Björn Schwenzer
Chief Operating Officer
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolBjörn Schwenzer is an experienced operational and digital leader who currently serves as COO of WunderGraph, blending hands-on startup execution with cross-functional leadership across Marketing, Security, Finance and HR. Over two decades he has driven digital transformation and product-led growth at organizations including Ströer, Thomas Cook and AutoScout24, repeatedly implementing agile practices, cloud migrations and customer-centric platforms. He excels at focusing limited resources on what truly moves the needle while building cultures that sustain long-term outperformance. Notably, he has combined C-level strategy with security stewardship—achieving ISO 27001/TISAX-related certifications—and a habit of shipping pragmatic, iterated solutions. Based in Frankfurt, he brings a rare mix of technical education (Dipl.-Inf.), operator grit and a willingness to venture beyond his comfort zone to learn new industries.
3 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Dipl.-Inf. (FH) IT and Media, Dipl.-Inf. (FH) IT and Media at Hochschule Furtwangen
English, German
Github Skills (23)
apollo-federation10
gateway10
apollo10
backend-for-frontend9
rest9
api9
rest-api9
graphql-federation9
graphql9
composition8
grpc8
api-gateway8
graphql-api8
golang8
restful-api8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
wunderhawk/open-previews
May 2023 - May 2023
Open source preview comments
Contributions:3 pushes in 4 days
wundergraph/cosmo
Sep 2023 - Jul 2024
The open-source solution to building, maintaining, and collaborating on GraphQL Federation at Scale. The alternative to Apollo Studio and GraphOS.
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 1 branch in 10 months
apolloapollo-federationgatewaygraphqlgraphql-federation
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