Mike Burkart
Chief Growth Officer
Chief Growth Officer
Mike is a member of the Executive Board as Chief Growth Officer and leads the Marketing and Sales department. Together with the management he coordinates the strategic planning and is responsible for the implementation of the marketing ans sales strategy. He has first-hand knowledge of the IT challenges faced by SMBs and solves them with customized IT solutions. He believes that SMBs can significantly increase the cost efficiency of IT as well as their data security.
Mike looks back on more than 20 years of experience in IT: In 2000, he started his apprenticeship in IT at Mettler-Toledo GmbH and obtained the Swiss Federal Certificate of Proficiency (EFZ) in 2004. He then continued working at Mettler-Toledo GmbH as a computer scientist until the end of 2005, and in January 2006 he started working for Young Solutions IT Services GmbH, now Open Circle AG. From 2006 to 2011 he completed his Bachelor and Master studies in Entrepreneurial Management at the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden.
In his free time, Mike enjoys mountain biking or playing ping-pong in his garden.