Founder, initiator and doer.

Christoph van Lueck is the face of ECHO eG as Chairman of the Board.

With his pragmatic approaches, he is the driving force in the group of companies.

His many years of experience, both from the manufacturer side and from distribution, pave the way for the success of ECHO eG and its partner and subsidiary companies.

Networker, developer and visionary.

Vito Critti is a leader with international flair and cross-border networking. As a result, he brings a lot of experience and knowledge from contact with various stakeholders in adjacent markets to ECHO eG. This helps the organization to have a clear vision of the needs of its members today and in the future.

Gerd J. Simon has been an independent strategy and management consultant since 2007, based in the Rhine-Main area. His focus as a Wirtschaftsingenieur focuses on advising investors in the TMT market, in particular in the areas of real estate transaction management in the data center market as well as M&A in th Cloud and Managed Service Provider Market. Prior to that, he held various management positions at European ICT and high-tech companies as an internet veteran, business angel and mentor. As co-founder and managing director of Interxion in the late 1990s, he was responsible for the first phase of development into Germany's leading Internet hub. Since then, he has also actively supported the development of DE-CIX into the world's leading Internet exchange node.

Werner Nieberle is the founder and publisher of IT-BUSINESS and nine other IT media. As Managing Director of Vogel IT-Medien, he is also responsible for a number of IT congresses and awards, including the Service Provider Summit, the annual meeting of hosters and managed service providers in Frankfurt.

Peter Hartl, is the founder of the Hartl Group. Located in Hofkirchen, Lower Bavaria, the HARTL GROUP has developed into one of Germany's leading IT service providers and created a modern data center network. With experience and know-how, the Hartl Group has been serving customers throughout Europe since 1992 and works together with well-known and global manufacturer and system house partners.