Planet Trade 2019
Anja Kämmerer
Senior Project Manager, OTTO
Anja Kämmerer has been managing various payment method projects at OTTO for 11 years. Currently in the position of Business Design Lead in the Narwhal project team.
Christian A. Chmiel
CEO, Web Shield
Christian A. Chmiel, CEO of Web Shield, is responsible for the development and implementation of novel investigative techniques and research tools to identify fraudulent or brand-damaging online merchants. Previously, he served as deputy head of the compliance department of a large German acquiring bank, specializing in online fraud investigation, credit card compliance and underwriting.
Dr. Ernst Stahl
Director, ibi research GmbH
Dr. Ernst Stahl is Director of ibi research GmbH and in the Competence Center Digital Commerce & Payment. The institute has been building a bridge between science and practice since 1993 and researches and advises on issues relating to financial services and commerce. Dr. Ernst Stahl's consulting and project work focuses on strategic management, e-business and e-commerce, the future of commerce and payment transactions in the area of conflict between innovation and regulation (SEPA, PSD2 etc.). Dr. Ernst Stahl is also the author of numerous publications as well as a moderator and speaker at numerous events and congresses.
Dr. Thomas Krabichler
Senior Manager
As Senior Manager, Dr. Thomas Krabichler is responsible for the further development of the MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group's payment processes. After training as a banker and studying business administration, he worked for ibi research at the University of Regensburg from 2002 to 2010.
Presentation: Agile Payment Development in Omnichannel Retail
Henning Brandt
Head of Communication
As Head of Communication, Henning Brandt is responsible for public relations at payment service provider Computop. After working in journalism and public relations, he has been speaking and writing about topics such as e-commerce, international payment processing and the future of payments since 2015.
James Booth
Head of New Business Development, PPRO
James Booth has over six years’ experience in the financial sector. Prior to joining PPRO in 2015, James headed up Business Development in the UK for mobile payment company Payleven. There, James was in charge of sourcing and maintaining key strategic relationships with retailers across the UK to fulfil their progressive growth and sales strategy. He played a key role in contributing to Payleven’s transactional volume growth that eventually led to its merger with SumUp.
Jay Olschewitsch
Senior B2B Marketing Manager, Rakuten
Jay Olschewitsch has been active in e-commerce for more than ten years. As Senior B2B Marketing Manager at Rakuten, the trained businessman and business administration graduate is responsible for the B2B offline marketing strategy, among other things. As Rakuten's expert for retailer success, he also represents the company at trade fairs and events. Before joining Rakuten, he worked for E-Plus Mobilfunk, where he headed the technical support team.
Jürgen Weichert
VP Business Development, Usercentrics GmbH
As VP Business Development at Usercentrics, the business administration graduate with more than 20 years of experience in sales, marketing and business development in the online industry is responsible for the development of new business areas, sales markets, customers and partners.
Kai Gondlach
Master of Arts (M.A.), Futures Studies, Senior Researcher
Raised in northern Germany, but always at home in the future - Kai Gondlach studied sociology and politics and completed a master's degree in futurology in Berlin before working in various positions in consulting firms and the strategy department of a DAX mobility group. After graduating, he built up the marketing department in a Berlin start-up in the publishing industry.
Mailin Schmelter
IFH Cologne
After studying economics in Hagen, Ms. Schmelter deepened her expertise in the areas of market research and consulting, initially as a research assistant and doctoral candidate at the FernUniversität in Hagen. As a consultant for the areas of sales and marketing, she then focused on the practice-oriented analysis and implementation of strategic operational issues and solutions.
Monika Moser-Bärlehner
Business Development Manager, Computop
As Senior Business Development Manager, Monika Moser-Bärlehner advises the management on Computop's strategic direction. To this end, she continuously monitors the global payment and e-commerce market and deals in particular with financial market supervision, regulation and compliance as well as the rules of the credit card organizations.
