Presenter

homas Hahn, born in 1960, has been Chief Software Expert at Siemens
AG since 2011. After studying computer science at Friedrich-Alexander
University of Erlangen he joined the company in 1986 and worked as a
product developer in the field of industrial networks in Erlangen. In 1993 he
moved to Nuremberg, where he worked in product management for
SIMATIC and as a project manager responsible for development of
SIMATIC STEP 7. From 1997 he worked as Head of Development at
Traffic Control Systems in Munich for two years. In 1999 he returned to
Nuremberg, where he was Head of Software Development for Industrial
Automation Systems. He held this post until 2011. In addition to his
function as Chief Software Expert, he was Head of the Business Analytics
and Monitoring technology field from 2011 to August 2013. Beyond his
activities at Siemens, Thomas Hahn is a member or board member of
various bodies, including the OPC Foundation, Big Data Value Association,
Openlab CERN and Platform Industrie 4.0