At COO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Cologne based COO’ operating in the Software space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Bernd Eisenblatter
Executive Board & COO of Jedox
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About Jedox: Jedox simplifies planning, analysis, and reporting with an integrated, cloud-based software solution.
Marc Ahr
COO of tridion benefits GmbH
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About tridion benefits GmbH: tridion benefits GmbH is a software provider delivering company benefits through the Bendesk web app.
Thomas Meierkord
COO, CMO & Co-Founder of rankingCoach
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About rankingCoach: The complete digital marketing application for small businesses

Johannes Emigholz
COO & Co-Founder of Silexica
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About Silexica: Silexica provides software development solutions that take intelligent products such as autonomous cars from concept to deployment.
Uwe Freese
Co-Founder and COO of MEDULIFE
Studied print and media technology with a focus on economic science at the University of Wuppertal, graduating in engineering. Early in his career he worked at o.tel.o, where he was involved in the company’s rebranding. In a previous role he worked as the COO of the digital agency of the Havas Group in Germany. In this role he chiefly supported technology companies such as SAP, Sybase and also Tele2. In 2013, along with Adam Dreessen and Jan Steinbach, he set up Xengoo Consulting GmbH. This consultancy supports large and medium-sized companies during the digital transformation of their marketing operations. In 2013, with Jan Steinbach, Adam Dreessen and Rüdiger Möller, he founded Juptr GmbH, which provided the technology to the medulife joint venture.
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About MEDULIFE: MEDULIFE develops and operate highly scalable disease management software based on current medical and technical expertise.