Lukas Frei is Customer Happiness Manager at Friendly. He is dedicated to providing caring customer support, supporting customer projects and assisting new customers with onboarding so that they can get off to a successful start with our software. In addition to his work at Friendly, Lukas designs digital teaching materials and learning platforms at LerNetz and runs his own small web agency. The former sports and English teacher discovered his passion for IT during his second university degree...| Friendly
Peter Boehlke is a freelance Analytics Consultant at Friendly. For over 10 years, he has been a contributor to the open source software Matomo, which is the foundation of Friendly Analytics. Peter has consulted with clients in over 30 countries on privacy-friendly web analytics.| Friendly
Lukas Sigel is COO and CCO at Friendly. As COO, he makes sure that the team works well together and coordinates important tasks and processes so that Friendly can grow sustainably. As CCO, he does everything in his power to make our customers successful with our software. The computer science graduate has been working in IT for over 10 years and completed a CAS as a frontend developer while working. In his spare time, Luke loves to travel, is always open to new culinary and cultural discoveri...| Friendly
Kathrin Schmid, PhD, is CMO and CISO at Friendly. As Chief Marketing Officer, she builds public trust in Friendly. At the same time, as Chief Information Security Officer, she is responsible for the security of our customers’ data. For her, both activities are compatible, as we see data protection as a competitive advantage. In her free time, Kathrin enjoys immersing herself in complex board games or implementing creative craft projects.| Friendly
József "Joey" Keller is CTO and employee #1 at Friendly. He is an Assistant Team Lead on the product team of the open source software Mautic, on which Friendly Automate is based. Prior to Friendly, Joey worked for a US media company, the largest social network in Hungary and the national airline of Hungary.| Friendly
Our CCO Lukas Sigel will support Stefan in the management of Friendly as COO from March 1, 2025. We congratulate Luke on this important step!| Friendly
In Friendly’s fifth year, we tripled our profit and in small steps almost reached profitability. Welcome to our Open Startup Year in Review 2024.| Friendly
Stefan Vetter is the founder and CEO at Friendly. He is also the founder at Wortspiel, one of Switzerland's leading digital marketing agencies. His motto: "We have an exist strategy, not an exit strategy". Stefan likes traveling, U2 and ice baths.| Friendly
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We get asked time and again why we don’t want investors at Friendly as a tech startup. It’s not that we haven’t received any offers yet. But we…| Friendly
2022 was the toughest year of my life. I had to borrow CHF 50 000 ($54 208) from friends and family to make ends meet financially with Friendly. I asked my team for a pay cut. The revenue of Wortspiel dropped by -22%. I contracted Covid-19 and was depressed for a few weeks afterwards. I am in […]| Stefan Vetter
