Ralf Hirt is a global business professional, board director, and founder/CEO of 8W8 Global Business Builders. He has a proven track record of excelling in highly competitive markets. Throughout his career, he has held multi-million P&L accountability and specializes in developing and implementing effective strategies to transform a company's performance and drive exceptional revenue growth.

Hirt has worked and lived globally, including in the US, UK, Germany, Hong Kong, and Australia. He was a former member of the Board of Advisors at Nordic Oil, lead mentor at German Accelerator Tech, and advisor at DistroScale, Inc. Additionally, Hirt previously held C-level positions at Harri and TUNE, contributing to TUNE's key new investment round with existing and new investors participating. He helped to drive the expansion of Glam Media into a leading global operation with over 500 employees.

In terms of education, he studied Education and Business at INSEAD and obtained a Bachelor's and Master's of Arts in Management, Business Administration at SGMI Management Institut St. Gallen. Hirt has published works, such as 8W8 - Global Space Tribes and Infrastructure and Productivity in Asia, and is a GLG Leader in the Technology & Media Council.

Hirt's expertise lies in general management, biz dev, turnaround, strat. market, and segment expansion, sales management and operations, strategic partnerships, JV's, M&A's, divestures, strategic positioning, fundraising, VC, PE, investment dynamics, and stock markets.