25 years experience in finance, consulting and investment management with Deutsche Bank, Marsh & Mclennan and BPE (formerly Berenberg Bank, Germany’s oldest bank). 12 years focused on utilities and energy, incl. as fund manager with 130 of the most successful pre-IPO US energy technology companies, incl. Tesla and Bloom Energy

Completed a degree at the Macromedia Hochschule für Medien und Kommunikation followed by a large number of independently led projects in marketing and communications, including positions in brand management at Raleigh/Derby Cycle AG and as key account and project manager at Moving Adventures Medien GmbH. Jessica has also co founded several companies and initiated and organized various sporting events

Draws upon extensive experience as a senior software developer with Ubilabs and as an independent contractor, combined with a commercial background gained through the management program at Deutsche Bahn from 1998-2004
• Programming languages: Ruby, Objectiv-C, C, Erlang, Elixir
• Frameworks: Ruby on Rails, Cocoa
• Data Base Management: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MairaDB

Brings to the team his experience in management, development, design and advertising derived from a life as an entrepreneur. As an independent product designer, he also developed and built wind surfboards for Phillip Morris, Highfly and others in the 1970s. Subsequently he founded a regional advertising agency which he continues to manage successfully