Michael Nilles Email Address

Chief Digital and Information Officer

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Tireless advocate for closing the digital industrial gap and 'walking the digital talk'. Since 2011, being inspired by Marc Andreessen's "Software is eating the world". Fascinated by the innovation power of early-stage founders & entrepreneurs and the support dynamics of venture capital. +++ More than 25 years of experience spearheading digital innovation and large-scale transformations for multi-billion dollar global businesses with extensive knowledge in building asset-light digital business models and platform businesses and related tech stacks. As early adopter of the Industrial Internet, been on the learning curve of deploying smart, connected and data-driven capabilities at scale and developing new digital business models. Track record of building and running large-scale Digital Commerce & Marketplaces. Bringing digital to the board room - serving as independent member on Supervisory Boards and Boards of Directors on public and private boards. Bringing industrial advisory to entrepreneurship - serving on Advisory Boards for startups. +++ Believing in Social Commerce as NextGen Digital Commerce and seeing more opportunities than threats in Synthetic Reality with Metaverse, immersive experiences and Token Economy. Passionate about technology advancement for purpose and strong believer that Web3.0, IIoT, AI and Blockchain-NextGen will become General Purpose Technologies.