# Christian Klass (@christianklass.eurosky.social)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/christianklass.eurosky.social
Headline: Product Manager 3DMark, UL Futuremark

## About

Welcome to my LinkedIn profile. I bring two decades of editorial work, managing teams, and successfully launching websites and software products. As the Co-Founder and former Editor-in-Chief of Golem.de, I published thousands of tech articles on Golem.de, Zeit Online, Handelsblatt.com, and other media outlets. My knowledge in product management, public relations, marketing, and sales comes bundled with an energetic and friendly character.

## Career

- **Product Manager 3DMark at UL** (Jun 2023 - Present)
  Espoo, Uusimaa
  I joined UL Futuremark as the new Product Manager for the cross platform gaming system benchmark 3DMark.
- **Head of Tech Consulting & Development at Ranieri Agency Deutschland** (Mar 2022 - May 2023)
  At Ranieri Agency Germany, I was responsible for Business Development and served as a strategic consultant for customers from tech and gaming industries. I worked with a talented team of communications experts; together we won new customers and helped them grow their business.
- **Editor-in-Chief at Bleibim.Haus** (Mar 2020 - Dec 2020)
  I was Editor-in-Chief of a voluntary web-site called Bleibim.Haus (translation: Stay at home) helping people and companies to make the best of working at home during the pandemic. We explained why and how working remotely can be productive during and after the pandemic.
- **Head of Benchmarks at Basemark** (Jan 2019 - Nov 2019)
  Helsinki Area, FI
  I was the manager of Basemark's benchmarking-software division. It envisions, designs and develops software-products for performance analysis of hardware ranging from GPUs to Automotive SoCs.
- **Head of Content / Chefredakteur AndroidPit.de at Fonpit AG (ANDROIDPIT / APP MEDIA)** (Sep 2015 - Mar 2016)
  Berlin, DE
  I was hired to raise the quality and reach of the German version of multi-lingual mobile-device-publication AndroidPIT. I worked together with a team of Editor-in-Chief's from other regions from around the world, which was a great experience. AndroidPIT today is called Nextpit.
- **Editor-in-Chief / Managing Director at Golem Media GmbH** (Jan 1997 - Aug 2013)
  Berlin Area, DE
  Jens Ihlenfeld and me founded Golem.de in 1997, back then it was called Golem Network News (GNN). With a great and growing team we developed it into one of Germany's top 3 most influential online tech publications. I was General Manager and Editor-in-Chief of the company. I presented the company on stage, in Radio stations and in TV stations. In 2013 I decided to leave the company. It was an incredible experience and it's great to see that Golem.de still is thriving and gaining further reach.
- **Shop Assistant (Computer Store) at JE Computer** (1993 - 1994)
  During my time as a student I jobbed at computer store JE Computer in Berlin. Not sure about the years. But it was an important time for me as I learned a lot from Jens Enders and the team. About building desktop-pc's, about customer support and about many other things that were very handy for my future jobs.

## Projects

- **3DMark Solar Bay Extreme** (Aug 2025)
  Heavier successor of the mobile focussed ray tracing benchmark Solar Bay Extreme. Runs on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Linux. Have been part of the whole process, from planning, development, preview for press  at Mobile World Congress 2025, and then the launch.
- **More 3DMark for PC Building Simulator 2** (Jul 2025)
  We’ve partnered with SpiralHouse again to add 3DMark Speed Way data to PC Building Simulator
  \2. Players now get accurate 3DMark Speed Way results on the PCs they build in-game. And now there are also 3DMark-themed models, mouse-mats and more for the players to unlock and use them to decorate their workshop.
- **3DMark for macOS (Steam version)** (Jan 2024 - Jun 2025)
  Native Mac version of 3DMark. I was part of the concept, planning, development phase, organizing press preview and the actual public release.
- **NVIDIA DLSS feature test** (Jan 2025)
  Feature test update adding DLSS4 upscaling and multi frame generation. Planning, development, release.
- **3DMark DirectStorage feature test** (Jun 2023 - Dec 2024)
  Feature test for the Windows 10/11 DirectStorage function that reduces the overhead when loading game data. I was part of the planning, development, release process.
- **3DMark Steel Nomad and Steel Nomad Light** (Jun 2023 - May 2024)
  A very demanding cross-platform rasterized 3D game graphics benchmark with two variants:
  \- Steel Nomad for Windows-PCs or Macs with very fast GPUs (Windows, macOS, Linux)
  \- Steel Nomad Light for laptops, game handhelds, tablets and smartphones (Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux).
- **Solar Bay** (Jun 2023 - Aug 2023)
  Mobile focussed ray-tracing benchmark for Android, iOS, mac, Windows, Linux. I joined during the Beta.
- **Starlancer - member of German translation team** — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlancer (1999)
  I was helping with the German translation of Microsoft`s space flight game Starlancer. A colleague and me translated a spreadsheat full of English sentences into German. I think it happened back in the years 1999/2000. The game was published in 2000.

