Today Thorsten is CEO pivot.expertpivot.expert is a consulting firm around smart digitization. With his 25y plus experience in Robotic, Security, Process control and IoT, Thorsten is helping global players to identify the right business driven approach to digitize their business.Hy is an Axel Springer-backed company based in Berlin. hy‘s mission is to fully understand the transformational power of the global tech and digital ecosystem and utilize it to the benefit of corporates, governments and their leaders. hy is a portfolio company of Axel Springer SE, Europe’s leading digital media company and transformational pioneer. hy is based in Berlin with representations in Tel Aviv and Palo Alto. As CEO of azeti he was responsible for 8 years for global Sales and BD. In his role as CEO of the azeti Inc., San Francisco, he was leading global Marketing.In February 2009 Thorsten Schäfer joined Earlybird Venture Capital as a venture partner. He was founder and CEO of abaXX Technology AG. After the successful trade sale of abaXX AG to Cordys B.V., NL in 2007, Thorsten – in his role as CEO and COO - managed the integration of abaXX AG into the Cordys Group.Prior to joining Cordys, Thorsten was CTO at abaXX Technology AG between 1999 and 2002, thereafter he was CEO responsible for marketing, business development, product development, professional services, customer services and finance. From 1996 until 1999 he was global lead of BROKAT Infosystems AG’s project business as Senior Vice President professional services.Following his studies of business operations and control engineering at the University of Stuttgart he worked at the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft arround 3D simulation and robotics.