Since 1996 he has been involved in a number of information technology related ventures and joined dicas, a developer of real-time video coding solutions, based in Germany, as its CEO in the beginning of 2001.

dicas is an MPEG-focused video coding specialist and a leading developer of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, MPEG-4 and 3GPP compliant real-time video coding solutions providing the industry with the highest quality core technology for digital video.

Sebastian is the President of the MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF) since 2004 and has been on MPEGIF’s Board of Directors since 2002 serving as Treasurer.