Management Team

Michael Kowalzik joined tyntec in 2003.  His previous experience was in management consulting with a broad background in the financial and telecommunications industry.

Prior to joining tyntec, Michael was a Director within the Bertelsmann CIO team, leading international strategic projects in the IT and wireless connectivity areas.  Here he played a major role as an investment manager and technical advisor for the venture capital company. Prior to this, he was investment manager and interim CEO of internal start-ups at Apollis AG, a venture capitalist firm owned by McKinsey & Company. Before this he had several years of extensive experience in management and implementation consulting at Accenture.

He holds a masters degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Bremen in Germany and has received his MBA from INSEAD, France in 2000.

Thorsten Trapp co-founded tyntec in 2002 together with Dr. Ralph Eric Kunz and developed the company's Mobile Messaging platform architecture. He is also responsible for tyntec's technical innovations and intellectual property.

A communications and software expert, Mr. Trapp founded his own IT services company in 1995. He then expanded his experience in the development and hosting of scalable internet server platforms to the conception and implementation of infrastructure for mobile data transport. 

Thorsten studied computer science and biology at the Technical University of Dortmund.

Florian Schiebl joined tyntec in summer 2009 with the remit of managing customer facing operations including sales units, product management and support.  He has extensive experience at a senior management level and has a proven background in the IT and telecommunications industry.

Prior to joining tyntec, Florian Schiebl held a number of senior management positions at European corporations. In the last ten years he has had a variety of responsibilities including general management and sales, marketing and business development positions at companies such as Metromedia Fiber Networks, iPass and Rackspace.  He has also worked with companies such as HP/Compaq, Siemens AG and COLT Telecom. Additionally he is an active member of an international network of experts helping TIME companies to expand into other markets around the world.

Florian also holds a masters degree in Business Administration from University of Munich in Germany.

Christoph Begall is the Vice President of IT at tyntec, having joined the company in 2002.  In his previous role as chief software architect, Christoph played a key role in the development and optimization of tyntec’s core messaging platform.  Christoph is also responsible for all areas of technology development incorporating product, feature and interface development.

Prior to joining tyntec Christoph was CEO of Evision, a software development company based in Germany.  Christoph studied computer science at the University of Dortmund.

Nicola Wolfram joined tyntec in November 2008. She brings extensive experience in corporate branding, marketing and communications management as well as knowledge in, HR management and organizational development.

Prior to joining tyntec, Nicola was a member of the management team of AOL Germany within the AOL Time Warner Group, responsible for corporate communications, Public Policy, HR and organizational development.  Previously, she was director for corporate communications of AXA Konzern AG, Warner Bros. and also a senior consultant in various communications consultancies with an international scope.

She graduated in communications science, economics and psychology at Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich in Germany.  

Cyrille Even joined tyntec in 2009 as VP, Asia. Cyrille is based in Singapore, where he spearheads operations and business development for the company in the Asian region.

Cyrille has extensive professional experience in multinational telecommunications, media and gaming companies.  He was previously COO and Vice President of Mobileway (now Sybase365) where he was responsible for rolling out the company's Asian operations.  In this role he grew the company's regional presence from zero to nearly 200 people working in five offices across the Asia-Pacific region.   

Cyrille was also Marketing Director at Alcatel where he was involved in the growth of the company's Value Added Services offering. He has also worked as a consultant in IT Management in Canada and for System Interface Inc, as well as with Grundig in Malaysia. He also has a heritage of working for entrepreneurial startup companies such as Boonty and most recently as CEO of Cafe Asia.com.

Cyrille followed the INSEAD Telecom Program in Singapore, holds an MBA from Ottawa University in Canada and a Masters degree from Ecole de Management of Grenoble, France.