Bo Maywald

Background

About Bo Maywald

Before working in FinTech, I studied at the Technical University of Munich. I managed my studies in the field of IT & Management while being a pro-athlete in sailing participating in and winning at world-class regattas around the globe in international teams (3x winner of the Rolex Maxi Yacht Cup, the Japan Cup, etc.). I succeed in applying my experience from team sports (16yrs.) and knowledge from research (Master of Science) to recent business challenges. As every project is different, I know that a strategy is as important as the willingness to let it go and to come up with a new one if the conditions have changed but the target hasn't. As a sportsman I like to be challenged, go the extra mile and working with passion. Prior to Payoneer and optile, I have researched the application of big data analysis in the automotive sector, new mobility concepts in smart cities, and the economic use and potential of Micro Satellite Systems. I'm holding a Master of Science in 'Technology & Management' with a focus on entrepreneurship and IT. Within the last two years of my studies I focused primarily on IT, software development and STSS (Science & Technology in Social Societies). Inspired by Sheila Jasanoff, I researched the legal frame work and social impact of Micro Satellites and other technologies on modern societies and economy. I finished my Masters with a thesis about the Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Earth Observation as Part of 'NewSpace' in 2018. After my studies I started working fulltime at optile - a payment technology provider (SAAS). While optile still being a start-up, I built up a team of young professional consultants acting as an interface between the market and various internal departments. My team is responsible for the knowledge transfer into the company but also for the enablement of our global sales organization as well as of enterprise clients to succeed in setting up and improving their payment ecommerce strategies. I led my team while the organization transformed from being a start-up into a public listed corporate after its acquisition by Payoneer - a New York based company. My team takes care that Payoneer's payment processing technology is used in order to achieve the client's business objectives as well as providing input about how to extend its functionality. For scalability as to the ever-growing demand the team's DNA is composed of values like: openness, curiosity, creativity, sustainability through documentation and accuracy.