Axel Tillmann brings close to three decades of leadership experience to the project, having directed numerous startups to & through successful exits, gaining a wealth of experience dealing with publicly held firms. Known as a serial entrepreneur, he is a well-known, well-connected expert involving start-ups/early-stage, establishing international companies in the US, Entrepreneurship, Going-To-Market Strategy, Sales Leadership, Fundraising & Board of Directors.

In the last 12 years, Mr. Tillmann consulted with over 250s of firms from a wide range of technology & industry verticals (Communications, Internet Security, IoT, Travel Industry, Life Sciences, Renewable Energy & Green Technologies). As result of his work  within and outside of Pitch Global companies have gone on to raise more than $1 Billion.

Prior to Alpha Consult, Mr. Tillmann held positions with RVC-USA (US Arm of a $1B Fund of Funds), a Going-To-Market strategy firm for foreign companies that wanted to enter the US market, Clean-Energy-Consulting (among many projects lead a team of German Energy developers to work on 300 MW wind power projects in NH, cooperating with the then Governor), Arcsight (acquired by HP), Azure Technologies (acquired by GN), ENIRA Technology (acquired by ArcSight) & GBS Laboratories. In 1998 he founded NOVILIT, Inc., a firm specializing in EDA products & communications protocols. At NOVILIT, Mr. Tillmann oversaw & successfully ran the funding, market strategy, all product development + R&D for the firm. Mr. Tillmann is also a sought-after judge and mentor in the Silicon Valley scene, and his recent successes included that coached companies won top spots in startup competitions as well as received the desired funding.

An accomplished speaker & author, well known for his technical expertise, Mr. Tillmann advises numerous industry organizations & served as Chairman of the Board of Alion Energy, Chairman of the Board of Appnow, Past Member of the BoD of SMI (before 2016’s M&A- $300M to Intel) and is in the BoA of more than 10 other companies. He holds degrees a BS in EE from the University of Wuppertal in Germany and a BS in BA from Luebeck.

But Mr. Tillmann’s career has always been intersected with the various sectors of the arts.  In his teens he was an avid painter winning Awards. He  also managed several Rock bands among them was Accept a well known German Heavy Metal band, and in his twenties he climbed out of his hobby to become a professionally trained Chef – just to use his skill to server family and friends, with no commercial foray.  In the recent years if is a partner in the Film Production Company “Nine Cats Productions”, develops an Actors going-to-makret strategy program, developed an unscripted TV show, that combines his Venture Capital experience with the world of a competitive Reality TV show.  And of course one of his passions is also with int the Fine Art World.

Affiliations: Pitch Global, Pitch Force, Alpha Consult, Nine Cats Productions, Always In the Club Foundation (Mickey Mouse Club), and also serves on several boards.