Michael Merz is founder / managing director of PONTON. He has demonstrated his expertise in several projects related to energy trading, grid operation, market platforms and post-deal processing. At PONTON, he has been involved in the development of clearing and settlement systems (SMSS, Equias eSM), transaction reporting services (Equias eRR), infrastructures for energy trading (Enerchain, etc.), and grid management (EDA, Gridchain). Michael has also contributed to innovation projects in energy trading such as NEW 4.0, ETIBLOGG and EDDIE. He is author of several books, the most recent is titled "Blockchain for B2B Integration".