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We believe in people. We see ourselves as a development boutique and we work with only the brightest minds in their respective fields. Our team of more than forty-five senior professionals deploy their unique mix of expertise and experience to achieve exceptional results in our projects.
Christoph Schäfer
Business Development
Chris is one of our founders, and leads the business and strategic development of Platform Lunar and its startups. He...
Christoph Schäfer
Business Development
Chris is one of our founders, and leads the business and strategic development of Platform Lunar and its startups. He has over fifteen years of experience in the MarTech / AdTech industry. Chris founded several companies which have been successfully sold—highlights are esome Advertising Technologies (social media; acquired by ProSiebenSat. 1 Media), Performance Media (online media agency; acquired by Equistone), Performance Advertising (ad network; acquired by Equistone), Unique Digital (search marketing; acquired by Syzygy) and Getgo (online ticketing; acquired by Eventim). Christoph began his career at McKinsey, and holds an MBA. He studied at the University of Münster, Handelshochschule Leipzig, and Amos Tuck (Dartmouth).
Dr. Nico Shenawai
Technology & Product
Nico is one of our founders, and leads technology and product development within Platform Lunar. He has over ten years’...
Dr. Nico Shenawai
Technology & Product
Nico is one of our founders, and leads technology and product development within Platform Lunar. He has over ten years’ experience in MarTech / AdTech industry, and he has co-founded and built up the technology for several companies—highlights are esome Advertising (social media; acquired by ProSiebenSat. 1 Media), Performance Media (online media agency; acquired by Equistone), and Performance Advertising (ad network; acquired by Equistone). Nico earned a PhD in Marketing Controlling and a Diploma in Business Informatics from the University of Mannheim.
Donatas Grinkas
Project Management
Donatas is the Lead Project Manager and is responsible for one of Platform Lunar’s development teams. He has more than...
Donatas Grinkas
Project Management
Donatas is the Lead Project Manager and is responsible for one of Platform Lunar’s development teams. He has more than ten years’ experience in MarTech / AdTech. He also has international experience in project management, product management, and business development. Before joining Platform Lunar, he worked for Adform and AppNexus where he developed and led multinational teams working on various ad servers and DSPs (Demand Side Platforms). He earned a master’s degree in Electronic Business Management from the University of Mykolas Romeris.
Jevgenij Kovalčuk
Project Management
Jevgenij is the Lead Project Manager and is responsible for one of Platform Lunar’s development teams. Prior to Platform Lunar,...
Jevgenij Kovalčuk
Project Management
Jevgenij is the Lead Project Manager and is responsible for one of Platform Lunar’s development teams. Prior to Platform Lunar, he was a Technical Product Manager at Adform. Jevgenij has more than nine years’ experience working in AdTech and more than ten years in the IT sector. For the past three years he was leading the technical product strand of Adform’s Demand Side Platform (DSP). Jevgenij earned a Bachelor’s degree in IT from the Kaunas University of Technology.
Ramūnas Urbonas
Data Engineering & Science
Ramūnas leads all projects related to data engineering and science topics at Platform Lunar. He has more than fifteen years...
Ramūnas Urbonas
Data Engineering & Science
Ramūnas leads all projects related to data engineering and science topics at Platform Lunar. He has more than fifteen years of experience in software development, and in the last seven years has focused on system architecture and big data applications. Prior to Platform Lunar, he had been working for Adform and was managing the transformation of a data warehouse into a scalable big-data infrastructure.
Roland Mendes
Technology & Product
Roland is a Partner at Platform Lunar, where his work focuses on technology development. Roland has over ten years’ experience...
Roland Mendes
Technology & Product
Roland is a Partner at Platform Lunar, where his work focuses on technology development. Roland has over ten years’ experience in digital media and marketing technologies. Prior to Platform Lunar, he was Managing Director at Performance Advertising, one of Germany’s biggest ad networks. In that company, he developed sales-driven media technology employing automatic optimisation and targeting. Roland holds a degree in management.
Thomas Butzlaff
Business Development
Thomas is a Partner at Platform Lunar and focuses on business development and strategy. He has over ten years’ experience...
Thomas Butzlaff
Business Development
Thomas is a Partner at Platform Lunar and focuses on business development and strategy. He has over ten years’ experience in strategy and digital media. Before coming to Platform Lunar, he was on the management board of Performance Media, responsible for the consulting business. Thomas started his career at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. He has worked on projects in Russia, the Ukraine, the Middle East and the European Union, concentrating on business development, restructuring, and corporate finance. He holds a Diploma in Business Administration, and he has studied at the University of Rostock, Leipzig Graduate School of Management (Handelshochschule Leipzig) and MIRBIS, Moscow.
