Johann has been in the tech industry for almost 20 years, where he started by building prototypes for various startups before co-founding Seesmic in 2007 (acquired in 2012).
After 7 years in San Francisco riding the startup roller-coaster, Johann moved to Munich where he worked as a Tech Evangelist for 3 years, becoming a catalyst for the Munich tech ecosystem. Over the past 3 years, Johann organized more than 200 Meetup events, and brought the DAHO.AM conference from 300 to 1400 attendees, turning it into one of the largest Deep Tech conference in Germany
In 2018, Johann joined Techstars as a Managing Director for the BSH Future Home Accelerator, moving forward with Techstars’ mission to help entrepreneurs succeed.