Alexander Nowotny
Alex is a seasoned tech entrepreneur, digitalisation expert, experienced investor and C-level leader. As CIO, he was part of the management team which led one of the largest tech buyouts in Germany, Scout24 in 2014. After restructuring and preparing the IPO in 2015, he joined SmartCast, an SaaS-business in the media industry.
In his role as COO the company was acquired by SES, the world’s leading satellite operator in Luxembourg. Within the merger of SES-PS, RR-Media and SmartCast he joined the newly formed company MX1 as a CDO, leading the digital aspects of the business. Alex currently spends his time in Europe and Asia, investing in fast growing platform-based technology startups. He is also working as Technology/Operations Advisor in the VC/PE-industry.
Christian Brenner
Christian is a real entrepreneur with a hands-on attitude who has setup several media companies from scratch and successfully exited the businesses.
Following the acquisition of Christian’s TV software-as-a-service company by the world’s largest satellite operator SES, Christian served as a C level employee in SES’ technical services subsidiary for three years. He was responsible for business development including the foundation of six subsidiaries in Asia, for example in Korea (joint-venture with former Samsung executives), Indonesia, Thailand and Hong Kong. Christian lead all these entities as CEO.