Marek is the Head of New Ventures at KPMG Baltics. He has an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Technology Management and he is a lecturer of business model design at Tallinn University. Marek has worked with hundreds of early-stage startups and co-founded several startup ecosystem events and formats in Estonia (STARTER, Startup Speed Dating Night, Creative Hack). He was the Head of Startup Incubator at Tallinn Science Park Tehnopol and he founded an online news channel for ICT executives in Estonia (www.ituudised.ee) in cooperation with Bonnier Group (AS Äripäev). Marek specializes in strategic partnerships, marketing strategy and business model design. His research interests include behavioral economics, system entrepreneurship and open innovation.