Mario Michael Schmidt is the co-founder and CEO of SLYHEALTH, a fast-growing healthcare agency based in Berlin, Germany. With over 23 years of experience in advertising and over 15 years in healthcare, he has played a pivotal role in the industry.
As Head of Creative, Mario is responsible for creative, digital and innovation. In recent years, SLYHEALTH has supported some of the most exciting product launches in vaccines, oncology, rare diseases and cardiology. This work has been recognized with numerous international and national awards.
Prior to co-founding SLYHEALTH in 2020, Mario was a partner at FishermanHealth and executive creative director and board member at PEIX Health Group, a top 3 German healthcare agency based in Germany.
He started his healthcare career as Creative Director at CDM World Agency / Omnicom. With the launch of CDM in Germany, he was responsible for the creative and digital part of all global business for Germany. After a few years he moved to inVentiv Health Europe as Managing Creative Director Germany where he was responsible for 3 offices. After 4 years he returned to CDM World Agency as Executive Creative Director to drive the global business for Germany.
Throughout his creative career, he has won over 100 national and international awards and has been a member of various juries. Outside of work, he has co-founded and supported several start-ups.