Members of the CTO Forum
Our members
Our members are experts from various areas of the technology sector. Together, they form a strong network that promotes the exchange of knowledge and experience and works together on innovative projects.
As a member, you have the opportunity to learn from other professionals, share your own ideas and research findings and help shape the future of technology.
Letter: A

Urban August
Ambassador of the Rudolf Diesel Medal
Letter: B

Christian Bader
CTO

Dr. Thomas Becker
Management Development Member of the Executive Board

Dirk Bergmann
CTO

Dr. Jürgen Bestle
Chief Technology Officer, Head of Engineering Governance

Dr. Mark Betzold
CTO Filling and portioning systems

Dr. Markus Beukenberg
Ambassador of the Rudolf Diesel Medal

Nicolas Beyl
Managing Director CTO

Dennis Birresborn
Senior Vice President | CTO

Thomas Bliem
Vice President R&D

Thomas Böck
Chairman of the Management Board

Nikolas Bradford
Managing Director

Dr. Stefan Breit
Managing Director Technology

Bertram Brossardt
Chief Executive Officer

Prof. Dr. Christoph Budelmann
CTO
Letter: C

Marco Cardinale
Member of the Board of Management | CTO

Ingolf Cedra
Managing Director

Dr. Dominique Christ
Industry Council Competition
Letter: D

Tassilo Deinzer
CTO

Andreas Diefenbach
Managing Partner

Ulrich Dietz
Vice President

Lutz Dietzold
Managing Director

Dr. Michael Dölle
Partner
Letter: E

Dr. Johannes Eben
Head of Technology
Letter: F

Michael Freiherr
CTO & Managing Director

Hans-Jörg Frieauff
Managing Director
Letter: G

Marco Gebhardt
Managing Director

Thilo Gleisberg
CTO

Oliver Gürtler
Head of SME Business
Member of the Executive Board

Philipp Guth
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Letter: H

Dr. Dirk Haft
CEO

Dr. Christian Hansen
Managing Director / Group CTO

Roland Heeger
Management Board Technology

Prof. Dr. Gunther Herr
Head of Institute University of Huddersfield

Dr. Falk Herrmann
Vorstand

Dr. Carsten L. Herzhoff
CTO/COO, Managing Director

Dr. Mark Hiller
CEO and Shareholder

Dr. Carsten Hoff
CEO

Dr. Benedikt Hofmann
CGO

Udo Hornfeck
CTO

Florian Huber
CTO
Letter: J
Letter: K

Dr. Heinz Kaiser
Management Board

Hans Jürgen Kalmbach
Chairman of the Management Board

Dr. Stefan Kampmann
Member of the Management Board & CTO

Andre Kiehne
Member of the board | Industrial Council Technology & People

Dr. Markus Kirchler
Partner

Ralf Klädtke
CTO Transportation Solutions

Dr. Christine Knackfuss-Nikolic
CTO

Thomas Knechtel
Management Board / CTO

Dr. Wolfgang Knorr
CTO/COO Chief Technology and Production Officer

Dr. Elias Knubben
Vice President Corporate Research & Innovation

Ines Kolmsee
Member Board of Directors

Dr. Martin Kraus
Managing Director
Letter: L

Martin Lehner
CEO
Ambassador of the Rudolf Diesel Medal
Letter: M

Prof. Dr-Ing. Chiara Manfletti
TUM & CEO Neuraspace

Maik Manthey
CTO

Dr. Kai Martius
CTO, Member of the Management Board

Michael Matthesius
CTO

Dr. Thomas Meenken
CTO

Prof. Kurt Mehnert

Nico Michels
Head of Digital Enterprise & Academics

Hans-Joachim Molka
Managing Director

Dr. Markus Müller
Member of the Executive Board / Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Christoph Münzer
Managing Director wvib
Letter: N

Armin Necker, Dipl.-Ing. (EMBA)
thyssenkrupp rothe erde Germany GmbH

Claus Neuffer
CTO

Thomas Nieraad
Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Dr. Stefan Nöken
Ambassador of the Rudolf Diesel Medal
Letter: O

Dominic Otte
Managing Director COO/CTO
Letter: P

Dr. Falco Paepenmüller
CTO

Dr. Günter Poppen
CEO Vorwerk Engineering
Ambassador of the Rudolf Diesel Medal

Christian Poschmann
Senior Vice President Global Engineering Technology

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Posselt
Friedrich Schiller University, Jena
Letter: R

Christian Reiter
CTO & Managing Director

Dr. Thomas Rodemann
Managing Partner

Prof. Dr. Siegfried Russwurm
President
Letter: S

Dr. Helmut Scherer
CTO and member of the Executive Board

Dr. Kurt Schmalz
Managing Partner

Franz Schulte
CTO

Christian Schuster
Managing Partner

Christian Schwaighofer
CTO/COO

Axel Schwerdtfeger
CTO

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tomas Smetana
CTO | Member of the Executive Management Board

Prof. Dr. Dr. E.h. Dr. h.c. Dieter Spath
Ambassador of the
Rudolf Diesel Medal

Dr. Walter Stadlbauer
CEO

Christian Stapel
Partner - Member of the Board of Management

Dr. Frank Stietz
COO | Member of the Management Board

Volker Stöcklin
Managing Director
Buchstabe: T

Christoph Thomas
CCO / CTO
Letter: U

Thomas Uhr
General Manager BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co KG and Vice President Powertrain BRP
Letter: V

Dr. Ulrich von Hülsen
COO Carbon Technology

Ludger Voss
Managing Director and Cofounder
Letter: W

Dr. Christian Wahnes
CTO

Dr. Martin Walter
Managing Director

Georg Weber
CTO, Executive Board Member

Dr. Stefan Weber
Head of Technology and Forward Planning

Dr. Hendrik Wehr
CTO

Dr. Michael Weiß
CTO Voith Paper

Prof. Dr. Jan Wörner
President

Prof. Dr. Alexander Wurzer
Spokesman of the Diesel Curatorium
Letter: Z

Wolfgang Zahn
Chief Development Officer
Ambassador of the Rudolf Diesel Medal