In his new role as CEO of Chargex, Tobia Scharfen has been working alongside Michael Masnitza on an operational level since February 1. His main focus is on international expansion, establishing additional sales channels and developing scalable structures for the company's further growth. Startups.
Tobias Scharfen is considered a highly networked expert in the field of e-mobility. As CSO of the Austrian company Has To Be, a provider of charge point management systems, Scharfen was responsible for above-average growth by establishing suitable sales structures. In 2021, the startup achieved the largest exit in Austrian startup history to date and was sold to the US company Chargepoint for €250 million. Following the handover phase, Scharfen founded Forward Concept, his own consulting firm focusing on startups in the e-mobility and energy sectors. In the process, he established the "Charging Night" together with Baywa Mobility Solutions, one of the key networking events in the e-mobility industry.
“Preparing Chargex for the next stage”
"The Chargex founders, the highly motivated team of experts, and I will position the excellently funded company during the current quiet phase to be suitable for the EV Hockeystick. Part of this will be strengthening partner sales,"
explains the new CEO Tobias Scharfen.
Tobias Wagner, his predecessor and co-founder of the startup, is stepping down from his current management role at his own request, but will remain a shareholder and member of Chargex's advisory board. He will also take on strategy and innovation projects. He says:
"Every founder in the scaling or growth phase has to ask themselves whether they are still the best person for the challenges ahead. I believe the management realignment is the necessary step to optimally prepare Chargex for the next stage. I value Tobias Scharfen equally as a person and as an expert and have great confidence in him. His personality fits us; he is undoubtedly the right person."
