product audits according to IEC 62443-3-3 and IEC 62443-4-2
secure product development process according to IEC 62443-4-1
implementation of critical infrastructure protection (EPCIP)
security roadmap for automation suppliers, machine builders and production operations
Digital production / IIOT / Industry 4.0
production optimization based on production data: OEE improvement, predictive maintenance
lean management and digital production - human centric operations
edge computing vs. cloud computing
monitoring and anomaly detection: security, condition monitoring and intelligent diagnostics
Vita
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Dean of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics
formerly Director of ProtectIT Institute
professor for embedded system (since 2008)
Professional Career
Managing Director ProtectEM GmbH: cyber security for industry and critical infrastructures
CTO (Europe) Belden Inc., Director R&D Hirschmann Automation & Control GmbH: robust and secure network infrastructures for industry and automation systems, energy supply and intelligent traffics infrastructures
Managing Director Bartec GmbH: Safe and secure, weights and measures approved metering systems for oil & gas and the food industry, management of tanker fleets using global networking
Manager Business Unit HMI and IPC with Pilz GmbH & Co. KG: inustrial computers, human machine interfaces, safety systems
Product Manager IBM: Head of Open Control, pc based industrial automation
Education
PHD thesis: safety of chemical / process plants (cooperation with TÜV Süd and Höchst) at Stuttgart University, Institute for Automation and Software Engineering (Dr.-Ing.)
Electrical Engineering studies (Dipl.-Ing.) at Stuttgart University