Professional Biography

Summary

My name is Markus and I am a serial entrepreneur who has successfully transposed and adapted and developed business ideas for the internet and new tecnologies.

Currently I am SEO and Innovation leader and avisor of OLX, Inc. OLX is the next generation of free online classifieds and auctions providing a more local service on a global level. I am also Advisor of Drainware Systems S.L., a content filter and security firm located in Madrid, Spain.

Prior to entering in OLX, I was the Founder & CEO New IPs S.L.. New IPs is the #3 worldwide leader in audience in the sector of online classifieds, right beyond Craigslist and Ebay Classifieds with 45 million unique visitors a month.

Until founding New IPs I worked during my studies of Electrical Engineering and Information Tecnology in the Research Center of DaimerlerChrysler in Ulm, Germany, on new methods for high speed datatransfer in vehicles.

I hold a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Applied Science of Ulm and a MSc. in Information Tecnology from the University of Applied Sciences of Mannheim.

I speak fluently german, english and spanish.

Specialties

SEO, Product Innovation, Business Development, eCommerce, Strategy

Experience

SEO and Innovation, OLX Inc.

De financiación privada; Sector de Internet

2008 – today (3 años)

OLX Inc. today is one of the leading free global classfied companies.
With around 130 million visitors a month it drives more traffic in audience than sites like twitter. The biggest portion of it comes from SEO.

CEO and Founder, NewIPs Group

Sector de Internet

2004 – 2008 (4 años)

NewIPs S.L. is an online media group with a wide spectrum of free Classified websites like
www.cittys.com, www.campusanuncios.com, www.coches-motos.com
and others like freehosting services, webguide, videoportal etc.

In 2008 the network was listed as # 3 worldwide leader in classfieds on audience on Nielsen Ratings and Comscore, right below Craigslist and Ebay Classifieds section.

At its hight the group received more than 30 million visitors a month, mostly from search engines like Google and Yahoo.

The company today is closed after a fusion with OLX Inc.

EMC Investigation and Engineer, DaimlerChrysler

Empresa pública; XETRA; Sector de Automotriz

2001 – 2003 (2 años)

Investigation of EMC behaviour or Car cable tree in order to use for high data transfer

Failure Analysis Analyst, Exponent Failure Analysis Associates

Empresa pública; EXPO; Sector de Ingeniería industrial o mecánica

2000 – 2001 (1 año)

Reverse Engenieering of failure behaviour onf electrical devices

Education

Hochschule Mannheim

MSc, Information Tecnology

2001 – 2003

Final year project on the Politecnical University of Madrid

Hochschule Ulm

Dipl.-Ing. Nachrichtentechnik

1998 – 2001

Internship of 6 month in California, USA



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