Matthias Kovatsch is a renowned Principal Researcher at Huawei Technologies in Germany, specializing in digitalizing industries through the application of Internet and Web technologies. With previous experience working with Samsung and Siemens, Mr. Kovatsch holds a doctorate from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, where his passion for open-source software and open standards took root. He has actively worked with organizations such as the Eclipse Foundation, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and the OPC Foundation.

Mr. Kovatsch's educational background includes a Doctor of Sciences in Computer Science from ETH Zürich and a Diplomingenieur (M.Sc. equivalent) in Systems of Information and Multimedia Technology, with Honors from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Throughout his vast and well-rounded career, Mr. Kovatsch has held numerous professional titles, including Senior Research Scientist at Siemens, Research Associate at ETH Zurich, Visiting Researcher at Samsung Electronics and RISE SICS, and Graduate Assistant at Fraunhofer IIS.