Rainer Straeter has over 25 years of experience in the cloud and hosting industry, focusing on the development of digital and data ecosystems. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Dortmund and the Grand École ISEN in Lille. He then started his career in software development and represented his companies in standardization bodies such as ETSI.org. Before joining IONOS in 2012, Rainer Straeter held positions at Web.de, Fasthosts (UK), Arsys (Spain) and 1&1.