Alexander Graf
Member Of The Federal Working Group Platform Economy
Hamburg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Graf is a serial entrepreneur and leading expert in digital commerce and platform business models with over two decades of experience founding, scaling, and advising companies such as Spryker, Etribes, and Factor A. He blends hands-on product and marketing leadership (Co-CEO/CMO roles) with policy influence as a member of the Federal Working Group Platform Economy, shaping regulation for digital platforms in Germany and Europe. A prolific communicator, Alexander reaches tens of thousands monthly via his Kassenzone, Energiezone and Commerce Talks podcasts and is the author of widely read books on e-commerce and platform strategy. Technically literate as a back-end contributor to open-source projects like Mailu, he couples engineering-minded problem solving with strategic go-to-market execution. He is a sought-after keynote speaker on topics from agentic commerce and AI in retail to winning strategies against Amazon, Temu and Shein, and remains open to advisory or supervisory board mandates in commerce, tech, or family offices.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Business Administration and Management, General & Information Technology, Diploma, Business Administration and Management, General & Information Technology at Universidad Autónoma de MadridDiploma, Business Administration and Management, General & Information Technology, Diploma, Business Administration and Management, General & Information Technology at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
German, English, Spanish
Github Skills (13)
e-mail10
mailserver10
sqlalchemy10
back-end-development10
sendmail10
python10
send-email10
dockers9
flask-ask9
flask9
docker9
docker-compose9
yaml8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Mailu/Mailu
Aug 2020 - Jan 2023
Insular email distribution - mail server as Docker images
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:551 reviews, 346 commits, 78 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Alexander contributed significantly to the `mailu/mailu` repository, focusing on backend development and database interactions. Their commits included fixing data model issues, implementing new configuration management features, and refactoring code related to domain and user models. They also addressed type-related errors and corrected incorrect list/string handling in existing code. The contributions indicate a focus on improving the stability and functionality of the backend code.
pop3dovecotdkimdisposablemailbox
ghostwheel42/Mailu
Aug 2020 - Jan 2025
Contributions:404 pushes, 164 branches in 4 years 5 months
mailsmtpmail-serveremaildocker
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