Leadership Team
CHRISTOF WITTIG, CHIEF HORNET
Christof co-founded Hornet in 2011 when he felt there was a need to give the queer community a better app. He is the CEO of Queer Networks, Inc.
Christof is a serial software entrepreneur and investor, a poor triathlete and happily married for over 20 years to his husband, Juan. Born in Germany, he now lives in San Francisco and frequently travels around the globe.
VICTOR SEVILLA, GROWTH
Victor is the VP of Marketing at Hornet, driving the brand’s vision and growth. With a background at leading companies like Procter & Gamble, Uber, and Tinder (as Regional Marketing Director), he brings deep marketing expertise to the role. Victor also has firsthand category knowledge, having met past partners on Tinder and Badoo.
Born in Spain and based in Berlin, he’s also a 2x Ironman triathlete who brings the same passion for winning to everything he does.
MATT HIRST, TECHNOLOGY
Matt oversees Hornet's strong engineering team, from delivering cutting-edge frontend design to maintaining consistent uptime for servers that process billions of messages, all while keeping user safe from malicious attacks.
Matt came to Hornet from Device Magic and Platform45. He and most of Hornet's engineering team are based in Cape Town, South Africa.
GERRY MONAGHAN, OPERATIONS
Gerry heads up operations, overseeing Hornet's largest team, distributed in dozens of countries around the world. His team nurtures Hornet's fast growing contributor community of LGBTQ influencers, and supports all users around the globe in dozens of languages, with an average response time of less than one hour.
Gerry previously served as a Customs and Immigration Officer at the UK Border Agency. He is based in Las Vegas.
DAMIEN BRENIER, FINANCE
Damien is Hornet's Financial Controller, overseeing accounting, legal and all aspects of Hornet's corporate presence. Since 2020, Damien also oversees brand partnerships.
Damien worked in a similar role at Teamworld, Seagate, LaCie and Sanofi. French-born, he now lives in Hong Kong.
DELFI YOUNG, PRODUCT
Delfina is Head of Product at Hornet, where she leads global strategy across user growth, monetization, and design. With 10+ years scaling mobile apps, she brings strong operational and product management skills, aligns cross-functional teams and ships with purpose.
Born in Argentina, she’s currently based in Buenos Aires.
ALEX SIORMPAS, ANALYTICS
Alex leads the shaping and execution of Hornet's Analytics & AI strategies, identifying and implementing high-impact use cases in a data-rich environment. With over a decade of track record in this space, along with an MBA and a technical background in Engineering, he excels at bridging the gap between Technology and Business.
Before joining Hornet, Alex held leadership roles across the Marketplaces, E-commerce and Tech industries. Now based in Greece, he enjoys cycling, travel, and family time when off-screen.
