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SK Gaming is an international multi-gaming organisation, gathering together not only the top players of each gaming discipline but also nurturing upcoming talent and making them the stars of today. SK Gaming was founded in 1997 under the name 'Schroet Kommando' in Oberhausen, Germany.

Today, with offices in Cologne, Germany and Stockholm, Sweden and a professional and innovative employee structure, SK Gaming has become a medium-sized business. Business areas include the management of professional esports players, online community, sales of fan merchandise, and promotional events all over the world. More than 50 of today's top professional eSports gamers are with SK Gaming and the basis of the clan's success.

SK has grown from esport clan into a professional business. The people behind the SK Gaming brand have all one thing in common: they share a huge passion for esports, the desire to be the best at all times and the will and ambition to work at it every day.

Managing director

Alexander 'TheSlasH' Muller

Managing Director

Alexander T. Müller, Managing Director, has been working with SK Gaming since 2000 and has been responsible for the administration of the company, marketing, sales and PR, as well as player management. In this position, he has for example broadened the portfolio of sponsors and won sponsorships with major brands outside the IT industry.

"It is amazing to see our hard work payed off and how this gaming project turned into a serious company employing some of the finest people in the gaming industry. And yet the passion for the game is at the core of everything we do."

Alongside his involvement in SK Gaming, Alexander co-founded Turtle Entertainment, which has grown to become one of the leading esports companies worldwide today. He built the marketing, sales and PR structure of the company and has been responsible for the development of leading products. To this day, he is one of the five shareholders of Turtle Entertainment.

Alexander graduated from the University of Cologne, Germany, in Economics. He is married and father to two children.

Middle management

Min Sik 'Reis' Ko

Player Management & Marketing Manager

Min Sik joined SK Gaming from World Elite in 2007 to manage the SK Gaming Warcraft3 team and is one of the most respected managers in the scene ever since. Besides managing the Korean relationships SK Gaming is having, he worked his way into Marketing where he is responsible for some of SKs partners.

Robert 'JFK' Lacroix

Technical Director

Robert is the man responsible for the lightning speed of the SK webpage as he deals primarily with all the SK Gaming servers. His position is an important one as the SK homepage is a pivotal part of the organisation's success and his knowledge and experience is an invaluable asset.

Peter 'kravitz' Krawietz

Developer

Peter has been part of SK for a long time helping out with various tasks including coding, dealing with the old SK insider as well as more recently managing the SK FIFA squad. In 2009 Peter will once change his role within the organisation, this time developing insider products.

Bernhard 'kllb' Schindlbeck

Finances

Bernhard joined SK in 2006 as Executive Assistant. In 2007 he switched roles to become the Financial Manager. Since then Bernhard has dealt with the day to day running of the SK Gaming finances. Today he is responsible for both the Finance and the Controlling department.

Jens 'Lenni' Wundenberg

Marketing Manager

Starting in 2007, Jens has been working in different areas of the company. Nowadays he is one of our Marketing Managers working with our key partners. He is also responsible for the social media strategy of the company.

Aiko 'SirRam' Leubner

Team & Player Management

Aiko joined SK Gaming with the merger of EvilAxis into SK Gaming in December 2008. He always worked in the background and helped out wherever he could. His support towards projects such as the SK Gaming Console Booth at the GamesCom trade fairs defines Aikos management skills. Since December 2011 he joined Head of Team and Player Management.

Editors

Duncan 'Thorin' Shields

Editor in Chief

Thorin was known earlier in his career for his event coverage but has since made interviewing his forte. He has worked with the successful subscription gaming sites Gamers.nu and ESEA, in Sweden and the USA respectively, as well as the community site WinOut. With the better part of a decade immersed in the world of Counter-Strike and a collection of Quake knowledge coming from a hardcore love of the game Thorin now heads up SK-gaming's web crew as the Editor-In-Chief.

Taylor 'hydrolis' McLinden

Counter-Strike

hydrolis was involved with CheckSix Gaming from 2005 onwards, also working for X3O Gaming for around 8 months in 2008. His games of choice to write about are CS, WoW, Quake, CoD and Halo. He currently occupies the position of being SK's eyes and ears in the North American Counter-Strike community.

Stuart 'SwitchbacK' Macdonald

Console, Counter-Strike and QL

With work at Decerto and for the CSL SwitchbacK has established himself as one of the best console gaming writers. His work within the field even extends to consulting for Imagine publishing and writing for the top UK team, Dignitas. After joining SK to deliver console gaming coverage he has successfully branched out into Counter-Strike and QuakeLive also, having followed both for around two years. SwitchbacK's speed is second to none.

Mario 'Kolapz' Madjer

Heroes of Newerth

Kolapz's start in esports journalism began only a short time ago with posts on his blog in April of 2010. His HoNicle attracted attention from the community and soon he was a featured writer for honcast and shortly after that mymym. Kolapz now delivers the SK Gaming community all the HoN news and analysis it could ask for.

Patrick 'Pad' Strack

Console

In spring 2011, Patrick was picked up to extend the console editorial staff. His main focus is the coverage of all consoles specific themes. He.s completing a grammar school education in media design and works hard to show his acquire skills for SK Gaming and the console scene.

Console

Daniel 'Alcoholic' Luck

Head of Console

Similar to Bragiera, Daniel was once playing for the EvilAxis lineups. Daniel decided to cut back the time he invested in playing games and started to study Engineering. To not lose his roots to the gaming scene, Daniel is managing all stuff related to the SK Gaming Console-Teams, like the GamesCom trade fairs and Community Tournaments. He is also looking out for ways to expand competitive console Gaming for SK Gaming.

Daniel 'Bragiera' Bragiel

Team Manager / Graphics

Bragiera came from a hardcore gaming background and used to play for the active lineups at EvilAxis. Beeing a lawyer and having a wife and kids pressured Daniel to aim lower in terms of professional console gaming and dedicated his time towards the SK Gaming console management. Today he manages all console Sports-Teams as well as helping out as a Graphic-Designer and Video-Editor. Daniel is also always scouting potential new players for SK Gaming .

Brian 'qntm' Kraemer

Team Manager

Brian joined SK early 2011 with as the Team Manager of the newly acquired Call of Duty Team. He managed everything for his team, while still playing as a backup player. His goals are to help advance console eSport. At SK, Brian is nowadays a constant member of SK Console, including his team managing and administrative skills.

About

SK Gaming oHG
Loewengasse 1
50676 Cologne
Germany

Phone:. +49 221 29 21 0551
Fax: +49 221 29 20 5746

Register Court: Local Court Cologne, Germany, HRB A 26185
Managing Director: Alexander T. Muller
International VAT number: DE 2393 90743
Mail: info(at)sk-gaming.com

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