With his uniquely cinematic super-keynote format, Gerd is continuously pioneering the art of keynoting. His digital/remote keynote television style of virtual presentations has propelled him to the top of the list of the most talked-about virtual keynote presenters worldwide. Gerd was a professional musician, a successfully failed .com paper millionaire. Today he is a critically acclaimed filmmaker and producer, a fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (London), and a visiting professor at the Fundação Dom Cabral in Brazil.

Gerd is no stranger to the media. He frequently shares his often controversial but always prescient views in publications like The Guardian, Harvard Business Review, Business Insider, and Wired UK. He's contributed interviews to the BBC, CNN, Arirang TV, Swiss SRF, ZDF, ARD, and ARTE, and appeared as a special guest in many documentaries.

He is based in Zurich, Switzerland and often works from Las Brenas, Lanzarote