Wilfried Schaffner is nearmap.com's VP of Engineering. He is an experienced IT manager with substantial academic and professional knowledge in building successful products in the online and mobile space. His outstanding experience within digital marketing and social media networks, as well as his technical understanding of building high transactional scalable web solutions, made him a valuable asset at various successful start-ups.   

Wilfried has built technology teams across the Australian, European  and US markets, most recently with Mobile Messenger in Los Angeles, USA, as Director  of Product Management. Mobile Messenger is a leading mobile solutions provider enabling mobile entertainment, mobile marketing and mobile billing. In his role he managed all product lines of the entire global business of Mobile Messenger, which were generating annual revenue of over $600 Million.

Prior to Mobile Messenger Wilfried was CTO at Truck24 in Germany  (2000-2006), a successful startup building one of Europe’s first profitable mobile  service. The solution was an online SaaS based truck localization and positioning system based on mobile devices and GPS positioning.   

Wilfried has a proven track record of building successful IT teams, processes and business structures for companies in the online and mobile industry. He is an effective and transparent leader with special skills in being a bridge between business and technical people.