Management
Lars Koschin
CEO | Frogster America, Inc.Lars has an extensive background in information technology, including two years as Technical Director of Deltacity.NET GmbH, and over five years of military experience. Lars began his career in the interactive entertainment industry as co-founder of Gamigo, where he spent six years overseeing all technical and MMO Game related operations as Chief Technical Officer. He launched the first fully localized MMO Game in Germany (‘The 4th Coming’) and many more titles in Europe. In July 2007, he took over the CTO role at Curse Inc., a highly popular MMO Game portal. He managed Gameforge Productions Inc. in San Francisco from January 2008 to April 2009. His academic achievements include degrees form the Management Akademie of RWE and from TraiCen Technology School in Germany. He also holds the offical multimedia teaching license of the German government.
Dirk Meyer zu Drewer
CFO, Secretary | Frogster America, Inc.
Dirk Meyer zu Drewer brings more than 19 years of international financial expertise and strategic business development in various managerial functions and roles to the Online Gaming Industry. As a German native he has helped European companies to enter or expand their business in the United States. During this time Dirk Meyer zu Drewer managed equity related transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, investments in start ups, joint ventures, on a worldwide basis as well as assumed senior managerial and executive finance positions from small to Fortune 100 companies. He holds a masters degree from the University of Cologne (Germany) in Finance & Economics. Dirk Meyer zu Drewer also owns his own Strategic Management Consulting firm, MzD Interventures, Inc., that specializes in helping clients from Europe to enter into the US market.
Christoph Gerlinger
Chairman | Frogster America, Inc.
CEO | Frogster Interactive Pictures AGDespite having left the games industry more than two years ago Christoph received a call from his former colleague and friend Dirk Weyel at the end of 2004, that a small computer games publisher with 11 staff was for sale. From 1996 to 1999 Christoph had co-built the German computer games business of Psygnosis, a Sony group company. 1999 he had co-founded CDV Software Entertainment AG took it public as MD in the CFO role in 2000 and co-managed it until end of 2001. Psygnosis and CDV were a big success during his time. So why not buy a small company and switch to the driver seat completely? Opportunities in the games hit business are large but so are the risks. Even more if you are a small challenger required to move ahead into innovative niches. Christoph bought the company beginning of 2005 together with Dirk, friends and family. Under the new name Frogster Interactive Pictures they have since focussed the company as one of the first in Europe on the growth market of virtual worlds, so called massively multiplayer online games. For the purists - Christoph was born 1967, has started his career with a "Banklehre" and holds a master degree in business admin from JW Goethe University in Frankfurt.
Andreas Weidenhaupt
Vice President | Frogster America, Inc.
Chief Licensing Officer | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG
CEO | Frogster Online Gaming GmbHAndreas is already wandering through virtual worlds since 1997. While still being a consultant in marketing strategies and brand development he built extensive knowledge on massively multiplayer online games. In 2004 he switched to the gaming business and founded OnlineWelten, a rapidly growing company. As Managing Partner he formed his start-up within a few years to one of the largest online gaming portals in Europe. In July, 2008 Yusho and Onlinewelten merged into Frogster Online Gaming GmbH.
