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Born in 1961, holding a Doctorate in Physics from University Stuttgart,2 years as Technical Consultant for renewal energies at Lahmeyer International, Frankfurt Since 1995 in Electronic Automotive Industry working for Siemens, VDO and Continental in the areas of Program Management and since 2007 in Operations, developing the global production footprint for a business unit ofRead more

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mbang is Head of Digitalization & Simulation of Manufacturing Load Cases in the TecFactory of Mercedes-Benz Cars Operations (Daimler). He is expert in IT-Systems and digitalization technologies (Big Data, AI, IoT, VR/AR, etc.) and their applications such as Robotics, Digital Twin, Agile Production, MES, etc. Prof. Mbang has a deep experience in ITRead more

After studying electrinal engineering Martin started his career within one of the main German service provider for MES in the life science industry. Then he change from the vendor to the customer site and worked 2 years at Ratiopharm and almost 12 years at Novartis in various IT roles always with strong relevance for theRead more

Christoph Wust joint Ford IT in 1984 and worked in various IT areas since then. Since 2004 he worked as European IT Lead for Manufacturing with focus on Logistics. Over the last 6 years he was responsible for the global IT strategies for Vehicle Distribution covering processes between the vehicle leaves any plant anywhere untilRead more

Ford of Europe, Supplier Technical Assistance Manager Electronics, Six Sigma Black BeltProviding leadership and management for developing and maintaining manufacturing quality of Electronic Suppliers to Ford European Operation. Focused on executing commodity strategies, utilizing human resources at the maximum level and mobilizing supplier’s leadership for Continuous Improvement and engaging cross-functional teams. The Pop in YourRead more

Since April 2018 Mattias Bingel is Regional Manager & Senior TPS Expert at Toyota Material Handling Europe. He is a graduate industrial engineer (Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing., TH Darmstadt) and has been dealing with Lean since 1993. His career started at Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, Germany, where he standardized the CIP² method and he was a consultant, moderator andRead more

Andreas Plonka has been with Hella since 2013, where he currently works as a project manager in the Advanced Tooling area. He has previously worked for Faurecia, Butsch and Hydrodivide, among others. Andreas Plonka studied industrial engineering at the Rhein-Main University of Applied Sciences.Read more

Oleg Savin is MES Expert | Architect at the Department of IT Strategy and Architecture at NLMK Group. His area of interests include design, development and implementation of the cognitive models in the process industry aimed at estimation and control of production efficiency in real time and elimination of process variations, improvement of major productionRead more

Jameel Istaitih is Head of industry 4.0 at Strauss Group. As Mechanical Engineer and Innovator, he is responsible for the industry 4.0 (Smart / advanced manufacturing) strategy of the Strauss Group. Istaitih Has joined Strauss Group in 2012 as a Senior Project Manager in the Corporate Engineering Office of Strauss Israel where he was responsibleRead more

Dr. Steffen Kusterer is a senior consultant at M-Industry, a Migros industrial group based in Switzerland. His focus is strategy, operations, and profitability, and he has led numerous projects in different industries around the world. Before working for the M-Industry, he was working 4 years as a Principal and Managing Director of the German branchRead more