Management
Andreas Weidenhaupt – CEO / Founder
Andreas has already been wandering through virtual worlds since 1997. In 2004 he founded Online-Welten, one of the largest online games portals in Europe. In July, 2008 he co-founded Frogster Online Gaming GmbH where Andreas was CEO until April 2011. He successfully launched MMOs across many markets and built up a team of 200+ employees, licensing products like Runes of Magic, Mythos, Raiderz and TERA (+3 more) for the Frogster group. With Infernum Productions AG and its subsidiary Infernum Studios GmbH he will build a new star in the MMO Market.
The US American magazine Becket Massive Online Gamer names Andreas in the top 20 of the most influential people in the MMO games business in 2010 and 2011 and regards him as the most influential European.
Markus Melching – COO / Co-Founder
Markus started his career in the Gaming Business in the year 2000 as head of IT at Gamigo. As deputy CTO, he was instrumental in developing automated payroll systems. In 2005 he founded Linuworx, a special service provider for developing automated payroll systems for online companies. After one year he founded Yusho together with 2 partners, which became one of the leading German companies operating and billing systems for virtual worlds. After the merge of OnlineWelten and Yusho, Markus worked as COO at Frogster Online Gaming.
Tobias Gerlinger – CFO/Co-Founder
Tobias started his career in the software industry before he co-founded a corporate finance boutique in 1999. Following 5 years of international financial consulting he was asked to become the CEO of a biotech company he successfully led for 7 years. Tobias had been an investor in the games industry for many years when he founded a MMO publisher for the pacific region which he recently sold to the Frogster group.
Marko Dieckmann – CTO / Co-Founder
Marko has accumulated over 10 years in professional online game development and operation. His passion for online games emerged in the late 90s and has grown into a professional career.
He founded Duplex Systems in early 2001, a studio focused on independent development and operation of massively multiplayer online (MMO) games. Marko is co-founder and Managing Director at Infernum Studios.
Thomas Elz – Director Production
In his role as Product Manager & Producer of Runes of Magic, Thomas has led an online game license from launch to its international breakthrough. During his time at Frogster Online Gaming, Thomas has also worked as a producer on a next generation MMO game. With degrees in business administration/marketing and game design, he ensures that game content, monetization and marketing strategy form a successful synthesis. Thomas has lived in Asia for more than 5 years and fluently speaks Mandarin Chinese.