Konzept PR GmbH

KONZEPT PR GmbH – your Agency for the Information Age - was founded in 1989 and is situated in Augsburg, close to German High-Tech Centres and leading IT Media. Additionally, we are maintaining an office in the capital of Germany, Berlin.

Since our customers are operating internationally, Konzept PR and its sister agency KPR Global Communications realise pan-European PR concepts and offer professional support via a network of offices - UK, France, Italy - and affiliates in most European countries, e.g. Denmark, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Spain, Czech Republic and Hungary.

Founders and Managing Directors of the agency are H.-Juergen Gocke and Thomas K.J. Kraus. Both combine great journalistic expertise and many years of experience in Marketing and PR – especially in the field of High Technology Industries.

Management Team

	H.-Juergen Gocke has been working as editor in chief for several special interest magazines, amongst others, he worked for Germany’s first professional IT Magazine Online. From 1985 to 1987, he held the position of the German Press Relations Officer for the Scandinavian IT Company Ericsson and was responsible for their media communication. Until 1989 he was in charge of the communication policy of Comparex AG (Mannheim) as Director of Public Relations.
	Thomas K.J. Kraus, M.A., has been working as a journalist for daily and weekly newspapers and as leading editor and chief editor for renowned technical business magazines. He is co-founder of KPR Global Communications Ltd. As a university lecturer, he imparts knowledge on the basics of communication science and strategic Public Relations work.
	Michael Baumann, M.A., Assistant Managing Director of Konzept PR and co-founder of KPR Global Communications Ltd., is mainly responsible for developing and maintaining the agency’s international business. Prior to this position, he led several key account teams and developed numerous PR campaigns for international customers. Before joining Konzept PR in 2000, Michael worked as a journalist for weekly newspapers and special interest publications.
	Dieter Rieken has been working as a freelance journalist and editor since 1990, and was responsible for public relations and event management of several international festivals and conventions. He started working for Konzept PR in 1998. Today, as the agency’s PR Director and Company Officer, Dieter is in charge of PR activities for several national and pan-European corporate clients. He holds a University degree in German Studies.