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| Carsten Vollrath Managing Partner | CEO, Innovative Management Partner (IMP) AG, Switzerland Carsten has over 25 years’ industrial and consulting experience, with expertise in business modelling and strategy development, operational strategy and innovation, performance improvement, organisational development, and procurement. His expertise spans industry sectors from automotive and manufacturing to medtech, consumer goods, energy, transport and logistics. Prior to IM Group, Carsten held senior management positions with Arthur D. Little, Cell Consulting AG, Deloitte Consulting and Vollrath Transport- und Logistik GmbH. Carsten holds an MBA and has also led research studies at major universities on new management theories focusing on value-chain redesign, Industrie 4.0, smart factory, artificial intelligence, digitalization and principles of collaborative intelligence. | |
| Christian Dornacher Director, Storage & Analytics Solutions EMEA, Hitachi Data Systems Christian Dornacher leads the business development activity across EMEA for Storage & Analytics Solutions at Hitachi Data Systems, working closely with Hitachi Group companies and HDS internal teams including product management, engineering, marketing and sales, as well as partners and end-users. Christian has more than 24 years’ experience in IT, having held senior engineering and business development roles at companies including Digital Equipment, Megabyte, bdata systems, Paralan, McDATA and BlueArc, where he was responsible for the OEM Sales in EMEA and APAC. | |
| Prof. Dr. Dietmar Killian Professor & Study Coordinator, Business Process Management & Networks, MCI, Management Center Innsbruck Prof. Dr. Dietmar Killian gained over 20 years’ experience in management and leadership positions with organisations including Nixdorf Computers, Digital Equipment and SAP before joining MCI, Management Center Innsbruck, as an expert in Process, Project and Information Management. Since 2007, he has been the Managing Partner at PDAgroup GmbH, an international consulting company, and Chairman of the Advisory board at Academy Cube. His professional experience includes advising international companies on digital transformation, acting as a keynote speaker and author of many publications, being a Board Member of pma Project Management Austria (IMPA), and acting as Chairman of the Advisory Board of Academy Cube GmbH. Dietmar’s online CV: www.mci.edu/faculty/dietmar.kilian_en.html | |
| Gareth Lofthouse Managing Director, Longitude Research Gareth Lofthouse is the Managing Director of Longitude Research, a thought leadership agency that specialises in researching strategic trends and issues for senior decision makers. With a long career in B2B research and business journalism, Gareth has written extensively on a range of management issues including innovation strategy, organisational design, talent management and digital disruption. Prior to joining Longitude, he spent nine years as editorial director for EMEA at the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). | |
| Greg Kinsey Vice President, Industrial IoT Solutions Business, Hitachi Insight Group EMEA Greg leads Hitachi’s Industrial IoT strategy, solutions innovation, eco-system development, and new business start-up. Serving the manufacturing and distribution industries, he has over 25 years of experience in industry, technology, and consulting. He began his career as a factory automation engineer at Goodyear, and went on to lead the global manufacturing platform business at Digital Equipment Corporation. During the 1990s he was a pioneer of the Six Sigma movement, leading Operational Excellence at AlliedSignal Europe. Greg subsequently become a business transformation leader and expert, in senior executive roles at Siemens, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Celerant Consulting. He holds an MBA from Georgetown University, and BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He lives in Paris and is fluent in English, French, and German. | |
| Kevin Eggleston General Manager, Americas, Hitachi Insight Group Kevin was instrumental in establishing Hitachi’s global IoT business. Today, as Hitachi Insight Group’s GM of the Americas, he orchestrates teams from multiple Hitachi Group companies in working cross-functionally to develop and bring to market a broad range of IoT-optimized solutions for a variety of industries, while shepherding IoT business strategy and operations for North and South America. Kevin is a seasoned veteran of the IT industry with more than 30 years of experience. Prior to his current role, he served as SVP and General Manager for Asia Pacific at Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), where he doubled the region’s revenue during his four-year tenure. He joined HDS following a 24-year stint with StorageTek, where he held sales and business leadership positions supporting the U.S., Latin America and Asia Pacific regions. He also managed the U.S. and other regions for nearly three years at BlueArc. Kevin holds a bachelor’s degree in International Business from the University of Colorado. Connect with him on Twitter: @Eggleston_Kevin. | |
| Klaus Dieter Rennert Chief Executive for EMEA-CIS, Hitachi, Ltd. Klaus Dieter Rennert is Chief Executive for EMEA-CIS, Hitachi, Ltd and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Hitachi Europe Ltd. Rennert previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi Power Europe GmbH and led Hitachi Power Europe since the company became part of the Hitachi Group in 2003. In September 2013, he was appointed Chief Executive for Europe and also became Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Europe Ltd. Since his appointment, he has been focused on expanding Hitachi’s European business. In April 2015, Hitachi Ltd announced Mr. Dieter Rennert as the Chief Executive for EMEA-CIS. Rennert has more than 30 years’ experience, with a strong understanding of the Social Innovation Business and he is dedicated to strengthening the company’s solutions in Social Innovation. | |
