MEET THE TEAM
HotelFriend Top Management
Denis Severyuk
Chief Executive Office
- Studied Business Informatics at Leipzig University
- Ph.D. candidate in Business Informatics (Topic: Software Economy)
- 20+ years in software development
- 15+ years of experience in IT optimization of business processes
- 10+ years in marketing & media
- A broad IT Consulting background in large corporations
- Passionate about building digital solutions in any kind of difficulty and structuring companies with IT Solutions
- 30+ years of experience in financing intermediation
- Lots of companies managed
- 20+ years in software development
- Serial investor, founder and entrepreneur
Edgar Wolf
Member of the supervisory board (specializes in Financing)
Dr. Wilfried Roeder
Member of the supervisory board (specializes in IT)
- Degree in Economics from the Leipzig Business School (HHL)
- Ph.D. rer. oec. since 1987
- 23 years Head of IT Department Business Informatics, University Leipzig
- Senior expert on Privacy Security, IT-Infrastructure and data protection
- Former IT head of german manufacturing company ORWO Net GmbH
- 40+ years of IT expertise
- Executive MBA, Quantic School of Business and Technology
- Studied Computer Science at Sikorsky University, Kyiv, Ukraine
- 10+ years of software development and team management experience
- 8+ years of expertise of startup management in the hospitality industry
- Information technology expert with technical background
- Passionate about new technologies in hospitality and travel industries
Igor Hladchenko
Chief Technical Officer
Rene Welz
Chief Research Officer
- 12 years of academic research
- Assistant professor and corporate coach
- Corporate funding and usability expert
- Great startup experience (5+ accompanied startups)
- Project manager, responsible for legal, funding and R & D
