Electrical Engineering background, PhD with BMW in traffic data analysis. Over 15 years several technical and managerial positions in R&D and in IT at Daimler in Germany, India and China. 3 years IT Executive at General Motors for all Asia/Pacific/Africa manufacturing plants. Since 2 years CTO Manufacturing and Automotive Solutions at Huawei.

As digital transformation especially in manufacturing still struggling to unleash the full added value chain if the transformation, the session will give some insights how to leverage the new technologies like Edge Computing, AI, 5G, Wi-Fi 6 and IoT to accelerate the transformation and as well giving insight how Huawei supports the industry in those terms.