„In January 2018, over a traditional Berlin french fry and curry sausage platter, Stephan Sommer-Schulz asked me to accompany him on his new startup adventure. He and his friends Marcus Goerke and Sebastian Busse were founding Next Data Service AG at the time. Since I had other plans at the time and had to leave Germany, I was not able to return to Berlin and join the growing NEXT family until March 2020. I love startups and have spent the last 20 years of my professional life as a founder, mentor, coach and active startup builder. NEXT is a perfect fit for my need for entrepreneurial adventure and drive to grow through each new challenge and difficulty we face in our mission to scale data-driven solutions in B2B sectors. I also like the fact that we don’t just start companies. We’re curious and creative and excited about finding the best of UX, data, and AI to build truly bold, highly usable, and desirable leading-edge solutions. And what I really love about NEXT is that when I look around, I see an amazing bunch of nerds and nerdettes, artists and friends…. A cool mix of lovely people that I consider my second family. I think all of NEXT’s colleagues are here and stay here because they love what they do and the people they do it with.“