Tim Straub currently serves as an IT Business Architect at VNG Handel & Vertrieb GmbH since August 2024. Previously, Tim worked as a Business Analyst at SCHUMANN from November 2022 to June 2024 and held two roles at Versicherungsforen Leipzig GmbH between October 2020 and August 2022, focusing on digitalization and innovation as well as risk and capital investment management. Earlier experience includes a position as a working student in the Krones Innovation Lab and an internship in M&A and market research at CLEVIS Research GmbH. Tim's career began at Texas Instruments as a working student. Tim holds a Master’s degree in Wirtschaftsinformatik from Leipzig University, completed a Masterarbeit at Business Engineering Institute St. Gallen AG, participated in the DeFi Talents Program at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, and earned a Bachelor's degree in Betriebswirtschaft with a focus on Finance from Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg. An exchange semester was completed at Soongsil University in 2017.