Volker Seubert

Current

Sr. HR Business Partner Europe at Sun Microsystems

Past

HR Manager & Business Partner Software Engineering at Sun Microsystems
HR Manager at Advanced Micro Devices
Recruitment Consultant at Rohde & Partner

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Education

Universität Hamburg

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Volker Seubert’s Summary

Acting with strong customer focus in a cultural complex environment creating and executing an HR strategy that brings competitive advantage to the business.

Volker Seubert’s Specialties:

International Human Resources business partnering expertise, acting in multi-cultural environment specifically eastern Europe, Russia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, while constantly aligning with and advising US headquartered business groups; Organization Development; HR BPO / HRO.

Volker Seubert’s Experience

Sr. HR Business Partner Europe

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)

European business unit Head of HR for entire Services business (Services Delivery, Services Sales, Professional Services) providing strategic support to Vice Presidents and their management teams; responsible for putting in place the appropriate HR practices to support business strategy, overlook & coordinate all HR functions & resources (Training, Compensation, Staffing, Country HR); leadership development and coaching, change management; formerly responsible for European Customer Engineering, for France and Iberia Sales & Service (2005/2006) and for strategic software development sites in St. Petersburg / Russia (started up this operation) & Prague / Czech Republic (until 2007); strong work relationships with US corporate Headquarters.
HR Manager & Business Partner Software Engineering

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2000 — April 2005 (5 years 3 months)

Acquisition Integration of Software Development companies in Germany; HR Business Partner support for Software Engineering in Prague / Czech Republic, Grenoble / France, Hamburg / Germany; start-up of engineering site in St. Petersburg / Russia; Implementation of HR BPO (HR Outsourcing) in Germany; negotiations with workers councils, workforce reductions; Six Sigma for HR.
HR Manager

Advanced Micro Devices

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AMD; Semiconductors industry)

August 1997 — January 2000 (2 years 6 months)

Starting up wafer fab (Fab30) in Dresden / eastern Germany, establish HR processes, large scale recruiting for production environment, recruitment for IC Design Engineers, recruitment for manufacturing specialists and managers.
Recruitment Consultant

Rohde & Partner

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

June 1994 — August 1997 (3 years 3 months)

Recruitment for automotive supplier Industry in Europe, main customers in Germany & France (e.g. Valeo).