Thomas Pöhler

Thomas Pöhler is an experienced IT executive currently serving as Chief Information Officer at gridscale GmbH since September 2024. Prior to this role, Thomas held the position of Senior Vice President IT at ESL FACEIT Group from September 2022 to September 2024, where Thomas developed a centralized global shared service center for Business Technology and worked on enhancing IT maturity across the organization. Thomas also served as Senior Vice President IT at ESL Gaming between June 2018 and September 2022, focusing on IT strategy and maturity across software and personnel. Thomas's extensive experience at ESL and its predecessor, Turtle Entertainment, spans multiple leadership roles from Vice President to IT Operations Manager. Additionally, Thomas founded a social network startup, whee.de, in 2005, which peaked at 25k monthly active users. Early career experience includes positions as a System Engineer at Bechtle and IT support roles at Finanz Informatik GmbH & Co KG. Thomas holds a degree in IT Specialist - Systemintegration from Bechtle GmbH & Co. KG.