Skills

Strategic Innovation Management

Reliable product development and delivery

Advanced Engineering Solutions

Artificial Intelligence Deployment

Organizational Transformation

Cross-Cultural Leadership

Start-up Acceleration and Scaling

Key Achievements

Industrialized Automotive Products
Delivered numerous complex hardware and software products, including autonomous driving systems, driver assistance technologies, and next-generation infotainment platforms. Successfully scaled solutions to mass production, driving significant revenue growth.

Innovation Output Excellence
Achieved a 200% increase in innovation transfers to divisions and boosted patent filings, establishing Bosch Research as a leader in technology commercialization.

Strategic Start-up Success
Led the Bosch "grow" platform to deliver two start-ups valued at over €100 million and evolved it into the “Bosch Beyond Business Innovation” entity.

Work Experience

President, Corporate Research and Advanced Engineering (EVP)
Robert Bosch GmbH (2018 – 2024)

• Directed a 1,700-member global team driving advancements in AI, IoT, and advanced engineering.

• Merged Bosch Research and Bosch Center for AI to streamline operations and enhance innovation transfer.

• Established an AI enablement program, training over 30,000 employees in AI applications.

Head of Automotive System Integration (SPV)
Robert Bosch GmbH (2016 – 2018)

Reported directly to the Bosch Board of Management, shaping the overall technology strategy for the mobility sector and leading a cross-divisional system development team.

• Aligned the strategy for connected services, leading to a new business unit.

• Negotiated groundbreaking partnerships with Silicon Valley tech leaders.

• Identified and resolved portfolio gaps, driving the development of cutting-edge 48V technology.

P&L responsible Business Unit Manager, Automotive Navigation and Infotainment Systems (SVP)
Robert Bosch GmbH (2012 – 2016)

• Revitalized a €1Bn business unit by implementing strategic portfolio steering and cost optimization measures, transforming it into a profitable entity.

• Developed a CES award-winning haptic display technology ("Neosense") and spearheaded a groundbreaking CES show car concept, driving massive customer engagement and sales success for Bosch Car Multimedia. Streamlined operations to secure the largest project acquisition in the division’s history, generating €1.6Bn in profitable revenue over three years.

• Delivered flawless project launches by streamlining the organization and SW development processes, leading to a 48% reduction in overtime for engineers.

Vice President, Engineering Systems, Chassis Systems Control
Robert Bosch GmbH (2009 – 2012)

• Established and led the first autonomous driving project at Bosch, resulting in a fully operational prototype capable of driving autonomously on German highways within 18 months, including TÜV street approval for public roads.

Director, then Vice President, Business Unit Driver Assistance Systems
Robert Bosch GmbH (2002 – 2009)

• Led the introduction of radar-based driver assistance systems, setting the foundation for mass adoption in premium vehicles.

• Oversaw the development and launch of parking assistance systems, including semi-autonomous parking features for premium car manufacturers.

• Drove innovation in night vision and intelligent camera systems, enabling enhanced safety and comfort in various automotive segments.

Manager, Design of Integrated Circuits Robert Bosch GmbH (1999 – 2002)0,

Education

• Habilitation in Computer Science
  KIT (former University of Karlsruhe), Germany (1997)

• PhD in Computer Science
  KIT (former University of Karlsruhe), Germany (1992)

• Diploma in Electrical Engineering
  University of Darmstadt, Germany (1987)

• Office Management Assistant (Bürokaufmann)
  Mainz, Germany (1981)

Academia

I am teaching courses and seminars in Computer Science at the University of Tübingen since 1999. I am now with the Institute of SW Engineering.

You can find a list of my publications and my h-index at Google Scholar.

The nerd

I do some programming and recently have released my first GitHub project. It was an insightful excercise to create an audio AI detection of rooster craws (you read it right, we do have a crazy rooster in our neighborhood) on a Raspberry Pi 5. Most of the programming was done using ChatGPT (mainly 4o, but partially also o3-mini-high). It was an enlightening - and partially shocking experience as more than 95% of the Python code was AI-generated using an "ask and refine" approach.

You can find the repository here.