Roland Manger joined Earlybird as a Partner at the end of 1998. He gained entrepreneurial experience when he joined the founder team of Cybernet AG, a provider of Internet and System Integration services which was subsequently listed on NASDAQ and Frankfurt Stock Exchange and later was sold to PSINet and at Ditec AG, where he was Director of Business Development.
Previously he has also worked as a strategy consultant and Principal with Gemini Consulting in the telecom and media industries.
He studied Business, Operations Research and Computer Science at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, graduating with a Dipl. Wi-Ing. (MSc equivalent) degree. Additionally he holds an MBA from Georgetown University in Washington D.C.
Roland serves on the boards of abaXX Technology AG, Esmertec AG, OneShield Inc. and UPEK, Inc.