About Us

Our History

Founded in 2009 as a product startup in Dortmund, we have undergone a transformation or two ourselves (in addition to various moves). In the beginning, we were only a service provider for "apps", which were brand new at the time, but soon we also developed the appropriate backends inhouse.

With apps for live TV productions, we then also ventured steps into the emerging "cloud" technologies, pushing not only us but also the cloud operators to their limits. Shortly after, we connected the first washing machine for a well known German company in 2014. The next step began with our involvement with a start-up from Düsseldorf: approached as a pure trade fair app development, we soon found ourselves in the middle of building an electronics lab to bring the Toniebox to life.

A steady growth, both in terms of workforce and customers, made us a modern service provider and consultant with our own products and a broad solution portfolio in 2019. This also convinced Vodafone GmbH, which acquired 100 % of our shares as of January 1, 2020.

Our goal: Connect your products.

As a reliable cooperation partner for our customers and a passionate innovation driver for the market, we position ourselves in the front row of digital transformation.

200+

Experts

11+

Years of experience

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Productions

Matthias Krömer

Chief Executive Officer

As the former Director Corporate Strategy at Vodafone, Matthias brings his extensive experience to grandcentrix. During his 16 years at Vodafone, he was always at the forefront of innovation projects and responsible for the progress in strategic and new areas of technology.

As CEO of grandcentrix, Matthias continues to represent the first mover spirit and, together with our team, is further expanding our expertise as an IoT solution provider.

Roland Hänel

Chief Technology Officer

Roland's many years of experience in the IT industry and his deep understanding of the IoT market are helping us to shape the next chapter of our transformation into an IoT powerhouse. He holds a degree in electrical and communications engineering from RWTH Aachen University and co-founded GINKO AG.

Julia Mützel

VP Human Resources

Julia brings her experience in recruiting, human resources and organizational development to grandcentrix. Together with her team, she creates working conditions in which our team members can contribute in the best possible way.

Paul Haigh

VP Sales

Paul joins grandcentrix coming from Vodafone Group IoT. He co-founded Vodafone's IoT business in Germany in 2011 and was responsible for IoT sales in the Multinational segment for the entire DACH region since 2013.

Raphael Heinrich

VP Commercial Management

Raphaels many years of experience at grandcentrix in different roles such as Head of PX or VP Finance have created the perfect foundation to develop future business opportunities and take our commercial success to the next level.

Gerald Hoech

VP Finance

Gerald ensures that we remain on an economically sustainable growth path by keeping us informed of the latest figures and planning ahead. His many years of experience in finance help us to achieve our ambitious goals.

Leif Janzik

VP Solution Engineering

Leif started his career with us as Head of Human Computer Interaction and is now responsible for the customer specific developments and various competence centers of grandcentrix.

Sebastian Irle

VP Digital Enablement and Customer Operations

Sebastian has been leading the Sysadmin & IT team at grandcentrix since August 2019 and plays a key role in digitizing our business processes and Platform Operations for our customers.

Kai Froese

VP Products

Kai has been working in product and business management for connected hardware and software products for over 20 years. Products serve as the basis of our projects and give us the necessary freedom to focus on the truly project-specific challenges.