After more than 7 years at Snowflake, I'm saying goodbye. Quite a journey it's been! The Journey: ✅ Started with nothing but a laptop and a phone ✅ Took on various roles across different regions ✅ Most recently as RVP Global Accounts, built strategic partnerships with Siemens, BMW, DHL, Bosch and others from the ground up ✅ Witnessed one of the largest IPOs in history ✅ Helped grow from startup to multi-billion Dollar company ✅ Watched our team expand to 10,000+ brilliant colleagues What I've learned: 🎯 "It takes a village" - You need partners in crime, friends, and champions. Go it alone, and you'll die alone. 🎯 "The grind is real" - No pain, no gain. If you don't make that first call, no one will. 📞 What Made the Magic: Those late nights, challenging deals, breakthrough moments with enterprise customers who became true partners. Watching German engineering giants trust us with their most critical data. Building something from nothing alongside people who became genuine friends. To these brilliant people who made this journey possible—the mentors, hard workers, believers, and champions who turned ambitious plans and ideas into reality: Christian W., Arjan van Staveren, Chris Degnan, Philipp Schwade, Will Ellse, Mike Speiser, Sridhar Ramaswamy, Stipe Krolo, David Schultze, Frank Slootman, Benoit Dageville, Thierry Cruanes, Adam Kaufman, Laila R., Lea Glowacz, Kristoffer Hellmig, Peter Kroenert, Jan Mahler, Charlene M. V. Goettmann, Frank Tröscher, Alex D'Anna, Alberto Pricoli, Artin Avanes, Lukas C., Dustin Behley, Thomas Scholz, Immanuel von dem Bussche, Elisabeth Neurauter, Anna Feldmeier, Janne Viitala, Jonah Rosenboom, Philip Stenholm ❄️, Philipp Strack, Roel van der Meij, Sabine Schwendemann ❄️, Seth Y., Saptarshi Mukherjee, Thomas Friebel, Tim Nowak Next chapter starts Monday. Ready to take everything the last 15 years taught me and build something extraordinary again: I'm joining the most customer-centric and innovative observability company I've ever seen: Dash0. The DNA is familiar—open, easy to use, pay-as-you-consume and scale, unlimited performance. It's giving me some serious Snowflake early-days vibes! #Snowflake #Sales #Enterprise #Germany #NewChapter #TheGrindIsReal #Data #Observability
Awwwwww man this one is def bittersweet. I was just thinking to myself that I have to meet up with Julian Hoening as SKO. Thank you for showing me what true Enterprise SaaS sales is, how to master owning the relationship of a monster customer, how to protect your time and focus on needle moving activities, and how to work with a global team. I bet you’re going away HH wil be legendary. Hope to see you when I next find myself in Germany. Keep smashing it Julian and thank you for all did for Snowflake and for me personally.
Snowflake was and Dash0 certainly will be happy to have you! 👏 Time for another ski-trip I'd say. When's the next skitrip?
A superstar leader for our European sales team - welcome on board, Julian. LFG 🚀
Ein Wahnsinns-Ritt! 🚀 It was a pleasure to be working with you over the recent 7 years, Julian. From tiny startups in Berlin to world-wide operating manufacturer - we met them all and in different roles (on your end at least 😉 ). Best of success in your next chapter.
What a journey, what a legacy to leave behind! It's been a real pleasure to have worked with you as my Sales partner in crime and to see how everything has come together in this standout year for the German Globals Team. All the best in you next adventure, I'm sure it will be a big success.
All thr best Julian Hoening! I still remember flying to Munich 5.5 years ago to spend time alongside you and Arjan van Staveren to convince Siemens that Snowflake was the right strategic choice for their digital modernisation journey. And now they have become one of our biggest partners globally. All the best in your next chapter!
Thank you for your leadership Julian Hoening and trust over the years 💪🏼🙏🏻 I learned a lot working with you and really appreciated how you led the team! Kudos to you for building one of the best and coolest Global Teams in EMEA! Keep killing it!!
Well at least you take a mini-sabbatical of a full weekend, I guess that's deserved. Well done Julian, congrats on a great run and enjoy the weekend off ;)
What a ride my friend! We created so many unforgettable moments, you are a true leader, friend and many times my partner in crime! We will miss you! I wish you all the best for that next big adventure 🩵
Congrats to an amazing run. Quite a journey from PG Monday at some hotel lobbies in Frankfurt 😂 loved working with you (most of the time) and hope we’ll have another run together at some stage again. all the best at your new gig. No need to wish you luck, you’re one of the few that don’t really need any of that 😎 enjoy