Primary Job Title CEO Primary Organization ZREALITY GmbH
Location Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Regions European Union (EU), Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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Michael is CEO of ZREALITY GmbH, which provides the world's first Artificial Reality Platform. In 2020 Michael was selected as one of the 10 best CEOs in Industry Era magazine.
Michael is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully build several companies in his past. Michael's key expertise is building hyperscaling B2B SaaS/Cloud
platforms and digital business models. He also worked in large scale digital transformation projects.
Michael also supports several technology start-ups as Business Angel and Advisor. He was nominated 3 times as "Entrepreneur of the Year" in Germany.
Prior to this Michael joined Esko, a Danaher Inc. company, to spearhead, build and grow the SaaS/Cloud and Digital business and product portfolio of the company and its subsidaries. At Esko Michael's responsibility is to introduce new SaaS/Cloud/IoT products and business models, release a new open Cloud software platform and transform the company and its existing product portfolio in all aspects into a digital business.
Before that Michael co-founded Netbiscuits in year 2000 and served the company as CEO for more than 14 years. He is one of the first true Mobile Internet pioneers in Germany and today one of the most experienced individuals in the mobile market and a valued industry voice as speaker. He was overall responsible for the Netbiscuits Strategy as well as Sales and Marketing and successfully grew the business to a market leading global software company with Offices in the U.S., UK, Germany and Singapore serving 300+ business customers and major brands such as eBay, Coca Cola and Procter & Gamble.
Michael started his career as Head of IT in Germany for a leading British chemical company and managed large scale international software projects in Germany, UK, Spain, Italy and Switzerland. Michael has an MBE in Economics and Industrial Engineering from the University of Kaiserslautern.
