References
Selected external evidence, professional recommendations and operating contexts across software, technology transformation, AI and company leadership in Germany and Switzerland.
Executive leadership and transaction context
From technology leadership to company responsibility
Andrei Lisikov progressed from CTO to Managing Director of WiredMinds, combining technology and product leadership with broader responsibility for the company. Public company records document that progression alongside responsibility for digital transformation and the product, data and growth agenda.
WiredMinds was acquired by Dealfront in 2025. Andrei’s role in the transaction centered on company-side legal, financial and technology due diligence. He continues to carry responsibility for key integration topics after the acquisition, connecting transaction findings with people, product, data, commercial systems and operating continuity.
WiredMinds — Managing Director announcement · Dealfront — WiredMinds acquisition · YPOG — transaction announcement
Product, platform and transformation
At WiredMinds, Andrei’s responsibility extended across a mature B2B SaaS platform, product portfolio, engineering, data, internal systems and commercial development. The operating agenda connected platform modernization with product evolution, delivery capability, customer continuity and company economics.
Public company and partner sources document an expanded LeadLab portfolio for different customer segments, the integration of WiredMinds’ IP2Company technology into the LUX marketing-automation product for TYPO3, and an ecosystem built around long-term commercial partnerships. Together, they show technology leadership expressed through products, integrations and market-facing capability as part of a wider operating agenda.
WiredMinds — product portfolio · in2code — IP2Company integration · WiredMinds — partner ecosystem
Applied AI and industrial technology
In a Zurich-based mandate for Perspectix AG, Andrei assessed the feasibility and product implications of AI-supported inputs for complex industrial configuration software. The work connected natural-language interaction with deterministic product logic, data quality, explainability, integration, maintainability and economics. His findings informed subsequent product planning around AI-supported inputs.
This recent applied-AI work builds on earlier architecture and delivery experience in the Mercedes-Benz connected-mobility environment, industrial and robotics systems, enterprise integration and digital products. The progression—from software and architecture through complex delivery to product and company responsibility—provides the technical foundation for executive decisions about AI, platforms and operating models.
Perspectix — AI-supported industrial software direction · Industrial AI Production Readiness Model · Related experience
Professional recommendations
Investor and shareholder perspective
An investor-side professional reference describes Andrei as a trusted operating leader who combines technology and business judgment. It highlights strategic thinking, financial and M&A understanding, reliability, entrepreneurial leadership and the ability to turn technology decisions into company value.
Leadership perspective
A recommendation from a former direct report emphasizes trust, respect and leadership at eye level: creating room for ownership, motivating people and remaining technically credible and hands-on when needed. It adds a people-leadership perspective to the operating and transaction record.
Andrei Lisikov — verified LinkedIn profile
The Profile sets out the executive trajectory; Experience provides the underlying role and operating context.
Current thinking
Andrei’s published work translates that operating experience into practical decision models for CEOs, investors and technology leaders:
- Technology due diligence is an operating decision — connecting transaction findings with the post-closing operating plan.
- Technology Value Economics Model — evaluating cost, capacity, complexity, risk, opportunity and business value as one economic system.
- Industrial AI Production Readiness Model — deciding whether an AI capability should proceed, proceed with controls, be redesigned or stop.
- LLM Executive Recommendation Benchmark 2026 — original research into how AI answer engines discover and recommend technology executives.