Personnel Ticker: GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke resigns – and starts a new company

The Gründerszene personnel ticker brings you daily the most important leadership changes and departures in the German startup scene.

The Gründerszene HR Ticker provides you with daily updates on the most important leadership changes and personnel decisions from the startup world in Germany. From CEO changes to founding teams to high-profile departures: everything you need to know at a glance.

August 12

That's it! GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke is stepping down after almost four years. He wants to found his own startup again, he writes on LinkedIn. Previously, as a Microsoft manager, he led the development of mobile developer tools and helped prepare the acquisition of GitHub.

Ciao for now: Kevin Gruber is taking over the CEO position at the Austrian tax start-up Taxefy , supported by Oliver Würtenberger as CFO – the founder and previous CEO Aleksej Sinicyn will remain on board as a shareholder.