About Xavo
Commercial off-the-shelf software built with the mission to accelerate time to value for all types of molecular entities for Pharma and Biopharma R&D
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XAVO HEADQUARTERS
Xavo AG, Xavo Software AG
Spinnereistrasse 7
D-95445 Bayreuth
XAVO SWITZERLAND
Xavo Systems AG
Christoph Merian-Ring 11
CH-4153 Reinach
XAVO USA
Xavo USA Inc.
One Boston Place, Suite 2600
Boston, MA 02108, USA
About Xavo
Commercial-Off-The-Shelf software solutions built with the mission to accelerate time to value for all types of molecular entities for Pharma and Biopharma R&D
About Promexx
Custom Software Solutions that deliver high-quality projects to FMCG customers
LEARN MORE >
Contact
XAVO HEADQUARTERS
Xavo AG, Xavo Software AG
Spinnereistrasse 7
D-95445 Bayreuth
XAVO SWITZERLAND
Xavo Systems AG
Christoph Merian-Ring 11
CH-4153 Reinach
XAVO USA
Xavo USA Inc.
One Boston Place, Suite 2600
Boston, MA 02108, USA
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CEO Xavo USA Inc.
Group Leader Strategy & Execution
Reda Bensaid is an accomplished Strategic Executive and Advisor with over 20 years of experience in the B2B software space. Reda has a track record of delivering sustainable revenue growth by driving strategic industry focus, winning go-to-market strategies and organizational alignment. He joined Xavo as President and CEO of Xavo USA, Inc. in February of 2020, to refine the group’s strategic direction and transform its execution practices.
Prior to joining Xavo, he was the General Manager of Omneo, a SaaS cloud-based big data analytics software for supply chain product quality management, also named a cool vendor by Gartner in 2014. He also held the position of VP of Corporate and Industry Strategy at Camstar Systems, an MES company that got acquired by Siemens in 2014.
Reda holds a BS in Management Information Systems from the University of South Florida and received post-graduate Executive education from the Harvard Business School.
CEO Xavo Software AG, Germany
Group Leader Operations & Finance
Ralf Sonnefeld is an experienced executive and transformational leader with a career of 25+ years in various managerial roles in the B2B software and automation industry. He has led international and diverse teams to profitable and sustained growth in global markets. He joined Xavo in 2016 with the aim to build a successful software product business, serving today as CEO Xavo Software AG and global leader Operations and Finance.
Prior to joining Xavo, he worked for Siemens where he gained broad international experience when serving as the CEO of IndX Software Inc. based in the U.S., and subsequently, as a sales and operations leader in their industrial software business with a global P&L responsibility out of the company’s global headquarters in Italy and Germany. Ralf also served as Chairman, Vice Chairman and Board Member at Large for MESA International, a global industry not-for-profit organization between 2006 and 2015.
He holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg and received additional manager training in business strategy and business administration from Babson College.
Xavo Systems AG, Switzerland
Group Leader Industry Strategy, Life Science R&D
Thomas Frech is a recognized thought leader in the Laboratory IT, Automation and Biopharma industry with over 20 years of professional experience. He joined Xavo in 2011 as Product Manager Lab Logistics and moved on to become a Director, responsible for Xavo’s Life Science business in 2017. He currently serves as the Director of Strategy Life Science where he is responsible for the implementation of Xavo’s mission to enable Pharma and Biopharma R&D customers to accelerate time to value.
Prior to joining Xavo, he held positions as an Application Architect and IT Analyst at Novartis Switzerland where he gained broad experience in designing and developing lab IT and automation systems. Since 2010, Thomas has been serving the Association Consortium Standardization in Lab Automation (SiLA) as Vice President, Treasurer and Board Member. He also represents Xavo as a Corporate Member at the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS).
Thomas holds a university degree in Electrical Engineering as well as a Master of Advanced Studies degree in Information Technology from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. He is also a Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE).
CTO Xavo USA Inc.
Group Leader Product & Technology
Zak Merzouki is an accomplished B2B R&D executive with a history of successfully leading global organizations, responsible for the engineering and delivery of mission-critical commercial off-the-shelf enterprise software products including SaaS applications. He has a strong technological background in SaaS, Industrial IoT, Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Mobile and CI/CD Technologies. Zak joined Xavo in April of 2020 as a Chief Technology Officer for Xavo USA Inc. and as the Global Leader for Product and R&D.
Prior to joining Xavo, Zak served as Vice President of Software Engineering of Omneo, a SaaS cloud-based big data analytics software for supply chain product quality management, also named a cool vendor by Gartner in 2014. He was also Vice President R&D at Camstar Systems, an MES company that got acquired by Siemens in 2014.
Zak holds a Master of Science degree in Electronics Engineering and Applied Physics from University Lille as well as an Engineering Degree in Engineering Physics from Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble where he also participated in a Doctoral Program in Electrical Engineering and Computational Physics. He is also the author of several technical publications.
CSO Xavo Software AG, Germany
Group Leader Value Realization & Support
Uwe Schey is an experienced executive and operations expert with a successful track record of nearly 30 years in various managerial positions in the IT and automation industry. He has experience in leading cross-functional teams in multi-year IT programs for large international companies. He joined Xavo in 2003 as Project Manager and joined the Executive team in 2005 with the aim to make Xavo an International brand by creating the highest value for its global customers. He is serving today as Chief Service Officer (CSO) for Xavo Software AG and Xavo USA Inc. as well as leading the Value Realization and Support team globally.
Prior to joining Xavo, he worked in the Manufacturing IT realm for leading companies in the Automotive and Consumer Goods industry. For British-American Tobacco he led the IT Services organization in their worldwide largest Manufacturing facility at that time with the responsibility to ensure zero downtime operation of all critical IT systems.
Uwe holds a Master degree in Computer Science from Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Founder of Xavo
Board Member and Advisor
Detlef Riedel is an accomplished entrepreneur and executive with over 40 years of experience in the software development space. He founded Xavo Germany in 2000 and led the company to profitable and sustained growth in the global operations industry. In 2009 Detlef founded Xavo Switzerland and started LabLogistics, a software product initiative for pharmaceutical research and development. He is a recognized expert in software product development and serves today as advisor and thought leader for Xavo.
Prior to founding Xavo, he held several project management positions at German Federal Railways and British American Tobacco where he focused on large software projects in the fields of ERP and MES. He also was a founding member of the Swiss Life Science Consortium Standardization in Lab Automation (SiLA).
Detlef holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Technical University Dresden.
