Gerrit is an entrepreneur with heart and soul and likes to sit in the driver's seat both professionally and in his free time. simfy is the perfect combination of his passions for music and entrepreneurship, which allows him to realize his vision for a new, improved digital music market. Before simfy, Gerrit was considered one of the earliest internet pioneers, having founded the global e-commerce company, element 5, where he was CEO from 1996 - 2006.
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Christoph is our creative mastermind and is responsible for the design and marketing of our products. He is constantly on the hunt for the next killer feature and always has the perfect marketing slogan on hand, even for the most eccentric of ideas.
Christoph earned his degrees in Business Administration, Economics and English Lanugage from the Universities of Mannheim and Budapest. He received the Karl-Steinbuch Scholarship as well as the DAAD-GoEast-Award. He is also currently an instructor at the Pop-Academy in Mannheim.
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Georg lives and breathes music, and has been doing so for the past 30 years. He is responsible for business development at simfy and makes sure that there is plenty of music on hand.
Georg was head of the Artist & Repertoire Department at Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG/Sony BMG) from 1989 - June 1993. He subsequently founded his own management company as well as a music publishing house in Cologne, Germany.
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Steffen is responsible for the technical backbone of the company - Product Development, Business Intelligence and Catalog Licensing. He doesn't miss a beat where facts are concerned and is considered a master of data analysis, ie. the facts on which the company's most important decisions are based.
He studied Business Administration at the University of Mannheim with majors in Marketing, Economics and English Language. He received the Karl-Steinbuch-Scolarship and is a member of the EO Accelerator Program.
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Kurt has nearly 2 decades of experience building global compa-
nies in the US and Europe. Besides counting and building companies, Kurt likes to ski with his family in Switzerland.
Before joining simfy in September 2011, Kurt was CFO/COO of BridgeCo, the company behind Apple's Airplay technology in 3rd party devices, successfully leading the company through its expansion into Asia and eventual sale.