## Publications

- All of my Golem-articles — Golem.de (Dec 2013) http://www.golem.de/specials/autor-christian-klass/
- Schatten in den Hügeln — Games-In & Welt der Spiele (1994) http://www.drosi.de/archont/buy/id649944448
- Personal Photography https://www.eyeem.com/u/herrklass
- Hypes Are Us - my blog articles — Hypes Are Us/Wildcard Communications https://hypesrus.com/author/christian/
- SocialThings.de - I blogged for Ranieri Agency's PR blog — Ranieri Agency Germany https://socialthings.de/3dmark-speed-way-neuer-raytracing-benchmark/

## Skills

### Business
- Business Development
- Consulting
- Content Strategy
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Management
- Online Marketing
- Product Management
- Public Relations
- Social Media
- Social Media Marketing
### Interpersonal
- English
- German
- Teamwork
### Other
- Automobilindustrie
- Business English
- Chefredaktion
- Computer Games
- Content-Strategie
- Cross-platform Development
- Digital Media
- Digitale Fotografie
- Digitale Medien
- Digitales Marketing
- Editorial Product Development
- Emotionale Intelligenz
- Fotografie
- Gaming
- Geschäftsführung
- Journalism
- Journalismus
- Kreativ
- Marketingkommunikation
- Media Relations
- Neue Medien
- New Media
- Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
- Online Advertising
- Online Gaming
- Online Journalism
- Online Publishing
- Online-Journalismus
- Online-Marketing
- Onlinewerbung
- Partnerships
- Press Relations
- Pressearbeit
- Product Launch
- Project Management
- Projektmanagement
- Recherche
- Software Distribution
- Soziale Medien
- Strategic Partnerships
- Teamentwicklung
- Teamführung
- Teamleitung
- Unternehmensführung
- Unternehmenskommunikation
- Videospiele

## Credentials

- Product Management First Steps — LinkedIn (Jun 2026) https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/5b5b35eec22fb0498ce0aab688a6c2acaf056486661ddf3fe0eab187e8221a12
- Trello Grundkurs — LinkedIn (May 2023) https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/aab659f38bf888d406c77577b5412b63ca1296c4a5c4a7aee1d15615e62cc9c1
- Agile Foundations — LinkedIn (May 2023) https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/2fa642ccb6a35c90ebfe010bbdd87227f81f35450869493ae7216be97c20e8b2
- Scrum: The Basics — LinkedIn (May 2023) https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/28607f9bcfec20ed1f4619adefd8ad8c0f411be12e032ab4bfd5c87c554277ad
- Project Management Skills for Leaders — LinkedIn (May 2023) https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/c9cda58ce30f340415077f836b536522ef97e2b70723f80ea828daab86e7924a
- Project Management Foundations — LinkedIn (Apr 2023) https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/35d971409f0570cc60add00b8580163e1549c40422b54d172d5e76f61b463e35
- Kanban – Grundlagen — LinkedIn (Apr 2023) https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/74d96304b612815308fac4274e62d625defe071a91d7e15740fad6cbb458d136

## Education

- **Freie Universität Berlin**
  Activities & Societies: Studentensprecher
- **Martin Buber Oberschule** — High-school diploma (1987 - 1991)
  Secondary school in Berlin, Spandau.

## Languages

- Deutsch (native)
- Englisch (full professional)
- Finnisch (elementary)
- Französisch (elementary)
- Spanisch (elementary)

## Links

- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianklass