Arben is CEO of Kontur, the technology provider for Beacon. Arben has decades of experience in raising situational awareness in critical events and was taking part in multiple projects together with the Pacific Disaster Center.
Arben has also served as the CTO or Senior VP of Engineering for several companies, including the App first location-mapping company EchoEcho, crowdsourced disaster management app UBAlert, Paradise Television and Enco Logistics. He is an experienced venture investor, as an angel, as an Operating Partner, and as Founder and General Partner.
Arben received a B.S. in Logistics from Berufsakademie Stuttgart and a B.S. in Computer Science from Fachhochschule Darmstadt. He holds four US patents in interactive video viewing and media data processing.