Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises)
Identity, authorization and communication through blockchain (ERC20, Ethereum, Tendermint)
Closed pre-seed funding in March 2018 at a EUR 3.5M valuation
Go-live after 90 days
Responsible for customer and product development, legal, finance

Dec 2017 - Mar 2018

4 months

Berlin, Germany

Director Engineering

Delivery Hero AG

Defined strategy for a global data lake for the whole group
Established a new team for data engineering on scale

Jul 2015 - Nov 2017

2 years 5 months

Berlin, Germany

CTO (previously VP of Engineering, Lead Developer)

Lendico Global Services GmbH

P2P Lending Platform
30 Engineers
Defining IT strategy for the whole Lendico Group
Creating highly effective teams and a strong engineering culture
Focus on fast iteration cycles and the scientific method
Fostering ownership and leadership within the IT department
Change management. Transition to pure SME (small and medium enterprises) lender
Introduced Kubernetes. Architecture of new core banking systems
Focus on creating a strong engineering culture
Introduced microservices. Organizational design

Jan 2013 - Mar 2015

2 years 3 months

Munich, Germany

Co-Founder and Managing Director (Main Responsibility: CTO)

Fritz Payment GmbH

Fritz Payment GmbH is a Payment Services Company and offers payment related consulting, software development, and support
Fritz Payment operated, maintained, and developed a high-volume payment system for one of Germany’s biggest browser games company
Fritz Payment developed and published FritzPay (a high-volume middleware stack for payment processing) under an open-source license

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Real Estate, and Food and Beverage.

Banking and Finance

Information Technology

Real Estate

Food and Beverage

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Product Development, Information Technology, Strategy, Investments and M&A, Finance, and Legal.

Product Development

Information Technology

Strategy

Investments and M&A

Finance

Legal

Skills

Leadership

Entrepreneurial Mindset. Lean, Data-Driven Business Development
Principled Thinking Around Early- And Growth-Stage Startups
Ability To Enable A Culture, Which Enables Innovation, Autonomy, And Curiosity
Develop Autonomy, Mastery, And Purpose As A Foundation Of Engineering Work

Engineering

20+ Years Experience As A Software Developer
Aws, Gcp, Openstack
Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Elk, Influxdb, Grafana
Kafka, Rabbitmq, Nsq, Nats
Terraform, Ansible
Primary Focus: Distributed Systems. High Demand Backend Systems
Postgresql, Mysql, Cassandra, Hadoop, Elasticsearch
Agile Development, Tdd, Scrum
Research Focus: Distributed Systems, Systems Development, Cryptography

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Mathematics; Philosophy; Psychology; Social Sciences; History; History of Maths and Sciences; Anthropology

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 7

Experience in Banking and Finance 8.5 y

Avg length 1 y 11 m

Longest experience 4 y

Global Experience

Countries worked in 1 (Germany)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles CPTO, Co-Founder, and Managing Director, Interim-CTO and advisor, Tech Director, Director Strategic Operations, Director Platform

Main industries Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Real Estate

Main business areas Product Development, Information Technology, Strategy

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December 2025

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Seong-Min is based in Neunkirchen, Germany.

Seong-Min speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

Seong-Min has at least 13 years of experience. During this time, Seong-Min has worked in at least 7 different roles and for 6 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 10 months. Note that Seong-Min may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Seong-Min would be well-suited for roles such as: CPTO, Co-Founder, and Managing Director, Interim-CTO and advisor, Tech Director, Director Strategic Operations, Director Platform.

Seong-Min's most recent position is CPTO, Co-Founder, and Managing Director at consalio GmbH.

In recent years, Seong-Min has worked for consalio GmbH.

Seong-Min is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Information Technology, and Real Estate. Seong-Min also has some experience in Food and Beverage.

Seong-Min is most experienced in business areas like Product Development, Information Technology, and Strategy. Seong-Min also has some experience in Investments and M&A, Finance, and Legal.

Seong-Min has recently worked in industries like Information Technology and Banking and Finance.

Seong-Min has recently worked in business areas like Product Development, Information Technology, and Strategy.

Seong-Min attended education in Mathematics; Philosophy; Psychology; Social Sciences; History; History of Maths and Sciences; Anthropology.

Seong-Min is immediately available for suitable projects.

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