After studying Business Sinology in Germany, USA and China Maria Walther gained her first practical experience at Daimler AG in Wörth. Here she was responsible for the development and implementation of trainings as part of a Lean Expert Education.

From 2010 Maria Walther initially supported the team Application Consulting at IBS AG in Hoehr-Grenzhausen before changing to Sales.

Today she is responsible for the Sales of Siemens IBS QMS Software in Europe at Siemens Industry Software GmbH.

 

Born in Rudolstadt (Germany) in 1986 – Living and working in Koblenz (Home Office)

Spoken Languages: German, English, Chinese, basic level of French and Spanish

• Sales and Portfolio Management for QMS in EMEA- Siemens PLM Software EMEA wide, January 2016 – today
• Sales Manager IBS QMS - Siemens PLM Software / IBS AG Höhr-Grenzhausen - January 2013 – December 2015
• Presales IBS QMS- IBS AG Höhr-Grenzhausen - July 2010 – December 2012
• Lean Management – Daimler Trucks Wörth am Rhein - May 2009 – May 2010
• Study of Business and Sinology – University of Applies Science (incl. 1 year internship / study in China) Zwickau, Beijing, October 2005 – May 2010  Guangzhou
• Highschool Year abroad Petersburg, USA - July 2002 – April 2003

 

What is the pop in your job? What drives you? What is your passion?

• Dealing with different company and country cultures
• Meeting new customers and getting to know new production processes
• Being challenged by customer pain points and finding the right solution in order to solve them

Siemens Digital Industries is a leading innovator in automation and digitalization. Our mission is to consult and support customers from the discrete and process industries in their digital transformation. We continually expand our Digital Enterprise portfolio to include cutting-edge technologies and offer industry-specific end-to-end solutions for companies of all sizes. Flexibilization of production processes The advancing digitalization, in tandem with the increasing flexibilization of production processes, provides new opportunities and choices for industrial companies all across the globe – enabling them to address more and more differentiated customer needs and reduce their time to market. Digitalization also optimizes the use of resources such as energy, water, and wastewater, which simultaneously increases environmental efficiency. Digital transformation paves the way for still more innovation, new services and even entirely new, data-based business models. We support our customers in unlocking the full potential of digitalization for their company: as a partner providing leading technologies for the automation and digitalization of the discrete and process industries. The Digital Enterprise portfolio is at the core of our offer. It provides companies of all sizes with the right products, along with consistent solutions and services for the integration and digitalization of the entire value chain. Optimized for the requirements of specific industries, our Digital Enterprise enables customers to reduce their product development times while at the same time increasing the flexibility, productivity and environmental efficiency of their production processes. As an innovation leader, we think ahead to the next level of digital transformation – and integrate cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, edge computing, industrial 5G, autonomous handling systems, blockchain and additive manufacturing into our Digital Enterprise portfolio. This is how we drive the convergence of information technology and operation technology and enable the smart usage of data. Thanks to MindSphere, our cloud-based, open IoT operating system, companies can now interconnect their products, plants, systems and machines – and analyze the data created on the Internet of Things to deliver targeted optimizations. Furthermore, they can develop digital services and innovative new business models focusing for example on predictive maintenance or pay per use. But one thing is certain: Digitalization and interconnectivity require cyber security – the one is not possible without the other. We are convinced that industrial security is of highest priority for successful digitalization, and we therefore regard this as a key focus when designing innovative products, solutions and services. Siemens Digital Industries, with its headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany, has a workforce of around 78,000 employees worldwide.