Kian Gould

Kian Gould is the CEO and Founder of AOE, and one of the leading global omnichannel e-commerce and digital transformation experts within the Open Source space. He is a regular speaker at many global conferences, and a well-known expert in airport digitalization. For the past 15 years, his company AOE has assisted Fortune 1000 companies with their Digital Transformation and Omnichannel e-commerce strategies. 

AOE and its global team of over 250 people in 5 countries is a leading provider for Digital Transformation and Omnichannel e-commerce implementations based on Enterprise Open Source technologies. It has established a reputation as a leading provider for airport e-commerce solutions, and is responsible for the world's leading Omnichannel Travel e-commerce platform at Frankfurt Airport. 

With its headquarters in Frankfurt and offices in San Francisco, Zurich, Dubai and Hong Kong, AOE has handled hundreds of implementations for major global corporations, including Frankfurt Airport, Lufthansa, Cisco Systems, Deutsche Telekom, Bosch, Sony and Commerzbank.