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Volker Hirsch

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Volker is a mobile veteran with more than 12 years in the space as investor, entrepreneur, executive, mentor, blogger and speaker.

He is currently the Director, Business Development for Reseach In Motion where he arrived via the acquisition of mobile social gaming platform Scoreloop where was Chief Strategy Officer. He is also a co-founder of Blue Beck, a game and app development studio. Prior to this, he co-founded Connect2Media, where he was instrumental to securing funding and shape the company’s face through acquisitions.

Volker has been at the forefront of mobile and digital media for a decade. From helping conceive the world’s first mobile artist services for the likes of Britney Spears, Eve and Duran Duran, working with radio stations to use mobile as an audience activation tool to mobile games (with leading publishers Hands-On Mobile and Connect2Media where he oversaw licenses with Marvel, Hasbro, Activision, LEGO, BMW, Konami, WPT, etc.) he has been fortunate in playing a part in industry firsts.

Volker is a regular speaker at top mobile and technology conferences around the world (incl. Mobile World Congress, CTIA, Oxford University, SXSW, etc) and a speaker at and co-organiser of TEDx Youth @ Manchester.

Recent Milestones

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  Volker Hirsch added a position as Director, Business Development at Blackberry. (6/1/11)
  Posted 9/5/11 at 3:07pm
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  Volker Hirsch added a position as Chief Strategy Officer at Scoreloop. (11/1/09)
  Posted 5/30/11 at 3:11pm
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  Volker Hirsch added a position as Co-Founder, Corporate Development EVP & General Counsel at Connect2Media. (8/1/08)
  Posted 9/12/11 at 5:55pm

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