Our Team

Alex Gruhler (member of the board) has been with sunzinet AG since 2007 - he was previously known to the sunzinet team as a client. As a consultant and account manager, he is usually to be found with (potential) customers. In his private life, he prefers FC, tennis courts or hiking.

Georges Wolff (board member) is part of the founding team of sunzinet. He passes on his many years of experience as a consultant to our customers in collaboration with project managers and concept developers. In his spare time, he likes to look beyond the digital rim of his plate when travelling far away.

Oliver knows how it can work! With over 25 years of experience as a customer consultant, he supports the cooperation between agency and project management as Operations Manager. In doing so, communication between the individual departments is particularly important to him. Oliver not only has an open ear for us, but also for his two sons! He likes to spend time with them on the water - either windsurfing or stand-up paddling. They are always on the lookout for the perfect spot for that, true to the motto: No way is too far!

Simona the Crumb... uh, chocolate monster: No matter in which form, with chocolate you just make Simona happy - not only because you don't have to cook first, because that's not her thing. Strengthened with the extra portion of cocoa beans, she rocks new business in Business Development, but there's only one thing to switch off: cosiness. Here, the domestic sofa or restaurant visits with the family come first.

Sarah does not only keep us in a good mood in business development, but also provides many happy customers. The passionate Vespa driver likes to let the wind blow through her hair in the streets of Cologne. She always heads unerringly for cafés with delicious cakes or pasta. In her home she fully lives out her weakness for Scandinavian interior design. To compensate for a turbulent working day, she goes for a walk or gets her head clear in yoga.

Janina supports sunzinet's business development at every turn. In her spare time she likes to be on the move on various social media channels and informs herself about the latest technology tools and trends. When Janina bakes delicious cakes and tarts for friends and family, she regularly lets her creativity run wild. During her favourite seasons, spring and autumn, she prefers to spend her time outdoors and let the sun shine on her.

Inga. This name stands for adventure and cordiality. There is probably only little left on Inga's Bucket List, because what she has already experienced resembles a novel: Piranhas fishing in the Amazon, the most dangerous road in the world ("Death Road") mountain biking and house running (and that's only a fraction!). In between her adventures she is involved in the project management with heart and gets her balance at indoor cycling.

Our Simone is a typical Cologne cheerful nature. As a full-blooded project manager, she is a left-handed master of complex digital projects. Although she loves cooking passionately and well, as a real serial junkie it can also be junk food. But Simone is by no means a couch potato: 30 kilometres of hiking on weekends as well as swimming and yoga during the week are a must for Simone.

Absolute power in project management and on the pitch: When André competes in field hockey, it really gets down to business! His second passion, travelling, is the calm opposite. In addition, he expands the squad of Werkself fans here at sunzinet - but psssst!

Jasmin is pure lust for life! So she enchants everyone with her cordial manner: whether as a project manager at sunzinet or on one of her numerous trips around the world. Especially donkeys can be happy about her cuddles, because Jasmin's love for the friendly four-legged friends knows no bounds. Her biggest dream? A donkey farm in the countryside! Until then, she dedicates herself to her customers with the same verve - promised! 

Problems? Don’t really exist for Djanna. Because this multi-talent always has the right solution at hand. As a project manager with a technical background, she is practiced in pragmatism and lateral thinking. In her private life, she likes high horsepower figures, which she likes to put on the road with her black sports car. With so much action, you need to relax from time to time. Djanna finds it best with a tasty meal in good company.

Julia is with us in Project Management and therefore mouthpiece, stripper and Feel Good Manager at the same time. At home her two dogs are in charge and she loves to try out new restaurants and culinary experiences. Spontaneous city trips are Julia's greatest joy!

First fill up on caffeine, then get going! One way or another, that could be Lars' motto in life. Because not only as project manager at sunzinet he turns up the turbo, but also in his spare time Lars is at the start. Not only does he regularly run his laps in the city forest or on the football field, but he also swings through the Alps on skis and snowboard. Well, we are blown away!

