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Head of Partnerships and Ecosystem, remote across Europe

I am Michael Wutzke from Frankfurt. At a Frankfurt fintech I helped build communities around smart contracts and market data as a Chainlink supporter, onboarded the cooperation partners that came with institutional customers, and created the legal framework of a partner program. I take on permanent positions as Head of Partnerships and Ecosystem, remote for the most part, with on-site days in Frankfurt Rhine-Main. Book a 30-minute video call. We look at your task, and you find out whether I can help.

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Michael Wutzke, Head of Partnerships and Ecosystem in Europe

What I bring to your partner ecosystem

  • Ecosystem experience

    I design partner programs and events and challenge partnerships that exist only on a slide. My work served professionals from banking, blockchain and regulation who did not know where to find the right partner.

  • Community

    Finance Loop, which I co-founded, grew out of the Frankfurt Blockchain Meetup. It has more than 4,000 members and has worked with Frankfurt Main Finance, Chainlink and OKX Institutional.

  • Chainlink panel

    In April 2024 I organized a Chainlink panel in Frankfurt as pre-event to the Crypto Assets Conference. Chainlink was the oracle network whose node operator I worked for.

  • Committee seat

    On the Product Advisory Committee of the Digital Token Identifier Foundation, my part is to bring its identifiers to companies in Germany and other countries through my network.

  • Conferences

    I have attended more than 250 blockchain events, SmartCon in New York City and Paris Blockchain Week among them. I work remote from Frankfurt and travel to them.

  • Contracts as managing director

    As managing director of a venture-funded company I negotiated the contracts myself. A partnership I prepare reaches your management ready for a yes or a no.

What a Head of Partnerships and Ecosystem does

A Head of Partnerships and Ecosystem wins the partners and communities a product depends on and keeps them working with it, from the first contact to a signed agreement and a live integration. Web3 job ads add relationships with validators and infrastructure providers. I did this work from 2022 at a Frankfurt fintech, first as Head of Decentralized Finance and Node Operations, then as Chief Information Officer.

Talks at the Frankfurt Blockchain Meetup, newest first

In spring 2022 I started the Frankfurt Blockchain Meetup together with three colleagues from Frankfurt. Each evening had a partner company on stage. The presenting companies sponsored food and drinks, and TechQuartier gave the space. The table lists the talks that carry a date on this site.

DatePartner on stageTalkMaterial
May 2024MarketVector IndexesCrypto Decoded: How to Diversify Your Crypto PortfolioReport
April 2024ChainlinkNavigating the Future of Finance, pre-event to the Crypto Assets ConferenceReport
December 2022DZ BankBlockchain initiatives and smart derivative contractsSlides
August 2022SOLA-XDeFi 2.0 cross-chain exchangesSlides
May 2022BlockdaemonAccess for institutions to web3 and yieldsSlides

Bitwise Asset Management and CoreLedger spoke in the series as well, on Bitcoin and on the digitization of real-world assets. The series grew into Finance Loop, which held more than 16 events in 2025.

My partnership work, newest first

  • May 2024: expert member of the Product Advisory Committee of the Digital Token Identifier Foundation.
  • 2024: member of the Bitcoin Bundesverband from its founding at the German Parliament in Berlin.
  • 2023: the legal framework of the partner program at a Frankfurt fintech, as Chief Information Officer.
  • 2022: community work around smart contracts and market data as a Chainlink supporter. In September I met business partners and customers at SmartCon 2022 in New York City.

Profile at a glance

RoleHead of Partnerships, Head of Ecosystem, Head of Strategic Partnerships
EngagementPermanent, remote for the most part, on-site days in Frankfurt Rhine-Main; freelance; interim
LocationFrankfurt; remote for companies across Europe
professional networkFinance Loop: more than 4,000 members, more than 16 events in 2025
CommitteesDTIF Product Advisory Committee, Bitcoin Bundesverband, Digital Euro Association
LanguagesGerman, English

Who I am

I am Michael Wutzke. I have worked in IT and media for more than twenty years. I see leaders as networkers: to bring people together, I have to know who has which skills and who works best with whom. I work in German and English, and I write about digital assets for the business magazine Business Punk. I am also interested in open-source AI models that a company runs on its own servers.

How we get in touch

  1. Message or call

    Write to me on LinkedIn or book a 30-minute video call. A few lines on your ecosystem and the partners you want are enough.

  2. Video call

    We talk about your partner program, your community and the engagement: permanent or interim, remote with event days.

  3. Meeting in person

    If your team meets at a conference or in Frankfurt, I join for a day on site.

  4. Documents

    Career stages and the event history are on this site.

Questions companies ask

What is the difference between partnerships and ecosystem?

Partnerships are the agreements with single companies. The ecosystem is everyone who builds on or around the product, from developers and validators to communities, with the partners among them.

How did the Frankfurt meetups grow?

From a first meetup in spring 2022, after a few dozen people had shown interest, to a series at TechQuartier with talks by companies such as DZ Bank and Chainlink. Out of it grew the professional network Finance Loop, which held more than 16 events in 2025.

Have you run a partner program?

Yes, on the legal side: in 2023 I created and updated the framework of a partner program in which partners earn by recommending a company's services to third parties. I also onboarded the cooperation partners that came with institutional customers.

Which engagements do you take on?

I support companies as a freelancer or as a permanent employee. As Head of Partnerships and Ecosystem for companies across Europe I work remote for the most part, with on-site days in Frankfurt Rhine-Main and travel to events. I live in Frankfurt, Germany. Interim engagements are possible as well.

Details on the work behind this page

Your Head of Partnerships and Ecosystem in Europe

I am Michael Wutzke from Frankfurt, and I have put partners from Chainlink to DZ Bank on stage and created the legal framework of a partner program. In a 30-minute video call we talk about your ecosystem and your needs, and you learn whether my experience fits your team.

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