The paybox team applies best practices in going-to-market and managing the customer’s success. We maintain the highest degree of mobile industry expertise, dedication to innovation, product excellence and service quality.
Eckhard Ortwein
Eckhard Ortwein is Chief Executive Officer of paybox since February 2006. Eckhard co-founded paybox in 1999, acting as CTO and COO until 2003. Eckhard heads the Sales and Marketing efforts.
Between 2003 and 2006, he was Co-Manager Mobile Commerce for mobilkom Austria in Vienna - making mobilkom the leading provider of mobile Commerce services worldwide and building the first national operator consortium for mobile Payments.
Before paybox, Eckhard was Senior Management Consultant at Arthur D. Little in Wiesbaden and in Palo Alto/USA – and a Project Manager for international IT projects at Procter & Gamble.
Stefan Coors
Stefan Coors is Senior Vice President Project Delivery and Operations for paybox solutions. He joined paybox in 2008 to add even more momentum to project delivery and operations. Stefan's focus in paybox is on IT strategy, processes, implementation and operations.
He has over 15 years of experience in project management, IT and solution design. Stefan has designed, implemented and managed numerous solutions for leading airports and airlines, both in Europe and in the US. In 2000, Stefan became a key player in a joint-venture company between T-Systems and Fraport in the US, implementing large-scale projects for airports in North America.
Stefan holds a Master of Computer Science from the RWTH Aachen, he is fluent in German, English, and Portuguese.
Markus Hück
Markus Hück is Head of Product Development at paybox. Markus joined paybox in November 2000 as Software Developer. He is the driver behind the design and the implementation of the paybox Mobiliser Products.
He specified and designed the multi-issuer and multi-acquirer mobile payment technology with an in-depth knowledge of mobile payment transaction processing and account management systems.
Markus holds a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University in Aachen; he is fluent in German, English and has knowledge in French.
Carsten Kress
Carsten Kress, joined paybox solutions AG as Sales Director in April 2008.
Carsten Kress previously worked for Software AG as the Director Sales Enablement and Processes, responsible for worldwide Sales Enablement of Software AGs offerings and the improvement of all global Sales Processes and Methods with the goal to increase Revenue per Sales Representative by at least 50% annually. Before, he was working for Staffware PLC (merged with TIBCO Software in 2004) as a Sales Representative for over 5 years. During this time he was responsible for sales in different vertical markets: General Commercial, Telecommunication & Media, Industry & Automotive. Before moving to Software Sales, Carsten Kress collected practical experience as branch manager for WMF, a leading supplier of products and services around table and kitchenware.
Carsten holds a Master of Business Administration with a specialization in Management in Trade from Berufsakademie Karlsruhe/University of Cooperative Education, Germany.
Heidrun Kirsch
Heidrun Kirsch is Marketing Director of paybox since January 2006. Heidrun has over 13 years industry and consulting experience in Marketing Management for global corporations and start-ups in the telecommunications, financial services, and life science industry. Before paybox, Heidrun was a Marketing Consultant and a Senior Brand Manager for Lilly Deutschland GmbH.
Heidrun holds a Master of Business Administration from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, USA and a Master of Sciences in Genetics from the Albert Ludwigs-University in Freiburg i.Br., Germany.