With a good feeling for people, Jasmin feels at home in the HR world. At sunzinet/With us she is responsible for the strategic development of the HR department. Jasmin prefers to spend her free time in the stable - with her horse she can really switch off. Luckily, the only thing she needs is her own dog! Until then, there are enough fluffy fur noses for Jasmin - thanks to agency dogs.

Maximiliane is our woman for every occasion and has our reception and event planning firmly under control. She likes to juggle 5 balls at the same time and always keeps a cool head and a warm smile. Privately she likes to travel with her best friend to the cities of the world or spend time with her big family.

Angelika Kühne is the ruler of numbers. In addition to her profession, however, she appreciates activities without a calculator: gardening, long walks with her dog, or she lets the wind blow around her nose on a trip with her moped.

In content marketing, Laura provides creative texts on all channels. As an autumn child she prefers cool temperatures and colourful foliage, then she likes to go for long walks with dogs. As soon as it gets autumnal, you rarely see Laura without a teacup in her hand. Nevertheless she thinks that it is never too cold for ice cream. On weekends Laura is often on the road, whether at concerts and festivals, or to visit friends or relatives all over Germany. 

Katharina knows how to strike the right note in marketing. In her private life she also knows how to strike right - namely the ball during a volleyball match. But she also likes to try out new ventures and locations, preferably together with friends and out in the country. However, her own green thumb is not so pronounced: from cactus to orchids, plants in her care are unfortunately mostly lost. Never mind, Urban Jungles are overrated anyway.

Daniel is our secret weapon for various areas in our Digital Marketing Unit. His passion for conversion optimization benefits our customers. Privately his passion is the 1.FC Cologne and as soon as the sun shines, he swings on his Vespa and lets the wind blow around his nose. Friendships have a particularly high value in his life and therefore his diary is always full to the brim even on weekends.

In the digital marketing unit of sunzinet Markus is our man for everything concerning search engine optimization. He also deals intensively with the topic of software development in the web environment and enjoys testing new technologies and trends. Markus likes to spend his free time in the countryside - preferably with his dog or family. His pragmatic credo: "Done is better than perfect!" Because those who strive for perfection forever are probably never satisfied.

Rebecca takes care of successful and lead-strong digital marketing concepts for our customers. The passionate tea drinker and hobby handyman is also a real fresh air junkie and likes to swap her office for the park or city forest after work. Her love of fresh air has even turned her apartment into a small jungle. On weekends you can also meet Rebecca from time to time at the various flea markets in the cathedral city.

Manege free for Chris: He has the circus of digital marketing under control! In his spare time, the loyal Effzeh stadium-goer likes to juggle with pots and pans. But he also likes to do other things: when he's not in Cologne's Southtown, Chris tries out new hobbies or coffee varieties. Bored? There is no such thing!

Digital marketing is a fast moving business - but not too fast for Fee. To make sure she doesn't miss a trend, she spends a lot of time in social networks and expands her horizons when she travels. Her favorite destination for wanderlust? London! She lived here for half a year and knows the best spots. But she also likes Kölle and especially the beautiful south city. No matter if cafés, restaurants or boutiques: Fee knows her way around and is happy to give recommendations.

Katharina is responsible for traffic and new leads in digital marketing for our customers. In her private life she is also looking for action and loves weight training. But she still can't do without relaxation, which she finds especially on long walks. The main thing is to be outside and preferably with a dog - good mood is guaranteed! By the way, she can't walk past dogs in general without wanting to cuddle them. Katharina has a similar habit with crooked picture frames: She simply has to put them straight. 

Aleksandra does everything she can in digital marketing to provide our customers with the right messages and digital visibility. In her free time, she also likes things to be varied: whether it's ballet, theatre, art exhibitions, city trips or rock concerts - the main thing is to have as much culture and art as possible. For relaxing, Aleksandra also likes to take the paintbrush in her own hand or enjoy the sound of rock music. Keep calm and rock on!

Whether SEO, SEA or social media: David handles the entire range of digital marketing at sunzinet. Privately, family and friends are very important to him. With them, David prefers to spend his free time at the stadium or even on the field - as long as the ball rolls! When the hustle and bustle gets too much for him, he swaps football boots for hiking boots and climbs the mountains in Switzerland.

