Benjamin Pannier
CTO at Hawk
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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SeniorBenjamin Pannier is a seasoned technology executive and CTO with over two decades of experience building and scaling regulated, high-impact transactional platforms—from payments and open banking to mapping and email security. He has led global engineering teams at Tide, Zalando, PayU, and Nokia, consistently aligning technology with business strategy to drive international expansion, regulatory compliance, and revenue growth. Notable achievements include launching Tide in India and Germany, delivering a machine-learning anti-fraud engine at Zalando Payments, and securing a BaFin e-money license while leading Zalando’s payments unit. He excels at building high-performing teams, modernizing tech stacks, and delivering secure, compliant platforms across Europe. A hands-on leader who has steered distributed teams in fast-moving fintech ecosystems, he also pursues global travel and scuba diving, with photography fueling a broad, global perspective.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (20)
python9
mqtt9
home-assistant9
iot9
home-automation9
raspberry-pi9
privacy8
automation8
upnp8
asyncio8
homeassistant8
internet-of-things7
garden7
obsidian5
plugin5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
bpannier/TahomaProtocol
Jan 2016 - Dec 2017
Contributions:4 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 1 year 11 months
bpannier/simpletr64
Jan 2016 - Dec 2017
Simple TR64 UPnP: A simple way to talk to your UPnP and/or TR64 protocol devices
Contributions:56 commits, 5 PRs, 51 pushes in 2 years
upnp
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