Philip Zirfaß

I've been to more festivals as a guest than I can count. At some point, I started getting curious about what happens behind the scenes: accreditation, crew scheduling, entry management, settlements. Today, that's exactly my job.

As COO at Univelop, a tech startup building no-code and AI-powered business apps, I'm responsible for our project business and the automation of internal processes. A big part of that: festivals & events.

At first glance, they're a world of their own. At second glance, they face the same operational questions as any other company. With one crucial difference: when the software fails, 50,000 people notice immediately.