THE NEXT BIG THING IN GAMING

Director / Member Of The Board

Frank Holz

Frank Holz is a qualified economic engineer and a long-serving consultant for companies such as Daimler-Benz, Mercedes-Benz and Mannesmann (today Vodafone).

Since 1996 Frank Holz has been working in the games industry. He was Marketing Director of well-known, international game publishers such as Info games and Atari.

In 2008 he founded IEM Consulting, an internationally operating management consultancy focusing on the games industry.
Frank Holz advises game developers, game publishers, multimedia entrepreneurs, branded insurers, investors, banks, and governmental agencies worldwide.

He has a very strong strategical background and a stable international network within the gaming industry. Due to his numerous consulting projects for governmental agencies and game developers in Asia, Frank Holz has a huge business network in Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Thailand, and Singapore.

Credentials Publishing:
– More than one thousand games published on an international level including well-known brands such as Alone In The Dark, Civilization, Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Driver, GTR, GT Legends, Neverwinter Nights, Transformers, Mission Impossible, Matrix, Terminator, Digimon, One Piece.

Games for brand companies:
– Games as an interactive communication tool for well-known brands and their products such as FERRERO, BMW, BOSCH.

Director / Member Of The Board

Michael H. Beekmann

Michael Beekmann is an acknowledged financial expert. In 1997 he started his career at one of the biggest travel agencies in Germany. There, he worked in the field of purchasing and successfully established the company’s international hotel network.

In 2001 Michael Beekmann moved to the center of finance, Switzerland, where he worked for well-known finance companies, developing their business in Asia, especially in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Since 2008 Michael Beekmann worked as a financial consultant for startups and companies in the New Economy with a focus on financing, internationalization, investor relations and IPO.

Director / Business Development

Johannes Keferböck

Johannes Keferböck is an expert in finance and personal coaching.
The trained wholesaler has been working in the finance, insurance and investment sectors in Austria since 1994. His passion is motorsport. In 2018 he was rally vice state champion of Austria. Due to his excellent contacts, Johannes Keferböck focuses on business development at GAWOONI. For GAWOONI he is the link to numerous new companies in the fields of finance, new media, motorsport and digital culture.

Head of Publishing

Martin Szymanski

Martin Szymanski worked for over 20 years in the games industry. He was marketing manager at renowned international games publishers such as Infogrames, Atari, Sunflowers and Just A Game.

Martin Szymanski is an expert on mobile and online games, and has very solid experience in the international marketing of games.

At GAWOONI he is responsible for the complete gaming portfolio of own and licensed games. In addition, he coordinates the international marketing of all GAWOONI games.