Germán Hüttemann

Tech and Product Strategy

I turn capabilities into services, and services into products people keep choosing.

Lead Product Manager, IoT Data PlatformSchneider Electric · Barcelona

Germán Hüttemann

My Work

20+ years, 4 domains, one continuous line — and everything I did along it.

Products I have built

  • Platform as a Product
  • Data & API products
  • Headless eCommerce
  • Mobile & Web applications
  • Digital Banking ecosystems
  • Developer Portals
  • Library Catalogue Systems
  • Information Search Portals

The capabilities they are made of

  • Federated API management
  • Identity & authentication
  • Account onboarding & management
  • Shopping cart & checkout
  • Payments & financial transactions
  • Product catalog & search
  • Ratings & reviews
  • Quotation & pricing
  • Stores & pickup geolocation
  • Notifications, alerts & messaging
  • IoT alarm management
  • Data ingestion, storage & exposure
  • Subscription plans & scopes

What makes them scale

  • Product strategy & roadmap
  • GTM & lifecycle management
  • Governance & design standards
  • User & developer experience
  • Documentation & onboarding
  • Versioning & deprecation
  • Service levels & support
  • Adoption & usage metering
  • Community & advocacy
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My Blog

How platforms are actually run — the parts that only show up at scale.

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How I execute

01

Find the product inside the capability

Most of what a company sells was built for itself first. I spot which capability has a market, and who's willing to pay for it.

02

Build for both sides of the interface

Consumer and developer experience are one discipline. I have owned journeys used by millions, and the APIs beneath them.

03

Run it like a product, not a project

Projects end. Platforms keep earning the teams that build on them: versioning, service levels, a negotiated roadmap.

04

Build the business case, not just the product

A good product with no business case is an expensive hobby. Who pays, what for, and why now.

How I lead

People grow by getting harder problems rather than more work, and by learning to think better rather than execute faster. What I trust is mastery, explicit trade-offs and honored commitments. The test is whether they outgrow the role you give them.

Influence rarely comes from authority. It runs on three things.

  1. 01

    Their way of thinking

    Discussing in the other side's terms, and against their own metrics.

  2. 02

    Small wins

    In large organizations, momentum is more important than mandates.

  3. 03

    Reputation

    Built on credibility, clarity and predictability.