David is turning the digital marketing measures of our e-commerce customers strongly upwards. At the weekend he likes to turn up the heat with his motorbike. He prefers to meet friends or spend a relaxing day with his family. Even if his football qualities don't let you guess (according to his own statement!), he is of course a loyal FC fan as a native of Cologne.

Jan works for us in the e-commerce unit and is responsible for successful projects all around. Jan used to be the first to play basketball at school and still likes to throw a few baskets in his spare time. His dream would be to explore the different corners of our world. Although he is generally quite talkative, he still envies people who like coffee: They simply have an always-wake bonus.

With his many years of experience as head of content management, Lars Pflugmacher always finds the right words at sunzinet. He also proves his resourcefulness in geocaching in his spare time. And in the trainings for our customers or at the academy he imparts the necessary knowledge pointedly, vividly and realistically. And what else? Quite clearly: Support the Bayer 04 Werkself in the "jewelry box" BayArena!

From David Bowie to Burt Bacharach - Jan LOVES music in all its facets. And the Internet. In the field of social media, he's really raging himself out: Facebook, Instagram & Pinterest, nothing is safe from him. And in Content Management at sunzinet he writes his fingers sore with enthusiasm and creativity.

Our online marketing specialist and conceptioner is a professional and private all-rounder. Not only does he surf the Internet, he is also a wave-saver at the beach.

As an experienced consultant and project manager, Wendelin Auer helps our clients to develop visions and get projects off the ground. This involves impulses, creativity and the right ingredients - as well as privately on drums and wok.

Wilhelm Winkels rocks the requirements of our customers in conception and editing. And he also likes to play such strings at home: his offspring are rocked to sleep by Daddy's melodious guitar chords.

Roman sets himself high goals and knows how to achieve them - and not only in the areas of conception and project management. When climbing and bouldering, he takes his body to the limits of gravity. Then he likes to make himself comfortable in an armchair with a good book: Even the head needs to be trained!

The head in the clouds, but the feet still firmly on the ground. Kerstin is our sunshine! She thinks she's quite normal, but whoever gets to know her will notice that she's not. Flitzpiepe - her car - brings her reliably to the agency, or to the gym for barbell training - yes, small, but pretty oho!

Linnea's premise is that it must be beautiful. In general, she attaches great importance to aesthetics and is therefore absolutely right in design at sunzinet. The warm Finn has a pronounced watch tick and is allergic to intolerance. She has lost her heart to England, especially to the language and the people there.

Our designer Monika has more than 15 years of experience in architecture, graphic design and UX design. She not only has an eye for detail, but is also a human bookworm. Apart from books, the native Polish can also be enthusiastic about science fiction films. And always at her side: Her three fur-nosed house tigers.

Quality, quality, quality: Kevin as our QA Manager takes care of this day in, day out. Also in his private life, excellent food, software or music are very popular with him. Alexa and Siri are in charge of his house: intelligent lamps and digitally controlled plant irrigation make his life easier. Even if you don't look at it: As a mixed martial arts athlete, Kevin can do things differently - but only if he wants to.

Sascha Cremers manages the projects from a technical perspective. He collects the experience for this at home in Lego railway construction with his children.

Melanie finds a solution for every (really every) problem. And to get some other thoughts, she prefers to take a two-wheeled ride through the area.

JavaScript- and PHP-Ninja, Scrum- and Open-Source Lover: This is Stephan, full-blooded developer at sunzinet. He has been working in development for 10 years and is a passionate amateur photographer. Stephan is also a true local patriot: Sing Hätz schlät rut un wiess un för dr FC. In Borussia's foals, on the other hand, his toenails are in the air.

Even though Florian is a TYPO3 crack professional and likes to hit the keys while programming, not only HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and PHP make his heart beat faster. He has an Ollie, Slides and Flips as well and loves to do a few laps with his skateboard. And he already has melodies in his head for his next soundtrack. Unreliable guys get him as mad as permanently repeating noises. Speaking of palm trees, the Maldives are his absolute dream destination.

Jeremie is our TYPO3 developer with petrol in his blood. In his spare time he either goes to motorsport events or screws around with old motorcycles and cars. Born in Hessen, he has French roots, and his heart is beating for Kölle am Rhing.

