Active designers –
the IDTA Board of Directors

The members of the IDTA Board of Directors approach their work with a wide range of expertise, strong design motivation and creative visions.

Board of Directors

Dr. Matthias Bölke

Chairman of the board

Vice President Strategy Industrial Automation

Schneider Electric SE

Dr. Horst Heinol-Heikkinen

Vice Chairman of the board

Managing Partner

ASENTICS GmbH & Co. KG

Karsten Schneider

Treasurer

Director Standardization & Regulation

Siemens AG

Board

Burkhard Balz

Senior Vice President Automation Systems

Lenze SE

Dr. Birgit Boss

Standardization, Open Source and IP Strategy

Bosch Connected Industry, Robert Bosch GmbH

Erich Clauer

Vice President Industry Standards & Open Source

SAP SE

Ernst Esslinger

Director Methods/Tools, Systems

Homag GmbH

Dr. Michael Hoffmeister

Executive Expert Digital Business

Festo SE & Co. KG

Gunther Koschnick

Director Industry

ZVEI e.V.

Andreas Orzelski

Master Specialist Standardization

PHOENIX CONTACT GmbH & Co. KG

Andreas Faath

Managing Director Machine Information Interoperability

VDMA e.V.

Dr. Dirk Thieme

Head of IIoT Integration Production

Volkswagen AG

Dr. Florian Harzenetter

Global Industry Advisor

Parametric Technology GmbH (PTC)

Active designers – the IDTA Board of Directors