| Max Morwind Sales Solution Professional, WW Blackbelt for Internet of Things, Microsoft Since 2015, Max has been serving as a technology and strategy consultant at Microsoft Deutschland GmbH. Together with his customers, he is working on innovative future workplace solutions for Industrie 4.0. A dedicated collaborator, Max develops new business approaches and supports his customers in the realization of new business models and process innovations. | |
| Olaf Heil General Manager, Energy Solutions EMEA-CIS, Hitachi Europe As General Manager of Energy Solutions for the EMEA-CIS region at Hitachi Europe, Olaf has responsibility for the development, promotion and delivery of innovative new ITC-based Energy Solutions. Prior to Hitachi, Olaf worked for several companies in the RWE-Group, the second biggest utility in Germany. He has 25 years’ energy sector experience in technical and commercial executive functions including MD, CEO and COO, heading large departments (250+ FTE) and having P&L responsibility for more than €300M. His technical background is in coal-fired power plants, and since 1995 he has worked on renewable energies and decentralized CHP plants. He has over 20 years’ international experience in large EPC-projects and international energy companies. Olaf has been responsible for the operation of more than 100 power plants in seven countries. He has worked on the trading of energy and sales of energy solutions, and has raised several project investments. In addition, he has had senior-level responsible for Innovation and New Technology development, including R&D. He has been a board member of many Energy associations and innovation think tanks. | |
| Patrik Sjöstedt General Manager, Hitachi Insight Group EMEA Patrik Sjöstedt, based in Copenhagen, is General Manager for EMEA at Hitachi Insight Group. A global team focused on development of Internet of Things solutions and services. Patrik’s previous experience within the Hitachi Group includes EVP at Hitachi Consulting, leading Corporate Strategy development and the Operational Consulting practice. Patrik joined Hitachi through the acquisition of Celerant Consulting in 2013 where he was the CEO. Patrik started his career at Arthur Andersen and has 26 years of international experience both as a management consultant and line manager within industry in global Swedish companies like Alfa Laval and Perstorp. With experience from both sides of the “consulting table” Patrik has gained a deep understanding of both strategic business issues as well as the operational reality of running a global business. Patrik holds a bachelor degree in Business Administration, Finance & Accounting from University of Lund, Sweden and an Executive MBA from IMD, Switzerland. | |
| Prof. Dr. Peter J. Mirski Head, Founder of the Academic Department “Management, Communication & IT” and Professor, MCI, Management Center Innsbruck Prof. Dr. Peter Mirski is Head and Founder of the academic department »Management, Communication & IT« and Professor at MCI, Management Center Innsbruck, as well as Curtesy Professor at the University of Omaha, Nebraska. He serves as CIO of the University MCI. Peter holds his degrees in Management with electives in Business Informatics. His professional experience includes project managing national and international R&D projects, being the founding CEO of the TransIT Transfercenter University Innsbruck PLC , being the Director of University Management Service "IT & Learning Solutions" at MCI, being a Founding Partner of PDAgroup GmbH and also being a Board Member of Academy Cube GmbH. Peter’s online CV: www.mci.edu/faculty/peter.mirski_en.html | |
| Roswitha Tertea Head of DACH, Hitachi Consulting GmbH Roswitha leads the German Operations Team of Hitachi Consulting GmbH. She started her career at Siemens as a project manager years before moving on to various roles in management and as a technology strategist and product manager at companies including Landis & Gyr, Klöckner & Moeller and o.tel.o. Roswitha has over 12 years’ industry experience in addition to consulting experience at Roland Berger, A D Little and Celerant. Roswitha has significant experience in Process Excellence (Lean/Six Sigma), Organisational Effectiveness, Performance Improvement, Cost Reduction and Operational Excellence of the Supply Chain with a focus on Procurement. She has led multiple international transformation projects over the last 25 years and gained extensive change management experience. | |
| Wael Elrifai Director of Enterprise Solutions, Pentaho Wael Elrifai is an avid technologist and management strategist, bridging the divide between IT and business as Pentaho's Director of Enterprise Solutions. He has been working in high performance computing, machine learning, the broader artificial intelligence field and the ‘Big Data' ecosystem for the past decade. Wael has served corporate and government clients cross North America, Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia across a number of industry verticals and has presented at conferences worldwide. With graduate degrees in both Electrical Engineering and Economics he is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Special Interest Group for Artificial Intelligence, the Royal Economic Society, and Chatham House. Wael also serves on the boards of two charitable organisations and enjoys tinkering with ‘bleeding edge' technology, private aviation and adventure travel. | |
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