Markus Ament

Serial FinTech entrepreneur, Markus Ament, or Maex as he is known, has led many companies from early stage startups to global leaders, loved by thousands worldwide. He is currently CEO and co-founder at Centrifuge with the mission to create an operating system for global commerce, in order to fundamentally change how businesses transact and collaborate. Maex is co-founder and member of the board of Taulia, and has transformed the company from an idea in 2009, to the market leading Financial Supply Chain company, connecting businesses to create a more efficient and profitable supply chain. With an enviable list of the of Fortune 500 clients and over 300 employees, Taulia has quickly become the recognized leader in the financial supply chain. Prior to co-founding Taulia, Maex was a founding member of Ebydos, where he was instrumental in the conception and development of the Invoice Cockpit and Web Cycle Solutions, which were eventually sold to ReadSoft in 2006. Maex then joined ReadSoft as Chief Technology Officer and served on the board of ReadSoft US, as well as ReadSoft’s SAP Labs, driving 70% revenue growth. Maex began his FinTech career working for SAP, developing and deploying payment and banking solutions in the SAP financials market. Maex also served as an angel investor and mentor at BayBrain/Snappr, a mobile start-up. While Maex considers work his biggest hobby, he also enjoys being with his family, traveling, snowboarding, running and scuba diving.