Introduction
My name is Henning Emmrich. I'm a passionate leader and founder. I’m happy when I can inspire other people. I’m a doer with a passion for people and processes.
What I've done professionally so far
In which companies I have worked
- GROUP Rainer Kossow GmbH — Project Manager
- CEYONIQ AG — Product Manager
- amenotec GmbH — Director of Marketing, Partner, and Product Management
- d.velop AG — Product Marketing Manager
- SAPERION AG — Director of Marketing
- VOI e.V. — Executive Board
- Pentadoc KnowHouse GmbH — Managing Director
- EASY Software AG — Director of Strategic Development
- Flash-U GmbH — Managing Director, Chief Digital Officer
- Shopmacher GmbH — Project Manager e-Commerce
- Frontastic GmbH — Founder, Chief Operating Officer
- commercetools GmbH — Senior Vice President Frontend Platform
- goodgrow GmbH — investing in impact topics, mainly startups addressing climate change, resource efficiency, and waste prevention.
What I'm best at
I'm a generalist — as you can quickly see. My passion is to create fundamental, lasting things.
Whereby things are to be understood quite broadly: I'm as proud of an icon library that's created and that has lasted for almost a decade as I'm of a new price list with a revolutionary concept that has also lasted for many years — even after I left. But I'm just as happy about the teams I've built and the people I've helped to develop positively. And, of course, also processes that I've automated or fundamental business decisions and orientations that I've affected.
Finally, I was happy to see how much the values, goals, and Ways of Working resonated with the Frontastic team.
It's important to me not only to initiate things but also to complete them. People are at the center of this — because you can't implement anything any other way.
An example of the importance of interpersonal relationships: When reflecting on an asset deal for which I was responsible, the CEO of the purchased unit said that it was essentially the good feeling I'd generated in him that had led to the decision in favor of us as the buyer.
Building my first company
In my professional career, I've been responsible for developing the company in various positions. But it was when I was in my mid-40s I decided to start my own company with my co-founders.
As COO and Co-Founder, I've helped to build a remote native company. Eventually, we were 60 team members operating out of 20 countries in many time zones — mostly asynchronously. Our company culture and our Ways of Working resonated very much with the team members. Furthermore, we managed to automate almost every process using tools like Zapier and Make.
The private person
I come from the far north, from Oldenburg in Holstein. Today I live with my family and our dog in a suburb of Münster. I'm delighted to be active outdoors, whether with the dog, on my gravel bike, or skiing.