Stanford University

University of St.Gallen

Saint Louis University

Munich International School e.V.

President and CEO  -  Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America

Hitachi

Member - Industrial AI Advisory Council

Lead all R&D and certification activities of Mercedes-Benz Cars & Vans in North America. This includes definition of global strategy together with leadership in Germany and executing it in North America by overseeing activities ranging from EV battery research to hybrid powertrain calibration and certification, from telematics to autonomous driving software, and from advanced exterior design to UX in six locations. Emphasis is on cloud, data, voice, AI, battery management and e-motor control software.

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.

President and CEO

Vice President, Chief of Staff to SAP's Chief Design Officer

Hired and developed a millennial workforce of developers, designers, data scientists, and product managers in Silicon Valley; accepted <4% of applications and assembled cohort >50% female, ~10% underrepresented minority, 84% from Tier 1 schools.

Head of Silicon Valley Next Talent Program

Set up an open innovation program for partners to design and implement IoT solutions together with SAP within 90 days; researched and taught corporate and business model innovation with Prof. Henry Chesbrough as “Garwood Innovation Fellow” at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.

Senior Director, Open Innovation, SAP Silicon Valley

Developed and implemented a customer-centered product innovation process to redirect focus of development from feature addition to user enablement and of quality from governance to facilitation; implemented a continuous software delivery process compliant with ISO-9001 resulting in accelerated release cycles (36 months to 90 days or less) and simplified dependency management.

Global Head, Development Processes & Tools, Products & Innovation

Director, Strategic Projects, User Experience & Design

Envisioned SAP’s future ecosystem with a focus on self-service, external developers and shared monetization models based on user research and market analysis for the executive board and chairman to guide product strategy; developed customer experience guidelines and used these to simplify the learn, try, buy, implement cycle for customers and external developers with legal, marketing, support and sales organizations.

Director, End-to-End Experience, SAP HANA Product Management

Established and scaled a modern software design & development approach, environment and culture from a temporary pilot to >4,000 FTE in China, India, Israel, Germany, France, Ireland and the U.S.

Philipp Skogstad