Portrait of Andreas Spousta

Andreas Spousta

Chief Revenue Officer / Head of Business Development

Senior Director of Sales, Kaltura · Founder, SPI Intelligence Services

#1
Global sales performer, 2024 (Kaltura, by MRR)
#2
Global sales performer, 2025 (Kaltura, by MRR)
150%+
Of annual target, 2024 & 2025
20+
Years in EMEA/CEE go-to-market leadership

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

EMEA · Engagement via SPI Intelligence Services GmbH · Since December 2015

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

Vienna · Since December 2006

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.

Heliatek / Wien Energie — organic PV: As main reseller for Heliatek's organic PV technology in Austria, brought the largest organic PV plant in the country to market for Wien Energie — an 18.48 kWp solar-foil installation, ordered at a contract value of €121,888 (net) — holding full project responsibility from procurement through installation and commissioning; developed battery-storage energy-security concepts for German energy providers.
  • 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

February 2006 – April 2007

  • 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

December 1998 – January 2006

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

April 1996 – February 1998

  • Delivered enhanced service platforms for major German and Czech GSM networks; youngest manager in Motorola Germany at the time.

Early Career

1986–1996

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.

P&L Management & Market Entry (EMEA/CEE) Enterprise & Telecom Sales Leadership SaaS / Recurring Revenue (MRR) Sales Renewable Energy & Battery Storage BD Key Account & Channel Management Organization Build-Out & Team Leadership Portfolio / Advisory Board Experience

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

Kommerzialrat — awarded by the Republic of Austria, 2006, for outstanding contribution to the Austrian telecommunications industry; youngest recipient of the title at the time.

Contact

Open to conversations with recruiters, headhunters, and prospective partners. Reach out directly — the full CV is available on request: