Markus Dold

Keynote Lecturer

Markus Dold, CEO and founder of eCharge.work GmbH, wrote his first piece of code as student for his high school, giving him an exemption from the years computing lectures.

From there the stage was set and by the early 80s he was developing varying software tools such as Starbase and CSM database systems. These efforts turned into Star Division GmbH, which today is owned by Sun Inc.

In 1991 he founded SOFA, a co-orporation for software-architecture, together with university colleagues. SOFA developed, among dozens of other software solutions, the first computer language for hotel bookings. This effort would eventually turn into the booking platform Booking.com.

Following the success of SOFA Markus specialized in digital solutions for the hospitality world and wrote newspaper columns about the sector.

In the late 90s he founded Othello Services GmbH, an internet provider for almost 2.000 hotels in Europe. He then developed the e-commerce system wordres.com, from which internet platforms such as romantikhotels.com and cclhotels.com emerged.

Before founding eCharge.work – the community for eMobility – Markus was board member of M-Exchange AG.

Markus is a driven entrepreneur whose innovative IT-solutions always have the user in mind. In 2016 he found his new passion with eMobility and is determined to do his part for a greener planet by pushing forward the growth of eCharging stations worldwide.