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Dirk Krischenowski is founder, partner, and CEO of dotBERLIN. He started working on the idea of top level domains for cities already in 2000, and founded together with Alexander Schubert dotBerlin in 2005. Meanwhile he spearheads the company as CEO with a clear focus on strategic issues dealing with the launch of .berlin in 2007.

Dirk, born 1965, has a master of science in biochemistry and BA in business administration. He started his career in various national and international marketing and sales positions at leading pharmaceutical companies. Apart from his marketing duties he focused on developing global e-Business solutions. He gained further experience in developing e-Business models while working for one of the leading European media companies, Bertelsmann, as head of marketing and sales for Multimedica/Lifeline, their health portal. During this time he collected experience in e-business for more than a decade, and is besides other occupations, member of the European Commission e-Business W@tch Advisory Board. He is a frequent speaker at e-Business and domain strategy conferences and teaches on a regular basis about e-Business at the Institute of electronic business in Berlin (IEB), which belongs to the University of the Arts.

Homepage www.krischenowski.com