CEO & Founder of the emoji company, creator and owner of the globally awarded emoji®️ lifestyle brand and creator of emojitown®️, a digital first hit series on YouTube.The emoji company owns more than 1000 global trademarks in more than 45 classes for goods and services and offers the worlds largest library of official emoji®️brand icons, characters, designs and patterns protected under applicable copyright laws and available for legitimate licensing, promotions, advertisement, entertainment projects and merchandising of any kind. We manage and maintain high quality and sustainable licensing partnerships with more than a 1400 licensing companies from all industry sectors and from over the world since 2014. The emoji®️ brand has been nominated and awarded numerous times by leading industry magazines all around the world and the emoji company is ranked amongst the Top150 Global Licensors.About myself: a dynamic industry entertainment and games veteran with decade long expertise in brand building, trademark law, rights management, development of content, marketing, development, publishing and distributon of interactive content. A globally connected IP specialist and marketing expert with a vast network of international media contacts and worldwide retail relationships.Vast legal knowledge in national and international IP Law. IPO and stock market experience and familiar with working in a public listed company according to its standards and reporting requirements.A Leader and Teamplayer with excellent negotiation skills and exceptional know-how in building synergies through collaborations and a person who truly loves what he is doing!