Christian Pirkner is a start-up entrepreneur and currently Chief Executive Officer of Blue Code International AG. Bluecode is a highly disruptive, award-winning mobile payment solution that connects European banks and merchants. Before founding Bluecode, Christian Pirkner lived in Silicon Valley, where he led his two previous startups to successful exits. His companies were responsible for groundbreaking innovations in digital media recognition, music playlists and video distribution for clients such as Microsoft, Apple, Sony, Shazam and Netflix. Christian also holds a PhD in Finance from the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) and New York University.