Summary
Matthias Zeitler is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and operator with 10+ years of experience building product-led businesses and communities that blend remote work, hospitality, and engineering. As Chairman of Coliving Semkovo and co-founder of Coworking Bansko, he has transformed dormancy into vibrant hubs for digital nomads—selling 165+ apartments and helping relocate over 100 people to a mountain village. His earlier ventures span hardware (an open-source smart meter), global SEO big-data platforms, and multiple successful exits from consumer web and events businesses, showing an uncommon mix of deep technical execution and go-to-market savvy. Matthias has led engineering organizations of up to 47 people and orchestrated complex multilingual and localization products for enterprise clients, combining product strategy with hands-on architecture. He holds a computer science degree and an MBA, and is notable for openly sharing hardware schematics and fostering community-first ecosystems rather than purely transactional startups.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Business Administration and Management General, MBA Business Administration and Management General at Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business
BA (Dipl. Ing.) Computer Science, BA (Dipl. Ing.) Computer Science at Fachhochschule Salzburg
German, English