Sometimes an idea becomes so powerful that it is impossible to resist. I was lucky to be a part of these ventures.
Robots & Lasers R.A.L.
2014-2018, Founder & CEO
http://www.robotsandlasers.net
Robots & Lasers offers unique gaming and interaction experiences, designed from scratch and tailored to the client’s needs: game ideation and design (social & real money), user experience & interfaces, state of the art technology both native for mobile and cross platform with HTML5.
As the founder and CEO, I can follow my passion for product ideation, game concept and product management, coordinating with international development teams and clients. In the last two years Robots & Lasers developed and launched more than 20 products in partnership with industry-leading iGaming companies.
Crowdpark
2009-2013, Founder, Managing Director & CPO
Crowdpark (now Unfold Gaming) started as a prediction and betting platform based on Electronic Prediction Market technology, with customers betting on sports and social events in realtime. We secured A and B rounds of financing (Earlybird, Target Partners), totaling at EUR 6 million. Within three years, Crowdpark grew to one of the top players in the lucrative Social Casino market both on facebook and mobile. As of October 2012, the company was bought by a leading land-based casino operator.
As a co-founder and CPO, I was the creative head of a team of 25, setting the vision for the company and in charge of the concept and development of Social Betting & Social Gaming products Crowdpark.com (Social Betting, web), Bet Tycoon (Social Betting game, facebook), 90Live (Sports betting game, facebook), AnteUp (Social betting, facebook, web, mobile), Pet Vegas (Slots game, facebook, mobile) and Golden Empire Casino (Casino games, facebook).
Shotshop GmbH
2007-2009, Founder, Managing Director & CTO
Shotshop is a young, Berlin-based stock image agency for selected budget RF photography. The online shop Shotshop.com offers high quality royalty-free images from all areas. Shotshop’s image search is well known for its simplicity and ease of use and the curated image portfolio maintained by our editors offers excellent results of high relevance.
As a co-founder and CTO, I created the technical foundation of the stock image search engine and designed innovative features like the keyword wizard SmartMeta or the search result ranking system. Other areas of expertise included market research, business model and monetization development and customer support.