Ioana Blaut started her career as journalist and continued to grow in various editorial and business roles in the media sector. She later founded a magazine and served as CEO and Chief Editor. Before taking up the Director of Business Development and Sales role at Ringier Axel Springer, for the Ring Publishing platform, she worked in the IT sector for companies such as Oracle, in sales management and marketing roles. With her customer-centered sales vision, she is building growth opportunities worldwide for the innovative all-in Cloud Solution, Ring Publishing.

Passioned about technology innovations but at the same time anthropology, Ioana enjoys following emerging technologies and the impact of it on society. Ioana holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy-Anthropology and an MBA degree from Hamburg School of Business Administration. She lives in Hamburg, Germany.