Renatus Zilles

Childhood

From 1974-1979 he studied at the Universität zu Köln, earning a bachelor's degree in business administration, specializing in Economics.

Career

Renatus Zilles has been politically active in various associations for many years and is considered a pioneer and trailblazer in the liberalization of the telecommunications market, in particular the market for value-added services, information services and telephone services.

Renatus Zilles is one of the founders of the German Telecommunications and Media Association DVTM.

In various professional positions, Renatus Zilles has been largely responsible for the expansion of the value chain by merging the fields of telecommunications and media into the ossex In addition, he was instrumental in establishing value-added services as a third revenue pillar in the media industry and in developing and implementing many innovations such as offline billing or micropayments in the telecom and media market.

• 1983-1990. - Head of Marketing and Technology at New Media Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
• 1990-1996 Member of the management team of the marketing department at ITT Medienverlag.
• 1996-June 2012. - Managing Director at NEXT ID GmbH
• 2012-present - Managing Director at ConvergeConsulting | Innovation durch Konvergenz
• 1996-October 2010. - Member of the Management Board at DVTM.
• 2010-present - Chairman of the Board of Directors at DVTM - Deutscher Verband für Telekommunikation und Medien e.V.

The German Telecommunications and Media Association DVTM represents the interests of its 32 member companies before politicians and legislators, ministries, the Federal Network Agency and the EU Commission.

Members include Better tainment providers (gambling services such as sports betting, online casinos, poker and secondary lotteries), network operators, resellers, technical service providers, media and publishers as well as consulting and debt collection companies.

DVTM emerged in February 2011 by converting from the Association for Voluntary Self-Control of Value Added Telephone Services (FST), which was founded in 1997.

Legacy

In 2005, Renatus Zilles received the National Leadership Award at the German Economic Forum.