Speed Kit
Stephanie Knapp started their work experience as a Werkstudent at Frontline Music Distribution GmbH in 1995 and continued until 2002. From 2002 to 2011, they worked at Frontline GmbH as Ltg Direktmarketing, Marketing Manager, Personalreferentin, and Ltg Head Office. From 2012 to 2019, they worked at ORENDT STUDIOS GmbH as Senior HR Manager and Referentin Organisation & Personal. In 2019, they took a sabbatical until 2020. Currently, they are working as a Business Development Manager at Baqend starting from October 2020.
Stephanie Knapp holds a Magistra Artium degree in English Literature and Cultural Studies from Leibniz Universität Hannover. Additionally, they have obtained a certification in "Ausbildereignung (gem. AEVO) und Ausbildertätigkeit für Kaufleute für Büromanagement" from Handelskammer Hamburg. Stephanie also holds a Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English from the University of Cambridge and has completed a course in "Communicating Effectively in English" at The London School of English. Furthermore, they have completed a basic course in Spanish at don Quijote - Spanish Language Learning.
Speed Kit
Baqend develops Speed Kit, a SaaS plugin solution to accelerate e-commerce websites by more than 50% within 2 days. Baqend is a research spin-off from the University of Hamburg on the mission of building a web without loading times. The founders pioneered a novel approach to speed up the delivery of dynamic data. Speed Kit bundles years of thisresearch in a plugin for large-scale e-commerce and brand websites, that is easily implemented by just a line of JavaScript code.Today, some of the leading European e-commerce players like Decathlon, Galeria, and BMW already rely on Speed Kit to improve their conversion rates, user experience, and SEO ranking. Since the product’s speed uplift is cleanly proven by statistically sound A/B-tests, Baqend is one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in Germany.