Oliver Thylmann

Oliver Thylmann is the Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Giant Swarm, a managed cloud-native infrastructure provider based in Cologne, Germany. Prior to his current role, he founded the advertising technology platform adcloud in 2007, scaling the business across European markets before its acquisition by the logistics corporation Deutsche Post DHL in 2011. Throughout his entrepreneurial career, he also co-founded Ormigo, a local lead generation service, and served as a partner at the early-stage investment firm Conomi, where he advised emerging technology startups. Since launching Giant Swarm in 2014, Thylmann has directed the company's strategic expansion in the enterprise Kubernetes ecosystem, helping secure over $20 million in venture funding to support global operations. His professional background centers on building B2B technology ventures, with a current focus on open-source cloud infrastructure and enterprise software solutions.