Guest Speakers
Summer Term 2022
Franziska Pielmeier and Matthias Pielmeier
Franziska and Matthias are strategists at frog with in-depth knowledge about design-driven strategy. Frog is a leading design and strategy company, part of Capgemini Invent, which seeks to challenge the status quo, to craft and build transformative human experiences that win hearts and move markets. Partnering with passionate leaders and visionary entrepreneurs, Franziska and Matthias apply creativity, strategy, design, and data to re-invent businesses, drive growth and orchestrate customer-centric transformation. Together, they strive to shape a regenerative future that is sustainable and inclusive for businesses, people, and the planet.
Mergim Cahani
Mergim Cahani is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gjirafa, Inc. His work experience consists of 20 years of experience with startups, technology, management, and investment experience, both in the USA and Kosovo. Mergim is highly active in the entrepreneurship and business community as a mentor, advisor, board member, investor, and volunteer. In the past, he has lectured at different HEI in Kosovo. He holds a Summa Cum Laude BS degree in Computer Science from St. John's University, an MS degree in Computer Science from New York University, and an MBA degree with honors majoring in Executive Management from The Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University, all in New York.
Anna Mühle
Anna Mühle is driving and coordinating global innovation management for Dish Care at BSH. She has integrated new processes and tools into the global Dish Care innovation community while focusing on consumer centricity and agile working mode. Anna joined BSH 12 years ago and worked in different positions, namely Consumer Research and Product Management, and thus has profound insights on how to get from consumer needs to leading successful product development projects. In addition, she has broad experience in different companies and industries before BSH – in Consumer Research and Consulting.
Alex Liegl
Alex is the founder and CEO of Tenet. Prior to Tenet, Alex was the founder and CEO of Layer1, one of the leading U.S. bitcoin mining companies that pioneered the use of data centers to stabilize renewable energy grids. Before Layer1, Alex was on the special investments desk of Stanford Management Company and an Artificial Intelligence strategy analyst at Protégé Partners. Born and raised in Germany, Alex earned a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree in Applied Mathematics and Philosophy from Stanford University. Alex has received awards in recognition for his work, including being named head of the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 - Energy.
Winter term 2021/22
Dr. Alfred Hauenstein
Dr. Hauenstein heads the Siemens-wide programs Product Lifecycle Management and Innovation Excellence as well as the Siemens Development System, the Siemens approach for a customer-driven and agile company. Dr. Hauenstein holds a Dipl-Ing. EE and a Ph.D. in automated speech recognition, both from Technical University of Munich. During his 25 years at Siemens, he held various positions including research and project management positions in automated speech recognition, Director New Businesses, Co-Initiator of two internal Start-ups, and others. He is also heading the RDPM@Siemens program to develop agility in project management and coaches managers within Siemens and start-ups for UnternehmerTUM, in particular testify GmbH.
Dr. Christian Hackl
Dr. Hackl is the Managing Director at TUM-Tech GmbH, a technology transfer firm. The firm is specialized in finding and acquiring the perfect German partner for technological research, commercialization, or business projects. TUM-Tech further helps its clients in identifying the right contact within universities or a company research department. At TUM, Dr. Hackl supports the seminar “Lead User Project” as a Lehrbeauftragter. He is also a Managing Director at Hydroshaft GmbH, a spin-off from the chair for Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering at TUM
Dr. Christopher Haug
Dr. Haug heads the R&D department Bosch Security and Safety Systems. He studied physics at TUM and received a Ph.D. in solid-state physics, also from TUM. After a postdoc stage at the Walter Schottky Institute he joined Bosch, where he worked many years in project management in the field of telecommunications and automotive. Since 2005, he focuses on security technology and leads the Bosch Security and Safety System department, while continuing his long-time passion as a project manager.
