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Born 1978 in Krefeld Dirk Oedekoven studied business administration and mechanical engineering at TU Darmstadt. He started his professional career as a consultant at FIR GmbH in Aachen and focused on international projects in supply chain and production management. Along the way he received a doctor’s degree under Prof. Günther Schuhs supervision at RWTH AachenRead more

Lloyd F. Colegrove is the Director of Data Services and the Director of Fundamental Problem Solving for The Dow Chemical Company. His desire for novel approaches to data interpretation (contextualization), and integration of these capabilities into assessing the health and capability of manufacturing assets has coalesced into the piloting, then implementation, of an enterprise dataRead more

Dr. Sabrina Schiele is Head of Data Analytics at Vaillant Group. She is driving projects around Service Optimization, IoT Analytics for Predictive Maintenance, and Machine-Learning-based Home Energy Management. Her focus lies on delivering measurable and stable value through analytics, as opposed to ‘being stuck’ in repeated Proof-of-Concept cycles. Before joining Vaillant Group, Sabrina developed analyticsRead more

Global head of corporate innovation management & commercial services. Driving #digitalization and #business-model-innovation, #technology-incubation, and #innovation-culture. What is the pop in your job? What drives you? What is your passion? “We have around 16,000 employees worldwide – now we are on our way to 16,000 (digital) innovators”Read more

Larry Reuwer serves as the head of Global Digital Manufacturing at Bayer Crop Science. In this role, he works closely with internal and external partners to set strategic guidance, define goals, and drive digital transformation within Crop Science manufacturing operations.  His most recent focus area has been to lead the digital transformation of seed manufacturing,Read more

Ms. Rada Rodriguez, MSc., is since 2009 member of the Board in Schneider Electric GmbH where she served as CEO until 2016. After 2 years in charge of Schneider Electric Central and Eastern Europe, she is currently Senior Vice President Corporate Alliances. Beside her executive role in Schneider Electric, she serves also as Non-Executive DirectorRead more

Maher is leading GE Global Digital Energy Solutions as Senior Executive SVP, Chief Business Innovation Officer, covering Power Generation, Grids, Storage, Renewables & Energy Efficiency Services. Before GE, Maher spent 21 years with SAP where he had several local, regional and global leadership positions focusing on Solution Engineering, Global Field Operations, Software innovation & developmentRead more

Hyun-Shin Cho is the Head of Digital Transformation at thyssenkrupp Elevator. He studied in Korea, USA and Germany and holds a B.Sc. and Dipl.-Ing. from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. After his military service in Korea and a deployment as Blue Helmet for the UN Hyun Shin started his career with thyssenkrupp Elevator in 2011Read more

Dr. Wilhelm Eschweiler is one of the two vice presidents of the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur). His responsibility includes telecommunications and rail. From 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016 he held the office of BEREC Chair (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications) Prior to that he was responsible for the European ICT policyRead more

SIGFOX Germany is managed by Chief Sales Officer Aurelius Wosylus who joined the French IoT network company in 2016. He has more than 20 years of experience in the Embedded / IoT market. His track record involves leading positions in several multinational companies such as Gemalto, a digital security company, where he was Director ofRead more