Stefan joined Siemens in 1997 and held various positions in consulting, business development, and sales for Siemens in Germany. In 2010 he joined the Process Automation unit of Siemens in Karlsruhe to start the Industrial Security business. He was responsible for creation and alignment of the portfolio, regional rollout and development, and alignment with other Siemens units. In 2014 Stefan took over the project lead for an internal project to develop a holistic security concept for two Siemens divisions (Digital Factory and Process Industries & Drives). The holistic security concept is now in rollout to all R&D centers and production sites of these divisions. After the project he took over the Product Management for Plant Security Services and further coordinated the development of the portfolio. Stefan holds a BS in Commercial Economics from Vlissingen University (Netherlands) and a MBA from Purdue University.