Christian Homma

Dr. Christian Homma is an enthusiastic and creative individual with over 5 years of experience in open innovation, technology/trend scouting, and strategy within a large multi-national organization.

He is known for creating Quickstarter, a Corporate Crowdfunding platform at Siemens aimed at fostering employee-based innovation. With over 12 years of R&D experience in nondestructive testing technologies, including a Ph.D. thesis, Dr. Homma is a versatile professional.

Aside from his technical expertise, he is also a passionate writer, coach, and lateral thinker. Dr. Homma is interested in connecting with individuals involved in open innovation to exchange best practices in corporate crowdfunding, hackathons, open co-ideation, shark tanks, trend scouting, and prioritization.

Furthermore, he is a Business Coach at GROW2GLOW, an internal initiative at Siemens, and has held various roles within the organization, including Senior Innovation Manager, Technology Scout, Program Manager, and Research Scientist. His educational background includes a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from Universität des Saarlandes and a Dipl. Phys. from TU Munich.

For more insights into his work, Dr. Homma invites you to explore his short stories and other book projects on www.hommaundfrank.de.