Hermann A. Petersen

Senior Consultant LATAM

Guatemala

Expertise 

LATAM – Business-to-Business (B2B), M&A, Strategy & Growth, Product & Tech, Project Management, Channel & Business Development

About & Experience

Hermann is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience in developing markets and tech-driven businesses. Having worked in multinational companies like Millicom, Intel, and Intcomex Corp, he has developed a passion for learning and big ideas. Since 2014 Hermann has focused on the education sector, where he helped develop national education programs for several Central American countries, contributing to bridging the digital divide.

Hermann’s expertise lies in developing international markets, using breakthrough technologies, and inventing new, more powerful, and profitable ways to creatively turn insights into business ideas that generate revenue for clients. He has worn many hats in his career, from researcher to manager, director, salesman, marketer, and strategist, giving him a unique ability to manage multi-disciplinary projects and navigate complex challenges.

Outside of work, Hermann has a passion for volleyball and was a member of Guatemala’s National Volleyball Team for 15 years and is proud to have served as its captain many times. 

Successful Client Engagements 

The Edit EDT&Partners is an educational consulting firm, created by business, tech and education consultants, for higher education consulting, edtech, corporate at the Middle East, Europe, MENA, APAC, LATAM, U.S., UK, to help planning, validate and scale with conssulting for growth,M&A, and tech & product, interoperability cloud services, AWS Amazon Web Services
The Edit EDT&Partners is an educational consulting firm, created by business, tech and education consultants, for higher education consulting, edtech, corporate at the Middle East, Europe, MENA, APAC, LATAM, U.S., UK, to help planning, validate and scale with conssulting for growth,M&A, and tech & product, interoperability cloud services, UNESCO
The Edit EDT&Partners is an educational consulting firm, created by business, tech and education consultants, for higher education consulting, edtech, corporate at the Middle East, Europe, MENA, APAC, LATAM, U.S., UK, to help planning, validate and scale with conssulting for growth,M&A, and tech & product, interoperability cloud services Metametrics
The Edit EDT&Partners is an educational consulting firm, created by business, tech and education consultants, for higher education consulting, edtech, corporate at the Middle East, Europe, MENA, APAC, LATAM, U.S., UK, to help planning, validate and scale with conssulting for growth,M&A, and tech & product, interoperability cloud services, Sheraa

Articles recommended by Hermann

Edtech & Africa | An interview with the Moleskine Foundation

Our interview with Adama Sanneh, Co-Founder & CEO of the Moleskine Foundation about his work with WikiAfrica Education and other Edtech topics

Data & Higher Ed: 5 Tips from the Experts

5 tips from the Experts to leverage Data at Higher Ed institutions, with collaborations from Arden University, Harvard, Bayes, and Salesforce

Tech Layoffs – Is Higher Education Next?

Higher education and Business Schools faces Tech Layoffs. How to leverage data-centric strategies and decisions agains tech layoffs.

Report: The Future of Higher Education

The Future of Higher Education, created by EDT&Partners with Mobile World Capital for the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022

White paper: A Student-Centered Approach to Wellbeing

A student-centered approach to wellbeing, in search of a simple solution. The majority of principals and deans around the world will tell you that their school or university is student-centered, but what does a truly student-centered school look like?

Report: Redefining the Transition from Education to Work in the Middle East

Report: redefining the transition from education to work in the Middle East. The Edit is the blog from EDT&Partners edtech consultancy.

Revolution and Technology in Spain’s Vocational Training (FP)

Revolution and technology in Spain’s Vocational Training (FP): cloud services and process optimization that enhance the student experience.

Interview with BOOKR Kids CEO and Co-founder Dorka Horváth

An interview with Dorka Horváth covering differentiation in learning abilities, the future of reading and advice for women entrepreneurs.

EDiTtalks | Teaching Digital Literacy

Gyula Csitári discusses the importance of digital literacy and teaching programming skills to youth for their future success.

Inclusive Education by Design | EDiTtalks Vol.05

Listen to Diversity & Inclusion Specialist, Evelyn Loredo, discuss the importance of creating inclusive EdTech products and services.

EDiTtalks | eFlow & AI for Learning

Bassel Jalaleddine and Ghadeer Taki discuss eFlow, an AI-Powered Conversational Learning Platform, to address different learning styles.

EDT&Partners is a consulting firm dedicated to the Business of Education

Edtech consultancy providing business, marketing and product news, whitepapers and researchs.

Who are we? Experienced Education Consultants

EDT&Partners is a consulting firm dedicated to the Business of Education. We work with publishers, edtechs, universities, not-for-profits, networks and public entities to support and to accelerate innovation, strategy and impact.

As an education consulting firm, our verticals are M&A, growth, tech & product, whether the stage of their business is planning, validating, or scaling.

Our firm was created in 2017 by business, tech, and education consultants to IMAGINE, INSPIRE and IMPROVE education. We help companies at all stages with specialized regional consultants. Our consulting services provide valuable guidance and support for those navigating the complex and ever-changing landscape of education and technology from K12 to higher education and beyond.

Our services are divided into three verticals: M&A, growth, tech & product. For M&A, we offer services of divestment, fundraising, due diligence, competitor analysis and market segment research. For consulting for growth, we offer services of product-market fit analysis, curriculum analysis & gap identification, product optimization analysis & recommendations, and price analysis, market size (TAM, SAM, SOM), channel partners, distributors, and resellers, GTM strategy, and services related to marketing: brand awareness, communication & events. For Tech & Product, we offer services of, interoperability, including a technical audit, a product audit, and a business audit, services of Cloud AWS, including migration, optimization, and leveraging data, we also offer services of AI & ML product enhancement, and, at last, we have our Product-market / Product-business fit.

Want to know more about us? Learn more here.