Milos is a developer and loves his job from the bottom of his heart! When he's not throwing ones and zeros around, he plays the guitar or turns the system upside down with alternative rock music. He is an absolute Quentin Tarantino fan, but also appreciates other good movies.

As a developer at sunzinet, Kevin's fingers are tingling when he sees bad codes. But it's not just his fingers that are tingling, it's his home as well: the insect lover keeps hundreds of busy ants as pets. His second hobby, motor sports, is a little faster. To ensure that his own car also performs at its best, he passionately screws in his spare time.

Our developer Dennis lives technology not only professionally, but also privately with every pore of his body. When he's not playing PC games or running a Netflix marathon, he's passionately tinkering with his Raspberry PI. He sticks, solder and code what he can to get the best out of his mini computer. The only exception to the digital leisure stress: reading Marvel Comics - analogous.

Wojciech started "Adventure Programming" in 2009. Since then he has worked with PHP, JavaScript and HTML/CSS using Laravel and Zend frameworks, Docker and Linux distributions. His greatest private passion is motorsport: he tours with his own bike and doesn't miss any Formula 1 or MotoGP races. But Wojciech also enjoys walking, travelling through the mountains and conquering the peaks. In 2017 he mastered the most demanding path of the Polish Tatras, "Orla Perć", and in 2019 he makes a second attempt to set foot on the summit of Mont Blanc.

Volodymyr is a passionate IT consultant who works mainly with SharePoint, Office 365 and Azure. He finds a solution to every problem, benefiting from his communication skills, among other things. In his private life Volodymyr lets it crash while freeriding and surfing or elicits jazz and rock melodies from his piano. He also appreciates a glass of good single malt whiskey.

Tomasz is a developer in our e-commerce team who specializes in shop platforms. In his spare time he likes to develop some games for the gaming platform Unity. He is passionate about developing new, interesting things that help or entertain people. Tomasz also loves his guitar, which he would like to take with him on a long trip around the world.

Andre has turned his passion into his profession: He is a passionate programmer and he brings that into his work at sunzinet. But he doesn't just like beautiful codes, he also likes sheet music: On his guitar he plays melodies from calm to rocky. While browsing through science fiction books Andre also likes to disappear into other worlds and get to know foreign civilizations.

Stefano works for sunzinet as a developer. In his free time he likes to lift a few weights in the gym and conjures up healthy culinary highlights in his kitchen. On his bookshelf, you'll find books on personality development, which Stefano devours like others the sports section of the BILD newspaper.

Stephan works at sunzinet as an application developer. When he's not moving the ones and zeros, he either hangs upside down on the boulder wall or plays his Ortega guitar. Stephan's great love is reggae, but he doesn't say no to delicious spicy food or a round of gambling.

Our developer Thomas not only likes to dive into virtual backend worlds, but also into the realm of dragons, dwarves and elves with his fantasy books. He finds the best books on his expeditions through the flea market. If he doesn't feel like reading, it can also be an episode of Star Trek - Voyager. An absolute nerd. And not just since he became interested in programming, by the way.

Without code nothing happens - Julian lives it to the fullest! He's not only working as a developer for us, he also likes to program websites and apps in his spare time. When he needs a break from all those ones and zeros, he grabs his electric guitar or his racing bike.

Falk joins our colorful world of developers and takes on complex codes. Privately, he is a real all-rounder: Besides karate, he likes to spend his time jogging or climbing in outdoor sports. In addition, he ranks 22nd in Europe (2019) as an active LOL gambler. At home, he likes to exchange his computer keyboard for his keyboard or various wind instruments - Falk is a real all-rounder!

As a system administrator, Andreas always has a nose for technical turbulence. And in his spare time, he enjoys pure adrenalin - as an enthusiastic Formula 1 fan, he likes to race all over Europe. Andreas finds peace in the design of his garden.

You can always rely on Margarita! She is the soul in the background of sunzinet - so she not only brings order into our offices, but also surprises us regularly with delicacies from her kitchen. With her warm and sunny disposition she is always available for fun.