Program Directors Driving Academic Excellence in Executive Education
Meet the professors and academic leaders from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) who ensure quality, relevance and lifelong learning at HECTOR School
"Lifelong learning creates new possibilities and increases flexibility. Especially in today's world with its global economy and dynamic structures, further education is a decisive career advantage. Only through knowledge, innovation, and new ideas we can get ahead."
Dr.-Ing. Judith Elsner
Managing Director
International Department of the KIT gGmbH
"Artificial intelligence, automation, blockchain and sustainable technologies are shaping the future of industry and society. These megatrends create major challenges—and at HECTOR School we educate the experts needed to understand, manage and master this transformation."
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eric Sax
Academic Director of HECTOR School
Meet our Program Directors and Academic Experts
Connecting Research Excellence with Industry Relevance
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eric Sax | Academic- and Program Director | MSEM
- Head of the Institute for Information Processing Technology
- Research focus: systems engineering, currently supervising more than 50 doctoral students in the automotive industry
- Bilateral projects with OEMs and Tier 1 in the fields of processes/methods/tools, EE architectures, function development (automated driving, energy management, predictive diagnostics), big data analytics
- Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.
- Member of the Senate of the KIT
- Speaker of the “Center for Mobility Systems” at KIT
- Director of the “Innovation Campus Mobility” of KIT and the University of Stuttgart
- Director at the “Research Center for Information Technology”
- Program Director at the HECTOR School, the Technology Business School of KIT
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Albert Albers | Program Director | MPD
- Director, Institute for Product Development (IPEK)
- Member of the VDI-GPP Specialist Committee FB7 “Product Development and Mechatronics” (since 2020)
- Member of the VDI/VDE-GMA Technical Committee 7.10 “Planning and Development of Hybrid Product–Service Systems” (since 2020)
- Spokesperson of the Thematic Network “Product Development and Production” at acatech – German National Academy of Science and Engineering (since 2020)
- Member of the National Platform Future of Mobility (NPM), Working Group 2: Alternative Powertrains and Fuels for Sustainable Mobility (since 2019)
- Member of the Advisory Board of Leichtbau BW GmbH, the State Agency for Lightweight Construction of Baden-Württemberg (since 2018)
- Member of the Advisory Board of twopillars GmbH (supervisory board function) (since 2018)
- Managing Director of KCT – KIT Campus Transfer GmbH (since 2015)
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Design Society (since 2015)
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Brand Group, Anröchte (since 2009)
- Member of the University Council of Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences (since 2009)
- Member of the Board of Trustees of Offenburg University of Applied Sciences (since 2009)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Doppelbauer | Program Director and Head of Specialization e-Mobility | MSEM
- Professorship for Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV), Design of electrical machines and Hybrid Electric Vehicles
- Dean of Studies for Mechatronics and Information Technology at the KIT
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (ETIT)
- Chairman of IEC Technical Committee 2 – Rotating Machinery (international standardization)
- Long-standing member of national and European standardization committees (DKE, CENELEC)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marc Hiller | Programm Director | EEM
Prof. Dr. Stefan Nickel | Program Director | EEM, MSEM, POM
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Prof. Dr. Andreas Oberweis | Program Director | ISEM
- Director of Software Engineering & Innovation, Strategy and Transfer at FZI
- Chair of the Jury of the GI Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Association for Applied Informatics Karlsruhe (AIK) e.V.
- Member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Economics and Management, KIT
- Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Business Information Systems
- Associate Editor of the journal Enterprise Modelling and Information Systems Architectures
- Member of the Editorial Board of Information Systems and e-Business Management
Prof. Dr. Ralf Reussner | Program Director | ISEM
Prof. Dr. Martin E. Ruckes | Program Director | FEM, ISEM, MPD
- Professor of Finance, Department of Economics and Management, KIT (since 2007)
- Principal Investigator, Karlsruhe School of Services, KIT (since 2011)
- Principal Investigator, Graduate School Cultures of Knowledge, KIT (since 2020)
Prof. Dr. Maxim Ulrich | Program Director | FEM
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Furmans | Program Director | POM
Academic Excellence Through Expertise, Research and Teaching
Our Program Directors, professors and teaching faculty combine academic expertise, research excellence and practical insight to deliver the highest standards in executive education.
Defining a Program Director in Executive Education
Curriculum Development
Designing Research-Driven and Practice-Oriented Programs
Faculty Coordination
Ensuring Teaching Excellence and manintaining Academic Standards
The Role of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Academic Excellence
KIT is a Leading Technical University in Europe Internationally
Innovation and Technology
Access to Cutting-Edge-Research and Innovation