Nicole Groß
Managing Director, ZIIB Zahlungssysteme GmbH
Nicole Groß is Managing Director and founder of ZIIB Zahlungssysteme GmbH and has been working in the payment industry for 20 years. Before setting up her own business, Ms. Groß worked for the German Savings Banks and Giro Association, KarstadtQuelle Bank and the German Banking Industry (DK).
Niels Lohmüller
VISA
As Senior Manager at Visa, Niels Lohmüller is responsible for expanding acceptance in Central Europe. Before joining Visa, he held various management positions at several payment companies, including Director Commercial at Yapital.
Norman Krieghoff
Head of Development,Computop
As Head of Development, Norman Krieghoff is responsible for the implementation of new products and features in Computop Paygate. His international team comprises more than 22 developers, spread across various locations worldwide. Norman Krieghoff has been working for Computop for more than 14 years. His experience, intuition and expertise are indispensable components in Computop's quest for technology leadership in multi-channel payments.
Presentation: Inside Paygate: News from the developer forge
Peter Seybold
Paysafe Pay Later
As Vice President Sales, Peter Seybold manages the sales activities of the Viennese FinTec specialist payolution with a focus on payment solutions for online merchants. In his position, the Regensburg native is responsible for the further development of the customer base and cooperations.
Philipp Nachbaur
Managing Director, MediaShop
As Managing Director and CFO, Philipp Nachbaur manages the commercial activities of the German-Austrian Mediashop Group, a leading omni-channel distribution company in Central and Eastern Europe. The Austrian has been responsible for IT and finance for over 11 years.
Rainer Birkner
Senior Key Account Manager Retail
The qualified banker, graduate in business administration (FH) and Master of Arts has been familiar with the card payment market from key account and project business for over 17 years. As Senior Key Account Manager Retail, he is the direct contact for retail / large accounts at CCV Deutschland GmbH.
Ralf Gladis
Founder and Managing Director
As founder and Managing Director, Ralf Gladis is responsible for Computop's international expansion and strategic direction. Gladis founded the company together with Frank Arnoldt in 1997. As a software architect, he developed the Paygate platform, Computop's central payment transaction portal. Gladis acquired the foundations of his technological expertise through his studies in business informatics at the University of Bamberg.
Sebastian Schulz
Of Counsel
Sebastian Schulz is Of Counsel at HÄRTING Rechtsanwälte, Berlin, and has been Head of Legal Policy & Data Protection at the Bundesverband E-Commerce und Versandhandel Deutschland e.V. (bevh) since 2012. In this role, Schulz is responsible for contacts with governments and parliaments at federal and state level. Previously, Schulz worked as a data protection officer in the German Bundestag and for an international management consultancy specializing in data protection management.
Sebastian Wentzel
Partner Manager Payment Service Provider
Sebastian Wentzel studied Economics at the Technical University of Berlin and specializes in payment and banking. Before moving to TeamBank in Nuremberg, he worked at Allianz SE. Since 2018, he has been the Partner Manager Payment Service Provider responsible for ratenkauf by easyCredit at TeamBank AG.
Stephan Kück
Managing Director, Computop GmbH
Stephan Kück has been responsible for German and European corporate development in his role as Managing Director of Computop Wirtschaftsinformatik GmbH since 2010. As a trained banker, he began his professional career at Stadtsparkasse Bamberg in 1989. There, Kück was in charge of media sales, payment transactions and IT, among other things, and was responsible for organizational management before moving to Computop.
Sten Werner
Computop
Sybille Schorn
Smart Intelligent Mobility & Innovations, Bank-Verlag GmbH
Sybille Schorn is responsible for the development of a multimodal mobility platform at Bank-Verlag. She has worked for around two decades in the automotive banking and automotive industry in various management positions and then spent five years in consulting. At the consulting companies, her focus was on building up the automotive finance business area, advising automotive banks on major harmonization projects, developing and introducing new financial products for automotive banks and solution portfolios for current trends in the automotive industry.
Thomas Schmitz
RheinLand Insurance Group
The trained insurance specialist with more than 27 years of professional experience has been responsible for the entire payment transactions of all companies of the Rheinland Insurance Group, including receivables management, as Head of the Collection/Disbursement Department since 2006.