Vorsitzender der Jury
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Prof. Dr. Rainer Hoch |
Qualifications
Dr. rer. nat. in Computer Science, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Department of Computer Science, 1995Master Degree (Diplom) in Computer Science and Mathematics, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, 1989
Current Post
Professor and Head of Department International Business Information Technology (IBIT), Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Mannheim (University of Cooperative Education) since 2003
Previous Post
Development Architect, Basis Technology Development, SAP AG Walldorf (1996-2003)
Scientist and Project Manager, Document Analysis, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Kaiserslautern (1991-1995)
Scientist, Electronic Publishing and Document Standards, GMD-IPSI, Darmstadt (now Fraunhofer Institute, 1989-1991)
Further Informations (CV) on www.imbit.dhbw-mannheim.de/ibit/ansprechpartner/prof-dr-rainer-hoch/
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Juroren
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Frauke Heistermann, Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung der AXIT AG |
Berufliche Stationen
1990-1993: Logistikstudium an der Berufsakademie in Mannheim
1994: Vertriebs- und Kommunikationstraining sowie Veröffentlichung eines Buches zum Thema Vertrieb & Logistik s.u.
1994-1997: Consultant und später Projektleiterin bei Prof. Dr. Bretzke Management Consulting, Unternehmensberatung für Logistik und Organisation in Krefeld
1997-1999: International Product-Manager bei NET Nachtexpress Termindienst GmbH, Mannheim
1999: Mitgründung der AXIT AG, Frankenthal
- 1999 - 2010: Director Sales &Marketing
- seit 2011: Director Products &Marketing
Weitere Tätigkeiten
1994: Veröffentlichung des Buches: Vertrieb von Logistikdienstleistungen (Verkehrsverlag Fischer, Düsseldorf)
1996 - 2004: Vorlesungen an der Europäischen Verkehrsakademie und an der FH Heilbronn
1999 - 2007: Autorin und Co-Autorin verschiedener Logistikpublikationen
seit Juni 2007: Vorstandsmitglied bei der Bundesvereinigung Logistik, Bremen
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Dr. Jörg Sievert, SAP Ventures |
SAP Ventures partners with outstanding entrepreneurs worldwide to build industry-leading businesses. We seek innovative, disruptive and proven companies and help fuel their growth by adding our expertise, relationships, geographic reach and capital.
Over the last 15 years, we have supported more than a hundred companies on 5 continents. We are currently investing out of a 2011 vintage $353M Fund. We are affiliated with SAP AG, the leading global enterprise software company, and leverage our relationship with SAP AG and its ecosystem for the benefit of our portfolio companies. Our goal is to generate superior financial returns, and our corporate partner also benefits from the exposure to innovative and disruptive companies and trends.
Dr.-Ing. Jörg Sievert, Managing Director, Friday Ventures UG |
Jörg is the owner and managing director of Friday Ventures. Jörg advises SAP Ventures on investments, particularly in Europe and Israel. Jörg has been active in research, strategy consulting, venture capital and general management for over 15 years. Based in Germany, Jörg provides a tight linkage to SAP's headquarter in Walldorf. Prior to founding Friday Ventures and advising SAP Ventures, Jörg was a member of SAP Ventures in Germany. Before this, Jörg led Business Consulting for BEA Systems for Central and Eastern Europe and provides significant experience in developing and executing solution selling strategies for SW products and is well connected in several industries. Before joining BEA, he spent several years as investment executive with 3i's global SW group, focused on investments in German speaking Europe and serving on numerous boards as observer. Jörg also spent several years in strategy consulting with Booz-Allen & Hamilton, working with clients in several industries across Europe. Jörg has lived in Germany, Austria, UK, and the United States. He holds a Master in Computer Science and received a Ph.D. in distributed systems, both from the University of Karlsruhe, and is a member of the ACM and GI. Jörg currently serves as a board observer for Aepona Ltd., Alfresco Inc., iTAC AG, and Onventis GmbH, and as a member of the investors' committee of Munich Venture Partners.
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Matthias Storch, Serial-Entrepreneur und Business-Angel |
Matthias Storch gründete 2003 sein ersten Unternehmen, die marktform GmbH - Betreiberin des bundesweit meistbesuchten Informations- und Nachrichtenportals speziell für Gründer und Unternehmer namens foerderland.de (Verkauf im Juni 2011 an WEKA Media). 2007 folgt die apomio GmbH mit dem Produkt- und Preisvergleich für Medikamente apomio.de. Ende 2009 beteiligt sich Matthias Storch an dem Berliner Startup codingpeople GmbH - ein B2B Markup Service, welcher Designs in W3C valides XHTML/CSS umwandelt. Als weiteres Business-Angel Investment folgt Ende 2010 die conceptboard GmbH mit Sitz in Stuttgart. conceptboard.com ist eine SaaS-Lösung für effektives Realtime Teamwork an Ideen und Dokumenten.