Sailing got him onto the water as child, later he loved water sports with anything from yachts to eFoils. After getting his electrical engineer degree from the Technical University of Munich and finishing his master thesis at MIT, he co-founded Ascending Technologies where he developed leading drone technologies for more than a decade. After the acquisition by Intel he became Senior Principal Engineer for Drones and is now bringing a breadth of experience in electronics and software to Oceanflight. He is also an active business angel and well connected in the world of tech startups in Europe.