Markus Schneider

Markus Schneider, is an executive with over 20 years of experience, 12+ years in the interactive entertainment industry. Today, Markus is the CEO of Brand a Trend, an NLP company and one of the hottest startups in Germany.

Until 2011, Markus Schneider served as CEO of xaitment inc., a world leading provider of artificial intelligence software for video games and military simulation. Until 2009, Markus held the position of Executive Vice President Worldwide Sales, xaitment inc. During his 3 years of leadership, xaitment grew it's worldwide customer base by more than 600% and Markus was leading the company's expansion into the North American and Asian market, opening new sales & service offices in Los Angeles, US and Shenzhen, China. Beside being an expert in cutting edge game technology, Markus can rely on a worldwide network of both AAA studios and leading publishers in the US as well as in Asia and Europe. Prior to working at xaitment inc., Markus served as Finance and Operations Director at THQ Germany supervising a release schedule of up to 350 Video game SKUs per year. Before his role at THQ, Markus served over 7 years at US Filter Corporation, first as European Controller, later as German CEO for the company's laboratory and pharmaceutical division. Markus started his career with a scholarship at the German University of Stuttgart, provided by Siemens AG. After completing his Master of Economics, Markus served three years as Controller at Siemens AG's subsidiaries in Berlin and Madison, WI.