Dr. Florian Kirchleitner
Dr. Kirchleitner is a partner at Siemens’ Next47 where he leads the firm’s European investments. Dr. Kirchleitner holds a Ph.D. in Engineering and is passionate about how technology changes entire industry sectors, generates impact, and opens up new opportunities. He joined Next47 in 2016 as one of the founding members of the global Venture Capital firm. Based in Europe, his focus is on B2B technology and software. His areas of interest include automation, robotics, global logistic, and enterprise software. He led the firm’s investments in cargo.one, Wandelbots, sennder and Scoutbee, among others. Prior to joining Next47, he founded, scaled, and successfully exited two B2B startups, and worked as a management consultant.
Florian Kraus and Philipp Zörner
At etventure, Mr. Kraus aims at driving digital change with his clients to address today's economic, technological, and social challenges. Florian Kraus graduated from University of Würzburg (M.Sc. in Business Management) in 2015 and earned a B.Sc. from the University of Augsburg in Information-oriented Business Administration in 2012. Throughout his studies, he gained experience in consulting and in an E-Health start-up. Among his clients are globally operating industrial companies in China and India.
Philipp Zörner recently started working at etventure as Junior Project Manager. He holds a Master’s degree in International Management from Nova SBE in Lisbon. Before his graduate studies, he was working for DWS group, Simon-Kucher & Partners, and Celonis.
Dr. Sébastien Schikora
Dr. Schikora is the CTO at Konux. After his studies of informatics in Stuttgart he joined Hewlett-Packard as a Senior Software Architect in 1996. After eleven years at HP, he moved to California where he worked for several tech companies in San Jose and Palo Alto. At Tesla, he was responsible for the product direction and development of on-grid and microgrid controls, communications, web-based user interfaces, and the lauded mobile app for Tesla energy storage systems. After his time at Tesla, he returned to Germany and holds the position of CTO at Konux since 2018.
Summer term 2018
Güngör Kara
Director of Global Application and Consulting, EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems
(Technology and Innovation Management: Introduction)
Winter term 2017/18
Shivaji Dasgupta
Versicherungskammer Bayern
"Smart Data and AI in Public Insurance"
(TIM Advanced)
Dominic Eskofier
NVIDIA
"Turning Virtual Reality into Real Business"
(TIM Advanced)
Dr. Christopher Haug
Bosch Security Systems
"Project Management in Practice"
(TIM Advanced)
Michael Reuter
Datarella
"Blockchains: Opportunities for Innovation and Financing"
(TIM Advanced)
Summer term 2017
Güngör Kara
Director of Global Application and Consulting, EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems
(Technology and Innovation Management: Introduction)
Dr. Daniel Witthaut
Head of Corporate Innovation Strategy, Evonik Industries AG
"Ensuring Growth – Steering Innovation at Evonik"
(Technology and Innovation Management: Introduction)
Winter term 2016/17
Dr. Florian Bauer
Founder, Management Board, Vocatus AG
"Behavioral Pricing - Unexpected opportunities and how to exploit them"
(Empirical Research in Management and Economics)
Jörg Blumtritt
Founder and CEO, Datarella
"Data Science"
(Empirical Research in Management and Economics)
Catharina van Delden
Co-founder, innosabi GmbH
"Crowdsourced Innovation"
(TIM Advanced)
Heiko von Dewitz
Investment Director / Managing Partner, Intelcapital / Growth Invest Partners
"Corporate Venture Capital"
(TIM Advanced)
Dr. Christopher Haug
Bosch Security Systems
"Project Management in Practice"
(TIM Advanced)
Prof. Simeon Schudy
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
"Experimental Economics"
(Empirical Research in Management and Economics)
Summer term 2016
Dr. Elfriede Simon
Principal Key Expert Research Scientist, Siemens AG, Corporate Technology
"Technology and Innovation Management @ Siemens"
(Technology and Innovation Management: Introduction)
Winter term 2015/16
Dr. Florian Bauer
Founder, Management Board, Vocatus AG
"Psycho-logical Pricing - Innovative Ansätze in der Preisforschung"
(Empirical Research in Management and Economics)
Jörg Blumtritt
Founder and CEO, Datarella
"Big Data: Empirical Research meets Startup"
(Empirical Research in Management and Economics)
Catharina van Delden
Co-founder, innosabi GmbH
"Crowdsourced innovation"
(TIM Advanced)
Heiko von Dewitz
Investment Director / Managing Partner, Intelcapital / Growth Invest Partners
"Corporate Venture Capital"
(TIM Advanced)
Felix Dollinger
Co-founder, Efficient Elements
"How to start a software business"
(TIM Advanced)
Dr. Christopher Haug
Bosch Security Systems
"Project Management in Practice"
(TIM Advanced)
Dr. Simeon Schudy
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
"Experimental Economics"
(Empirical Research in Management and Economics)
Summer term 2015
Axel Stellbrink
Founder and Managing Partner, Stellbrink IP
"IP Strategy"
(Seminar Corporate Technology Management)
Prof. Dr. Johann Füller
Founder and CEO, Hyve AG
"How the connection of open and closed Innovation succeeds. The success story of HYVE."
