Heidi Kiener-Strub is the Co-Founder of ARTregards. She has a BA degree in Business Administration and was working with several renowned companies. She was always very interested in art and is an enthusiastic visitor of galleries, museums and exhibitions of contemporary art. She collects selected pieces of art. The idea to combine creative communication with contemporary art was born out of a personal need to be able to send beautiful e-art cards to friends and to explore contemporary art easily from the internet with the intrinsic personal value to share discoveries with friends. "Making contemporary art an element of the social media ecology opens thrilling new communication forms for artists and Art Ambassadors".
Martin Kaufmann is a Co-Founder of ARTregards and Senior Advisor to the team. He is an MSc Eng / Analyst INSEAD and works as a member of the management team of an HR consulting company, management coach and start-up advisor. Previously he worked in large and renowned global consultancy firms as Partner and SVP. He supports the ARTregards team in a broad range of themes. "Communication is a central human need. Combining this with art is such a great idea and when asked to support this, I joined the enthusiastic and dedicated team right away. Response of artists, curators and potential users shows that we go the right direction".
Florian Menevis is responsible for technology and design at ARTregards. He is a recognized consumer web expert and has contributed to startups like OpenPhoto, Gebongt.de and many others. As a freelance art director, musician and creative mastermind, Florian contributes to a creative and inventive atmosphere at ARTregards. "Art will be the next great frontier in the internet, new ground that awaits discovery and exploration, also within the context of conflicting priorities between new technologies and art".