Niels is a passionate tech founder and entrepreneur with a strong international footprint. Today he serves as chairman or non-executive board director of later stage tech start-ups, corporate spin-offs and corporate innovation boards. He is founder of Ryte GmbH and HolidayInsider AG with 4 exits. Niels helps to design and run innovation programs at Linde AG, Sky TV and Osram AG. He became an international partnership expert as Google Product Partnership Manager EMEA and was awarded his MBA at the age of 23.

Niels has received many awards, amongst others an OC Award from Google (for innovation at Google), „Finalist Entrepreneur of the Year“ from Ernst &Young and Top 3 Finalist of „Deloitte Fast 50“.