(TIM Introduction)
Arthur Queval
Co-Founder & CEO, Qloudlab
"R&D and IP in a corporate vs. a start-up environment"
(Case Study Seminar)
Prof. Dr. Julian Weber
Head of Innovation Projects E-Mobility, BMW Group
"BMW i – Radical Innovations for Sustainable Individual Mobility."
(TIM Introduction)
Winter term 2014/15
Summer term 2014
Dr. Horst Kayser
Chief Strategy Officer, Siemens
"Strategy and Innovation in a global Technology Company"
(TIM Introduction)
Dr. Philipp Sandner
Founding Partner, Munich Innovation Group
"Patent Intermediation"
(Seminar Corporate Technology Management)
Winter term 2013/14
Catharina von Delden
Co-founder, innosabi GmbH
"Crowdsourced innovation"
(TIM Advanced)
Florian Müller
FOSS patents
"The debate over patent trolls: IP monetization in the spotlight"
(TIM Advanced)
Heiko von Dewitz
Investment Director / Managing Partner, Intelcapital / Growth Invest Partners
"Corporate Venture Capital"
(TIM Advanced)
Felix Dollinger
Co-founder, Efficient Elements
"How to start a software business"
(TIM Advanced)
Dr. Christopher Haug
Bosch Security Systems
"Project Management in Practice"
(TIM Advanced)
David Mallard
Senior Project Leader, IDEO
"Innovation culture"
(TIM Advanced)
Ole Gerkensmeyer
Texas Instruments
"Innovation at Texas Instruments"
(TIM Advanced)
Dr. Florian Bauer
Founder, Management Board, Vocatus AG
"Psycho-logical Pricing - Innovative Ansätze in der Preisforschung"
(Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung)
David Schindler
Behavioral Economics and Experimental Economics, LMU Munich
"Experimental Economics"
(Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung)
Summer term 2013
Prof. Dr. Michael Weinhold
CTO, Siemens Energy
"Innovation Management for the New Electricity Age"
(TIM Introduction)
Alexander Springer
CEO, prevero AG
(TIM Introduction)
Markus Lorenz
Partner & Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group
"New product development in practice: Successful innovators – not born but made"
(Seminar on Corporate Technology Management)
Dr. Florian Jell
Inhouse Consulting, EON
"Technology Management @ EON"
(Seminar on Corporate Technology Management)
Winter term 2012/13
Catharina von Delden
Co-founder, innosabi GmbH
"Crowdsourced innovation"
(TIM Advanced)
Birgit Schaldecker
Gore
"Innovation Culture at Gore"
(TIM Advanced)
David Mallard
Senior Project Leader, IDEO
"Design Thinking"
(TIM Advanced)
Felix Dollinger
Co-founder, Efficient Elements
"Efficient Elements – How to start a software business based on a user innovation"
(TIM Advanced)
Heiko von Dewitz
Investment Director / Managing Partner, Intelcapital / Growth Invest Partners
"Corporate Venture Capital – an Intel Capital case study"
(TIM Advanced)
Dr. Christopher Haug
Bosch Security Systems
"Project Management in Practice"
(TIM Advanced)
Florian Müller
FOSS patents
"The Mobile Patent Wars: Strategies, Tactics and Remedies"
(TIM Advanced)
Dr. Florian Bauer
Founder, Management Board, Vocatus AG
"Psycho-logical Pricing - Innovative Ansätze in der Preisforschung"
(Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung)
Prof. Dr. Martin Kocher
Chair for Behavioral Economics and Experimental Economics, LMU Munich
"Experimental Economics"
(Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung)
Summer term 2012
Prof. Dr. Michael Weinhold
CTO, SIEMENS Energy
"Innovation Management for the NEW Electricity age"
(TIM Introduction)
Dr. Karl Popp
Senior Director M&A, SAP AG
"Corporate Venturing at Intel"
(TIM Advanced)
Dr. Florian Jell
Inhouse Consulting, EON AG
"Technology Management @ EON"
(Practical Seminar in Corporate Technology Management)
Winter term 2011/12
Heiko von Dewitz
Investment Director, Intel Capital
"Corporate Venturing at Intel"
(TIM Advanced)
Daniel Hermele
Director of IPR, Qualcomm
"About standards, patents, licensing"
(TIM Advanced)
Florian Müller
Consultant, Foss Patents/ NoSoftwarePatents Initiative
"Incremental Innovation in Court: The Mobile Patent Wars"
(TIM Advanced)
Thomas Garbe
Director Innovation & Technology Management, BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
"SP(I)RIT Innovations"
(TIM Advanced)
Catharina v. Delden
Co-founder, innosabi GmbH
"Success factors in virtual co-creation projects: The example of unseraller.de"
(TIM Advanced)
Dr. Florian Bauer
Founder, Management Board, Vocatus AG
"Psycho-logical Pricing - Innovative Ansätze in der Preisforschung"
(Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung)
Prof. Dr. Martin Kocher
Chair for Behavioral Economics and Experimental Economics, LMU Munich
"Experimental Economics"
(Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung)
Summer term 2011
Dr. Michael Weinhold
CTO, SIEMENS Energy
"Innovation Management for the NEW Electricity age"
(TIM Introduction)
Wolfgang Herfurtner
Founder & CEO, Evoluce AG
"Innovation Management in Start-ups: Competing and Collaborating with Global Players"
(TIM Introduction)
Winter term 2010/11
Prof. Thomas Bauer
CEO, BAUER AG
"BAUER AG: Internationalization and innovation strategy with two competing business units"
(TIM Advanced)
Dr. Johann Füller
CEO, Hyve AG
"Community-based innovation at Hyve AG"
(TIM Advanced)
Alexander Lang
Siemens AG
"Open innovation in large corporations"
(TIM Advanced)
Dr. Atif Askar
Manager, Bain & Company
"eMobility – Future Brands, Technologies and Customers"
(TIM Advanced)
Summer term 2010
Dr. Reinhold Achatz
Head of Corporate Research and Technologies, SIEMENS AG
"From creativity to innovation"
(TIM Introduction)
Dr. Armin Brandstetter
Business Development - Research and Technology, EADS
"European Aviation Industry - Technology and Innovation Challenges"
(TIM Introduction)
Before 2010
Mark Gazecki
Founder and Chairman, MegaZebra GmbH / GameGenetics GmbH
(TIM Advanced)
Moritz Wurfbaum
Co-founder, innosabi GmbH
(TIM Advanced)
Dr. Andreas Zaby
Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin, former CFO Curacyte AG
Birgit Schaldecker
Gore
"Consumer inspired innovation"
(TIM Advanced)