Our Advisory Board
These high-level personalities support our company with their experience, their contacts and their wealth of ideas as part of our advisory board.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thorsten Schmidt
- University degree in Dortmund and Atlanta, Georgia (USA)
- 2000 Doctorate in Sorting Technology
- Chief Engineer at the Chair for Materials Handling and Warehousing
- 2004-2008 Head of the Machines and Facilities, Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics
- Since 2008 leading the Chair of Technical Logistics, Technical University Dresden
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rodolfo Schöneburg
- University degree in Berlin
- 1988-1999 various management positions, Audi AG
- Since 1999 Center Director for Vehicle Safety, Operational Stability and Vehicle Functions, Daimler AG
- Curator, Fraunhofer Ernst-Mach Institute
- 2011 Head of VDI Society Vehicle and Traffic Technologies as Chairmann
Ralph Appel
- University degree in Hamburg
- 1987-2002 among others Commercial Director Food Europe, Cerestar
- 2002-2013 Managing Director and Country Lead for Germany, Cargill
- Since 2013 Executive Member of VDI Executive Committee
- Chairperson of the Board, ASIIN e.V.
- Member of the Board of Directors, ENEAEE
Stefan Dohm
- University degree in Passau and St. Gallen, Switzerland
- 1998-2003 Audit assistant and General Counsel, Examination body of the Niedersächsische Sparkassenverband
- 2003-2008 Head of Purchasing, Law and Finance, Finanz Informatik GmbH & Co. KG
- 2009-2015 Authorized Signatory, Talanx Systeme AG
- Since 2016 CEO, VDI GmbH
Dr.-Ing. Marc Pauwels
- University degree in Siegen
- 2000 Doctorate
- since 1999 among others Co-Partner and Managing Director, Krehl & Partner GmbH & Co. KG
- since 2005 Lecturer, University Pforzheim
- since 2001 Chairman of the Value Management/ Value Analysis Department, VDI-GPP
- since 2015 Assistant Chairman of VDI-GPP and Regional Director Europe, SAVE International