Overview

• Automotive Expert and Digital Transformation & AI Advisor
• Ex-CIO R&D Mercedes-Benz,
• Guest Professor Digital Engineering at Jiangsu University
• 27 years of digital experience at Mercedes-Benz, currently leading HaasisDEC – Digital Engineering Consulting

Summary
31 years of experience in Digital Excellence

• 27 years of digitization experience at Daimler, held key positions including 7+ years as CIO R&D Mercedes-Benz and 3+ years as CIO Greater China and Overseas.
• Currently leading HaasisDEC – Digital Engineering Consulting, advising C-level leaders on Transforming Engineering Organizations towards Software-Defined and digitally integrated products.
• Expert in AI-enabled Engineering, driving Measurable Value Creation in Development Cycles & Time-to-Market, Cost, and Quality.¡Industry focus: Automotive, Defense and Tier-1 suppliers.

Responsible Projects and Achievements
Digitalization in R&D, Production, Sales, Aftersales, End-to-End Processes

• Development and introduction of the Digital Lifecycle Twin in R&D including production, sales and aftersales to accelerate the product development process by 12 months.
• Introduction of the end-to-end Digital Prototype for virtual validation based on CAE and simulation to reduce hardware prototypes and their costs by 30%.
• End-to-end VR/AR and Simulation processes and methods to significantly improve vehicle maturity and reduce time to market by 6 months.
• End-to-end Digitalization with end-to-end workflow control and increased efficiency.
• Development and introduction of Digital Homologation to accelerate the certification process and market approval.
• Creation of a Data Strategy with the introduction of data-driven platforms, data analytics, API, microservices, cloud integration with focus on AI Strategy & Value Cases in Engineering.
• Introduction of Systems Engineering with MBSE processes, methods, organization and IT systems.
• Software Defined Vehicle with a focus on data & SW consistency, OTA and HW/SW synchronization.
• Change from project to Product Orientation, establishment of cross-functional teams between business units and IT, Task Force Management.
• IT Landscape harmonization and optimization (CAD, CAE, ALM, PLM, BOM, SW Journey…)