Andreas Spousta
Chief Revenue Officer / Head of Business Development
Senior Director of Sales, Kaltura · Founder, SPI Intelligence Services
About
20+ years building and leading go-to-market organizations across EMEA/CEE telecom, media, and energy markets. Currently Senior Director of Sales at Kaltura — ranked #1 global sales performer in 2024 and #2 globally in 2025 (by Monthly Recurring Revenue), achieving 150%+ of annual target in 2024 and 2025. Founder and Managing Director of SPI Intelligence Services since 2006, the vehicle through which this and prior senior commercial engagements — spanning enterprise video, renewable energy, and battery storage — have been delivered across EMEA. Track record of first-to-market and multimillion-euro deals with A1 Telekom Austria, Vodafone, Orange, Deutsche Telekom, and T-Mobile.
Professional Experience
Senior Director of Sales — Kaltura Europe Ltd
Kaltura is the leading video experience cloud platform, serving enterprise, education, and media/telecom markets globally.
- Ranked #1 global sales performer in 2024 and #2 globally in 2025, by Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR), across Kaltura's worldwide sales organization.
- Achieved 150%+ of annual sales target in 2024 and 2025.
- Closed Kaltura's largest enterprise-video deal in Germany, valued at €2,627,820 over a 4-year term; delivered first-in-market sales for Sundaysky (T-Mobile), Livefyre (Handelsblatt), and Nexperience (Vodafone Global).
- Manage strategic enterprise and public-sector accounts across EMEA, including Deutsche Telekom, A1 Telekom Austria, ASML, ITZ-Bund, and UWV (Netherlands).
- Leading go-to-market for Kaltura's new agentic AI avatar solutions (via the eSelf acquisition) across enterprise, education, and public-sector verticals.
Founder & Managing Director — SPI Intelligence Services GmbH
Advisory and business-development vehicle through which senior commercial leadership roles are delivered for technology and energy companies entering or scaling in EMEA/CEE markets — including the Kaltura engagement above, alongside renewables, battery storage, and IoT/telecom infrastructure.
- Grew Camylio (formerly Mobeeart) from its first German sale (Müller Verlag) through to its 2019 acquisition by Bauer Media.
- Built direct relationships across A1 Telekom Austria, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Orange, Swisscom, and O2, plus enterprise clients including Bosch, Siemens, BMW, and ÖBB.
Regional Director, Central Europe — cVidya Networks
- Opened cVidya's central European business across 11 countries (Austria to Bulgaria); signed the company's first European client (Freenet) and launched its Vodafone Germany project.
Comverse Network Systems Austria GmbH
Regional Managing Director — Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Hungary, Bosnia, Slovenia, Poland (2000–2006)
- Built and ran the regional organization from founding, with full P&L accountability; opened offices in Vienna and Switzerland.
- Exceeded sales targets at an average 120% over 2001–2005, against annual targets of USD 12–19M (region-dependent), on an average managed book of USD 25M.
- Sold Comverse's first-ever global SMSC (T-Mobile) and Europe's second MMSC (Orange); closed a €12 million group-wide messaging-replacement deal with A1 Telekom Austria.
Pre-Sales Director → Pre-Sales Manager, Central Europe (1998–2000)
- Led pre-sales for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Benelux.
Project Manager — Motorola Germany GmbH
- Delivered enhanced service platforms for major German and Czech GSM networks; youngest manager in Motorola Germany at the time.
Early Career
System Engineer, High Tech GmbH (Motorola joint venture) — planning and rollout of Austria's D-Netz switching infrastructure. Software Development Consultant, SPA (Bank Austria) — paperless money-transfer system. Software Developer, Siemens PSE — base-station control software and GSM interworking design for the German C-Netz.
SPI Intelligence Services
SPI Intelligence Services GmbH is the Vienna-based advisory and business-development vehicle through which senior commercial leadership is delivered for technology and energy companies entering or scaling across EMEA/CEE — spanning enterprise video (Kaltura), renewable energy and battery storage (Heliatek, Wien Energie, German energy providers), and IoT/telecom infrastructure. Founded in 2006, it is the through-line connecting two decades of first-to-market, multimillion-euro engagements.
Education & Recognition
Education
- MBA
- Open University, Milton Keynes, UK — 2007–2010
- Informatics studies
- Part-time, alongside Siemens PSE — TU Wien — 1990–1991
- Electrical Engineering
- HTL Wien — 1980–1985
Languages
German (native) · English (fluent)
Personal
Private pilot license (IFR)
Recognition
Contact
Open to conversations with recruiters, headhunters, and prospective partners. Reach out directly — the full CV is available on request: