Michael Fränkle, CEO

Michael Fränkle joins Ubidyne from Telefónica O2 in Germany where he has served as Vice President with responsibility for Access and Transport Technology Planning and Engineering for both the mobile and fixed networks. Over the last 12 years at Telefónica O2, Mr. Fränkle held various positions in technology management in radio access planning for GSM and UMTS networks as well as in core and service development. Previous to his most recent role, Michael Fränkle served as Chief Technology Officer of the fixed broadband business at Telefónica in Germany and was responsible for merging this with the mobile organization. He started his career at Siemens AG in the public communications unit (now Nokia Siemens Networks) where he was involved in international network planning projects. Mr. Fränkle has been a Ubidyne board member since November of 2009.

Joachim Horn, Tele2

Joachim Horn is the Group CTIO of the Tele2 Group, based in Sweden. He has over twenty-seven years of global experience in technology and wireless networks. His last assignments were with Bharti Airtel in India and before that with T-Mobile Germany, both as Group CTO. In those assignements Joachim was responsible for leading large-scale network modernizations in core, radio and service platforms. He was a key driver for LTE as a founding member of the NGMN initiative and by pioneering LTE in T-Mobile and Bharti Airtel. He also laid the foundation for a successful Mobile Broadband business by introducing both 3.5G HSPA and Edge in both companies. Prior to T-Mobile, Joachim Horn had various senior executive roles in both R&D and Sales, being responsible for the mobile infrastructure business at Siemens Mobile Networks (now NSN). Joachim Horn also served as a GSMA board member and was the chairman of the GSMA strategy committee.

Dr. Michael Hochholzer, BayTech Venture Capital, Investment Partner

Michael joined BayTech Venture Capital in 2007 as an Investment Partner. His focus is on companies in the communications and cleantech markets. Michael has more than 15 years of Venture Capital as well as operational experience in the communications and microelectronics industries. Prior to joining BayTech, Michael was a Partner with Siemens Venture Capital’ CommunicationsFund and, before, with Infineon Ventures. He managed more than 10 investments in Europe, Israel and on the US east coast, among others Followap Ltd. (acqu. by NeuStar, Inc.), Jungo Ltd. (acqu by NDS Group Plc), Plastic Logic Ltd. and Saifun Semiconductors (NASDAQ).

Michael gained professional experience in operations with Siemens and Infineon Technologies. He held several positions in marketing, product line management and R&D. In his responsibility as VP and General Manager of a corporate-internal start-up, he launched Infineon’s RFID business.

Educated at the Technical University of Munich, Michael graduated with a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering. His subsequent Ph.D. thesis focused on research in optical communications.

Dr. Herbert May, Dr. May Consulting & Investment Services, Chairman of the Board

Dr. May has had a distinguished career with senior management roles in major global technology companies, including Alcatel, Deutsche Telekom AG, DeTeSystems (now T-Systems), ACNielsen Germany and gate5. At Deutsche Telekom, Dr. May served on the Board of Management, where he was responsible for business customers, multimedia and systems solutions. Most recently, as Chairman of the Board, Dr. May played a major role in the sale of gate5 to Nokia. Dr. May also serves on the boards of InfoVista S.A., and Versant Corporation.

Hansjörg Sage, Gimv

Before joining Gimv in 2008, Hansjörg Sage was a Director in 3i’s global Venture Capital team where he focused on hardware-related early- and late-stage investments in European technology start-ups, mainly in the electronics, semiconductor and cleantech sectors. He managed investments in u-blox, h t e and Dialog Imaging Systems. Prior to this, Hansjörg Sage worked on technology investments in Europe and Israel at Lehman Brothers. He started his career as a strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group in 1997. Hansjörg Sage holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe and a PhD from the University of Strasbourg in control theory and robotics. He also obtained an MBA from Insead.

Hans G. Schreck, TVM Capital, General Partner

Hans G. Schreck joined TVM Capital in 1999 and is a General Partner in the firm’s technology investment practice. He specializes in investments in semiconductors, networking, communications and software. Mr. Schreck currently represents TVM Capital on the boards of Axxom Software AG, Bitwave Semiconductor Inc., Cambridge Broadband Ltd., Enigma Semiconductor Inc., Hymite A/S, Revolt Technology A/S, Streaming21 Inc., TravelTainment AG and Ubidyne Inc. Earlier investments include Comstock Systems Inc. (acquired by Hitachi) and Neolinear Inc. (acquired by Cadence). Prior to joining TVM Capital, Hans was a founding member and vice president of Mustang Ventures, the corporate venture resource of Siemens' Information and Communication Networks group. During his 10-year career with Siemens, he was also a Director of Product Planning and Technical Sales for Transmission Networks, as well as a project leader in R&D and advanced development in the fields of optical interconnect technology and ATM packet network technology, areas in which he holds several patents. Hans earned a M.Sc. degree from the Cranfield Institute of Technology (UK) and a Dipl.Ing. degree from Fachhochschule (Darmstadt, Germany).