Portrait Friedel Patzak

Friedel Patzak

Product Lead · Innovation · Organisational Development

Munich, Germany

„I work directly on what makes an impact – in real projects, with real people, for real progress."
Product Strategy Agile Leadership Transformation Founding Interim Management

Friedel Patzak is a product and organisational developer with over 35 years of experience as a founder, executive and product lead. After studying design, he founded his own studio, which he led as managing partner – followed by leadership roles at SinnerSchrader / Accenture Song and the product design consultancy uideation.

Lean and agile – not as a method, but as a mindset. He works directly on what has an impact: in the real project, with the team, for real progress. No methodology overhead, no distance from reality.

Today he is Co-Founder and CPO of the people-tech startup OVAO – an intelligent companion for inner clarity and personal development, evidence-based and built on the Inner Development Goals (IDG), and independent consultant.

Areas of Expertise
01 Product Strategy & Product Design
02 Building and leading agile product and dev teams
04 Agile project and portfolio management
03 Transformation & culture development
05 Leadership & self-leadership
06 Founding, scale-up & interim management
Qualifications
Anthropia IFA Solution Coach
Reflecta Mentor & Expert
Agile Management (James Coplien)
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO, Jeff Patton)
Certified Scrum Master (CSM, James Coplien)
Leadership I–III (Niederholz und Partner)
Product Field & Effectuation (Niederholz und Partner)
Client-Centred Communication after C. Rogers
GDPR & BDSG 2026 (CO-CON:SULT)

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