ZenMate Appoints Jörn Stampehl its Chief Technology Officer

People Moves
05.03.2018 09:25 am

Markus Hänel, together with Simon Specka, founded the company in 2013 and played a pioneering role in its technical orientation and development. Together with the team, he has built up the infrastructure and developed the browser extensions and the other clients with which the service's 45 million users can protect their security and privacy on the Internet. He was also significantly involved in the development of other products such as the Web-Firewall for the browser and an extension that recognizes fake news in search results.

"After 5 intense and rewarding years building up the company, it's time for me to start something new. There are many exciting business opportunities that I'd like to realize, but which have little to do with ZenGuard's core business. I'm happy to be able to put the company in capable hands of people that I trust and that can take care of it 100%."

Markus Hänel will continue to support the company as co-owner and consultant.

Jörn Stampehl has been leading the development departments in StartUps for over 15 years. Most recently, as Head of Technology at Payleven GmbH, where he was responsible for the FinTechs product area.

"I look forward to the new position. Markus leaves behind a well-ordered house, but there are plenty of challenges. Especially in countries where VPNs are blocked, we have to constantly develop creative ideas in order to be able to continue offering our services. In addition, we intend to continue to offer other products in the cybersecurity environment in the future to make ZenGuard a well-known brand in this area".