Claus Schmidt is a seasoned technologist with over 30 years of management experience in the high-tech industry. His passion for fostering and enabling successful innovation led him to support several startups, cooperated with accelerator programs, and accomplished the implementation of a corporate venturing unit. Schmidt's expertise lies in external innovation processes, corporate venture capital, coaching internal entrepreneurs, human resources, and coaching management teams. He holds a degree in Physics from the University of Stuttgart, and his previous roles include managing director and executive VP at Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH and a board member at Alcan.