Company
Introducing Metaversum
Metaversum develops and operates the 3D online world Twinity. Twinity’s vision is to link the real with the virtual world by building realistic replicas of the world’s most vibrant cities in 3D. Twinity members can create a personal avatar, explore virtual cities, move into a 3D home, chat with friends, work, get creative, or just have fun together.
Twinity also offers businesses new ways of engaging with real people in real cities. Through virtual shops and branded presences, in-world ad campaigns, product placements, and sponsored events, Twinity lets you enter into a direct, emotional, digital dialog with your target group. Twinity is currently in public Beta. Founded in July 2006 and financed by leading venture capital firms, Metaversum has offices in Berlin, Kiev, and Singapore.
Team
Management Team
Metaversum’s management team is made up of experienced professionals from the worlds of software, entertainment and consumer products.
CEO
Jochen Hummel
Jochen Hummel is CEO and co-founder of Metaversum. He has more than 20 years of experience in running global software businesses. He has a software engineering background and developed the word leading translation memory application. His first venture Trados gained Microsoft’s first direct investment in a Germany company. As founder and chairman of Trados he worked in Germany, Belgium, Virginia, and the Silicon Valley.
CMO
Dr. Mirko Caspar
Responsible for marketing, market strategy and business development
Mirko Caspar, co-founder and CMO of Metaversum is in charge of marketing, sales and strategic partnerships. Before co-founding Metaversum he worked as Senior Director of Business Development Universal Music and as Managing Director of Universal’s direct marketing subsidiary, where he was responsible for direct and online marketing, pricing and extending the music business into complementary markets. Prior to this he had gained over five years of experience in marketing and strategy at McKinsey’s media sector. Mirko received his PhD in Consumer Behaviour and Branding Strategies from the Westfälische Wilhelms-University Muenster.
CTO
Christian von Hardenberg
Responsible for architecture, design, process, and technology
Christian von Hardenberg leads product development as VP of Development of Metaversum. Prior to Metaversum, Christian gained substantial experience as a researcher and software developer on computer vision, genetic engineering, real-time 3D-rendering and game development. As technical lead at ART+COM AG he developed interactive environments for international blue chip companies. In 2006 he joined Boston Consulting Group and managed IT-projects within the banking industry. Christian studied electrical engineering and management in Berlin, New York and Grenoble.
EVP of Community & Operations
Jeremy Snyder
Responsible for community management, day-to-day operations and customer support
Jeremy Snyder is responsible for day-to-day platform operations, community management and customer support at Metaversum. Prior to this, he gained his experience at several companies as Senior IT Manager and Director for Managed Services and Hosted Business Solutions. He expanded his entrepreneurial career as co-founder of Extensive Development LLC, a consulting in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business. Jeremy has a BA in Computational Linguistics from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA in Enterprise Management from George Mason University.
Producer
Franz Stradal
Responsible for the development of the virtual world Twinity
Franz Stradal leads product development. Coming out of the heart of game development, he has been in the industry for more than 15 years as professional and a couple more years as free developer. He has collected profound knowledge as programmer, project manager, designer, creative director, and managing director on several award winning projects. Prior to Metaversum he reestablished Ikarion and built the team that developed Sacred, one of the most successful games out of Germany. As autodidact he spends most of his time in development and practice.
Jobs
- Intern Online Marketing
- Intern Social Media & Community Manager
- Intern Graphic Designer
- Intern Product Marketing
- Intern Editorial & Content Management
- Praktikum 3D-Animation