Volker Weisshaar has over 25 years of experience in international legal and compliance work in Europe, Asia, and the US. Most recently as General Counsel and member of the board of directors at Sonos Europe, a global manufacturer of wireless HiFi systems.

He spent most of his career in the high-tech and communication industry, at large public companies as well as at start-ups and scale-ups. From 2002 until 2011 as General Counsel EMEA at NetApp, a global Fortune 500 company, providing data storage and management systems. Prior to NetApp Volker held various legal, management, compliance, and regulatory positions in the telecommunication industry in Europe. Volker holds a law degree from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg, where he specialized in

international and intellectual property law. He is admitted to practice law in Germany.

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