The Management

Wilfried Beeck, CEO

Wilfried Beeck studied Mathematics and Computer Sciences in Kiel before founding the company in 1983. Together with Stephan Schambach and Karsten Schneider, he also founded Intershop Communications GmbH in 1992 and managed its IPO in 1998. In 2002, Beeck left the board at Intershop AG to concentrate on the development of e-commerce solutions for the SME market with ePages. He is also an investor and board member in a number of high-tech companies.

Charles T. Julien, CFO

As Chief Financial Officer, Charles Julien heads all G&A departments at ePages. Julien attended several universities, receiving a BA in economics from UCLA, an MBA degree at the ESADE, Barcelona, and a Master of International Management at Thunderbird, Glendale, Arizona. After assuming senior positions at Clark Equipment, Raab Karcher, VEBA (E.ON), Tektronix and Arrow Electronics, he joined Intershop, where he worked as Vice President of Operations. Julien possesses more than 18 years experience in international management and speaks six languages.

Mario Rieß, CTO

As Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at ePages, Mario Riess is in charge of the areas Product Management and Research & Development. Mario Riess studied Supply Engineering in Erfurt and was self-employed for 7 years, as an engineering consultant in software sales and marketing, and software development. He was also a freelance instructor at the college of Applied Sciences in Erfurt. Beginning in 2000 he worked as a project manager for Intershop Consulting Services on both domestic and international projects.

Jörn Wachsmann, Director Marketing

Jörn Wachsmann-Wurr’s university degree from the University of Berlin comprises Communication Studies, Political Science and Sinology. He has been working in high-tech marketing for over 8 years. After completing his studies he accepted a management position in marketing and public relations at Lobster Technology AG in Berlin. He joined Intershop Communications in 1998. At Intershop he was initially in charge of European product marketing, and took over as Director of marketing for Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 1999. He was promoted to manage the marketing in the high-tech and manufacturing sales sectors. In February 2003, he left to become the Director of Marketing

for ePages GmbH.

Sören von Varchmin, Vice President Sales

Sören von Varchmin heads ePages’ Sales department and Business Development initiatives. Prior to his start at ePages in November 2009, he held various positions at Parallels, most recently as VP SaaS and Service Providers International. In this role, he was building a rapidly growing ecosystem around Parallels’s SaaS platform and products for global delivery of a wide range of services over the web. His areas of responsibility also included the integration of acquired companies in the system and billing automation software space as well as the International Service Providers business unit. Previously, as Director of Sales & Marketing at Yippi-Yeah! E-Business, Sören von Varchmin led the rapid 

growth of the Confixx brand for web servers, attaining market leadership in Europe in just

two years. The company was later acquired by Parallels in 2003.