Our Core Team
The World Innovations Forum team is comprised of innovative ad entrepreneurial people bringing innovative minds together. We believe in the importance of innovation as a key factor to advance humanity. From our Founding Members to our Core Team we bring a wide range of expertise that will shape the future of this foundation.
Want to join?
We have a simple and clear vision, amplifying innovation for the benefit of advancing humanity. And we have an equally simple mission, “Creating a global space for innovative minds to connect, exchange and have a voice”. If you want to make an impact, consider one of our open positions.
WIForum Dream Team
Bruno Imhof
CEO & Founding Member
Professional Engagement
Managing Director – Program Leader Zentralschweiz Innovativ – Central Switzerland Innovation
Prof. Dr. Matthes Fleck
Advisory Board & Founding Member
Professional Engagement
Professor for entrepreneurship at University of Applied Science & Art, in Lucerne, Switzerland (HSLU). He is a Mentor and Instructor for the Growth Accelerator program
Duc Viet Nguyen
Advisory Board & Founding Member
Professional Engagement
Duc Viet Nguyen is cp-founder and President from the Innovations Capital Management Group in Vietnam and instrumental in developing the WIForum’s ICN Program.
Axel Schultze
Co-Founder & Chairman
CEO BlueCallom Corporation, Co-founder of the Society3 Accelerator (San Francisco) , founder and CEO of Silicon Valley based BlueRoads, the most successful Channel Management software as a service, founder and CEO of Infinigate, one of the world’s largest Cyber Security provider, Founder and Chairman of Webstock, the world’s first digital stock exchange, and founder and CEO of Computer 2000, today after many mergers and acquisitions the worlds largest high tech distributor with over $60 Billion in revenue.
Marita Schultze
Co-Founder & Chairwoman
Co-Founder and COO of BlueCallom. Co-Founder and chairwoman World Innovations Forum, she was also a co-founder of the Society3 Accelerator (San Francisco) and before that cofounder of Silicon Valley based BlueRoads, co-founder and investor relations manager at Infinigate AG. Her career included capital raising for a hotel project as well as various sales, marketing and operations roles in the Hotel, Travel & Tourism industry in Europe.
Jan Roebkes
Community Manager
Jan is Innovation Success Manager at BlueCallom and volunteers to manage the community system and members at the World Innovations Forum.
Tanja Sopcic
Office Manager
She is the first go-to-point for most initial contacts and coordinates inquires within the organization and our teams in the field.
Douglas MacKevett
Founding Member
He is managing the communication strategy and production. His professional engagement is with HSLU Lucerne as Head of MScBA Online Business and Marketing, Coordinator of Online Learning Initiatives, Lecturer in Professional Communication.