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Torsten Wohlrab Founder Chief Executive Officer |
Founder and Chief Executive Officer at trnd AG. Torsten is responsible for both customer acquisition and customer relationship management. Having graduated with a degree in International Business Studies, he has gained profound knowledge of interactive marketing and business development working as a marketing consultant before starting trnd. |
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Rob Nikowitsch Founder Chief Visionary Officer |
Founder and Chief Visionary Officer at trnd AG. In charge of campaigns and the further development of the trnd platform. Prior to trnd, Rob founded H2OMEDIA AG where he was Creative Director, working with clients such as smart, Burger King and Intuit. Before this he also founded an online finance platform, working as Chief Technical Officer. Rob has a broad knowledge of internet business, as well as traditional and interactive marketing. |
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Dr. Martin Oetting Chief Research Officer |
Chief Research Officer at trnd AG. Martin is widely recognized as an expert for social media and word-of-mouth marketing. In 2009, he finished his doctorate dissertation, "Ripple Effect" about Word-of-Mouth Marketing. Before joining trnd in 2006, Martin worked for the Grey Global Group for five years, serving customers like Procter & Gamble, Intershop or Vattenfall Europe. |
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Ulf Heinemann Chief Technical Officer |
As CTO, Ulf has been leading the technical development of the trnd universe since 2008. He has a degree in Computer Sciences from Ludwig Maximilians Universität München. Before joining trnd, Ulf led computer-linguistic software development at Pangora GmbH, an international supplier for online product search. |
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Robert Schlittenbauer Founder Chief Financial Officer |
Founder and Chief Financial Officer at trnd AG. He is responsible for the finance and controlling department as well as the international rollout of trnd. In 1998, Robert founded H2OMEDIA AG where he was working as a CEO for clients including Microsoft, Kia, Mercedes-Benz and MasterCard. |
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Karsten Hoffmann Chief Operating Officer, Head of trnd DACH |
Karsten has been with trnd since 2006. He is responsible for operations at trnd AG and is Head of trnd Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Before joining the company, he worked as a freelance designer, programmer and consultant for several years, where his client list included Creative Labs, Hummel or Rollerblade. |
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Dr. Sven Mulfinger Head of trnd Spain and France |
Sven started trnd Spain and trnd France and is General Manager of both countries. Having graduated with a degree in Engineering in Belgium, and a doctorate in Biotechnology in Germany, he worked in International Project Management, Sales, Marketing and Advertising before joining trnd. Born in Belgium, Sven is a French-German citizen and divides his life between Barcelona and Paris. |
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Juan Pistone Head of trnd Spain |
Juan started trnd Spain together with Sven and is responsible for operations and consulting. Before joining trnd, Juan was in charge of communications in different art and culture projects and events until he landed in Spain, where he was in charge of the execution of alternative marketing campaigns for accounts including Peugeot, CondeNast and BuyVip. |
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Stefania Cao Head of trnd France |
Stefania is in charge of the operative management of trnd France and of it's commercial development. Former pharmacist, she evolved in the communication sector by learning on the job. Active in the online world since 1992, she has been responsible for web content management for a trilingual film platform, later marketing assistant for a European press agency and finally in charge of communication & development for an international network of insurers. Stefania is Italian, she was born in Belgium and lived in Berlin for several years. |
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Axel Ammüller Directeur des opérations trnd France |
Axel started trnd France with Sven and Stefania. He is responsible for operations and campaign management at trnd France. Before trnd, he studied IT and Management, has been a software architect for several years and an IT consultant in the financial business. Axel is born in Toulouse, South-West of France and is a European Citizen. |
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Virginia Fonticiella Head of trnd Argentina |
Virginia started trnd Argentina, with Soledad, in the spring of 2010. She is responsible for consulting and operations. Before joining trnd, Virginia started her career in 1993 as Marketing Assistant for IBM Argentina. Four years later she moved agency side, working as Account Supervisor at OgilvyOne, until she was promoted to Managing Director of the Buenos Aires office. In 2004 Virginia moved to Spain and joined CP Proximity Barcelona (BBDO). Virginia has worked with many international brands such as American Express, Danone, Kimberly-Clark, Kraft, Mattel, Panasonic, Sprite and Unilever, among others. |
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Soledad Amat Head of trnd Argentina |
Sol started trnd Argentina with Virginia in 2010. Sol is responsible for client’s services and acquisition. She studied advertising, photography and graphic design. Sol worked for different companies in Argentina and Spain. In the last ten years she has specialized in online advertising. In Argentina she worked as a photographer and graphic designer for Mapfre (Cesvi), and was responsible for the ad server of Grupo Clarín. In Spain Sol worked as Commercial Manager for Telefónica and as Big Account Director in Anuntis Segundamano. |
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Sara Carusi Head of trnd Italy |
Sara joined trnd in 2010, starting the trnd office in Milan. Before that she was working at Jung & Rubicam for clients including Tim, Parmacotto, Sanford Brands and Pioneer Investments. Following that she was Senior Account Manager at Leo Burnett, managing the global marketing activities of Mont Blanc. |
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Richard Timman Head of trnd Benelux |
Richard has recently started at trnd. As Managing Director he will be responsible for trnd Benelux. Prior to trnd he has worked in different marketing and project management functions in Retail, IT and Industry. In these roles he has developed a special interest in changing customer behavior. Richard has a master’s degree in Business Administration. |
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Zoltán Palotai Head of trnd Central Eastern Europe (Hungary) |
Zoltán worked in Budapest for 7 years at Grey Advertising, where he was responsible for accounts such as P&G, Vodafone, Masterfoods and GSK. He worked in the marketing department of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare in Budapest between 2002-2010, starting as a Brand Manager for the Hungarian business, and then as a regional Marketing Manager for 10 countries. |
