We are committed to progress and change in the exhibition industry. With our fresh perspective, we deliver innovative solutions for the key challenges of our time. We do not develop standardised solutions, but provide our partners with individual and practical results. Our focus is on the three core areas of Digital Strategy & Transformation, Event-Tech Solutions and Digital as a Service and forms a holistic approach with which we can optimally support our partners from A to Z.
Our aim is not to completely digitalise trade fairs and move them into the virtual world - quite the opposite! We are convinced that personal encounters and live discussions on site are still essential. However, the question is how to develop new, profitable business models in order to be sustainable in the long term. And this is precisely where digital solutions come into play as a useful addition to the traditional trade fair business.
Gunnar Heinrich
CEO & Partner
Gunnar Heinrich has many years of management experience with international management consultancies. He was then Managing Director of a subsidiary of Messe München. He is Vice Chairman of the Digital Innovation Working Group of the International Association of the Exhibition Industry (Ufi) and an internationally sought-after expert on the digital transformation of trade fair companies.
Bernhard Gamper
CTO & Partner
Bernhard Gamper is co-founder of adventics GmbH. He was previously Head of Operations for the trade fair segment at SKIDATA. He is a recognised expert in IT architectures for trade fair companies, has implemented numerous ticketing and access control projects and is the technical mastermind behind Scan2Lead.
Sandra Schmehling
Senior Consultant
Sandra Schmehling has been part of the adventics team as a Senior Consultant since 2022. Prior to this, she worked for many years as a project manager for international trade fairs and congresses. Her areas of specialisation included the conceptual and strategic development of events, data evaluation and analysis and the development of recommendations for action.
Ulrich Besch
Senior Consultant
Ulrich Besch holds a business degree and has many many years of experience in management positions at a leading global trade fair organiser. Before that, he was a project manager working on the design and roll-out of IT systems and built and managed an international IT service centre. He is the winner of the International Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI) ICT Committee Award for the best customer management project in 2010.
Sigrid Pöschl
Event Access & Ticketing Expert
Sigrid Pöschl supports adventics as a consultant and expert for ticketing projects. She previously worked at NurembergMesse GmbH for over 15 years, where her responsibilities included visitor management and service as well as project management for ticketing and registration. Her expertise in strategic planning and implementation played a decisive role in improving the overall experience for event visitors.
Ana Melciu
Senior Account Managerin
Ana Melciu has been working for adventics as a Senior Account Manager since 2019. She was previously responsible for customer service at a trade fair organiser for several years. Her focus here included optimisation and strategic development through the identification and implementation of innovative technical solutions and premium quality in customer interaction.
Katharina Pfanzelt
Marketing Manager
Katharina Pfanzelt is responsible for everything to do with marketing. Previously, she gained experience in marketing in the real estate industry (Mr. Lodge GmbH) and in the automotive industry (BMW). Her focus was on social media, online and events.
Dilara Handtmann
Account Managerin
Dilara is responsible for demanding consulting projects for the international clients at adventics. This applies to both the Scan2Lead environment and event tech platforms.
Before joining adventics, Dilara worked at Messe München for several years and most recently gained extensive experience in digitalisation projects.
Jannes Heinrich
Office Manager / Sales
Jannes Heinrich has been supporting adventics as Office Manager since 2018. He is in charge of the entire inventory of scanners and rental equipment for exhibitor customers (technical maintenance, warehouse management, planning and preparation for trade fair use). Jannes is responsible for purchasing and assists his colleagues at the Munich office in all IT matters.
Andreas Schöndorfer
Support Engineer
Andreas Schöndorfer is a Support Engineer and, as a member of our Scan2Lead Customer Success Team, supports our constantly growing Scan2Lead community. Andreas has a degree in computer engineering and many years of experience as an international IT operations specialist. He also assists our teams in Vienna and Munich with the planning and operation of the entire IT infrastructure.
Muhammet Tan
Support Engineer
Muhammet Tan has been supporting the Scan2Lead Customer Success Team since 2020. He previously worked for over 10 years at various well-known companies as a technical team leader in customer support and service. Among other things, he was responsible for the support of key accounts. He gained extensive technical expertise in software and hardware research, development and quality assurance.
Bernhard Millauer
Senior Lead Software Architect
Bernhard Millauer has been working as a software developer in the fields of CRM systems, sports betting, the entertainment industry, the financial and stock market and telecommunications since 2001. He joined the adventics office in Vienna as a software architect in March 2018.
Tina Thurner
Junior Software Developer
Tina is a Junior Software Developer in the adventics team. Tina is currently doing an IT apprenticeship and has already gained experience in content management during her first internship. She previously worked in the CMS area.
Tina has successfully passed her web developer exam.
Angelika Seemann
Financial Assistant
Angelika Seemann has been working in the Finance department at adventics since 2022. Angelika's area of responsibility lies in the field of commercial administration. As a trained office administrator, she has worked for various companies in accounting and as a commercial clerk.
Lisa Turewicz
Software Developer
Lisa Turewicz completed her Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at a university of applied sciences in 2020. She has been part of the adventics development team in Vienna as a software developer since November 2022. She has already gained experience in software maintenance and in dealing with old systems and legacy code.
Thomas
Schwarzenböck
Product Manager
Thomas Schwarzenböck has been working as a Product Manager at adventics since the end of 2023 and brings with him a colourful mix of experience from industries such as automotive, esports, event management, automation technology and electronics. He uses his broad knowledge and practical experience to develop innovative solutions and successfully manage projects.
Max Rogl
Integration Specialist
Maximilian Rogl is an experienced IT expert with over 20 years of professional experience, from front to back end. In addition to his role as a trainer and troubleshooter, he has recently focussed increasingly on product development and management. Since 2018, he has been responsible for product development for adventics as a product owner, carries out quality assurance measures and optimises interfaces for smooth system integration.
Daniel Labesius Paz
Junior Account Manager
Daniel has been working at adventics as a Junior Account Manager since the beginning of 2024. He completed his training as an e-commerce businessman in 2022. Since then, Daniel has also gained valuable experience in account management at a marketing agency. Here he was responsible for the support and implementation of a wide range of customer enquiries for online shops of large German companies.
Ulrike Dietmann
Customer Service
Ulrike Dietmann has been working for adventics since 2017 and is an academic business trainer with experience as a project manager and consultant in the international event and trade fair sector (especially visitor and access management). She is a recognised expert in the areas of technical support, knowledge management, technical documentation as well as application and operations training.
Tony Spiloes
Country Manager Benelux &
France
Tony Spiloes has been with adventics since 2012. He has more than 20 years of trade fair experience at project and division manager level. Most recently, as Manager Inhouse Consulting, he was responsible for the optimisation of business processes and information system architecture at Artexis Group and easyFairs worldwide. He speaks English, Dutch and French and has a good knowledge of German.
Would you like to help shaping the trade fairs of tomorrow with digital business models and technologies? Would you like to contribute your experience, expertise and ideas to innovative solutions for our customers and join our friendly team?
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