Orca Technologies

With more than 20 years of experience, Ferkaran has worked for a diverse range of industries spanning consumer electronics, automotive, home automation and IoT, industrial, lifestyle as well as the medical and music sectors. His work has earned him over 15 international design awards.

Fer is a founder of the Munich-based product strategy and design studio, Phosphor. He has worked in Europe and Asia as an independent design consultant for start-ups, world-renowned design agencies and global corporations.

More than 25 years of experience in the international electronics industry allow him to quickly and accurately identify future problem areas and make decisions. For many years Richard has been in the top-level management of multinational corporations and can rely on a large network. As a Director in a global design and innovation team, he knows the impact of concept and design decisions on production and the cost structure of products. He is a questioner and leads the complex questions to a solution that is as simple as possible.

He has accompanied many young companies as well as new concepts from established large corporations and can draw on this wealth of experience to come up with new ideas and solutions. 

Mike’s career as a mechanical engineer started 30 years ago. As one of the first freelancers in Germany to use 3D CAD programs, Mike has solved many complex construction, tooling and manufacturing problems for everyone from renowned companies to deep tech startups.

His core strengths are the development of ingenious mechanical solutions and rapid prototypes, as well as matching injection molding tool design and manufacturing support during ramp up.

Niclas has been fascinated with entrepreneurship and technology for all of his life. He started his career in the innovation department of T-Systems MMS where he helped co-found the DTAG spin-off Couchfunk. Later he became an Associate Partner at PULSAR Consulting where he focused on Innovation Management, M&A, Corporate Venturing and Fundraising. He is also the co-founder of rapitag.

After supporting Hardware.co, TechFounders and organizing his own Events for Hardware Startups, he founded BatchOne out of his desire to support founders to bridge the gap from first prototype to mass production. He is also a passionate speaker and mentor at a lot of accelerator programs and conferences.

Georg is well-versed in electrical and software engineering, allying an analytic mind to a strong scientific background. He started his career as product manager in Dresden’s semiconductor industry and has gone on to hold a wide range of positions from development to project lead and sales. 

In the last 10 years Georg has led automation and logistics projects, worked on AI and big data analytics, IoT devices, e-mobility, medical algorithms, laboratory diagnostic systems, optical inspection systems and more.

Since 2014, Georg has started three companies: a lithium battery startup, a user interface company and an engineering consultancy.

Stefan has worked in the USA, Europe and Asia in various companies in the field of ergonomic office furniture, telecommunication hardware and consumer electronics.

With more than 13 years of experience, Stefan has a strong focus on user-centered design research, product and process analysis, design development, pre-engineering and prototyping.