IOT CONNECTIVITY DISRUPTED

Bruno Jacobfeuerborn has been CEO of DFMG Deutsche Funkturm GmbH since January 2017. In addition, he is CEO of Comfortcharge GmbH and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of 1NCE GmbH, both since January 2018. Previously, he served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Deutsche Telekom AG from February 2012 to December 2017, and Director of Technology Telekom Deutschland GmbH from April 2010 to December 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Jacobfeuerborn was Director of Technology of T-Mobile Deutschland and T-Home in Germany from July 2009 to March 2010. In this double role, he was responsible for the technology business (both mobile and fixed network) in Germany. From April 2007 to July 2009, he was Managing Director of Technology, IT and Procurement at Polska Telefonica Cyfrowa. Mr. Jacobfeuerborn joined what is now Deutsche Telekom AG in 1989 and has held several positions with increasing responsibility within the group.

Ingo Hofacker has been responsible for setting up the IoT business in the Digital Division of Deutsche Telekom as SVP IoT T-Systems since 2017. Prior to this, he was COO of Group Innovation. Since 2006 at Deutsche Telekom, he has held various senior management positions and was responsible for private customer business in Germany from 2010 to 2014. Prior to joining Telekom, he worked for 5 years in strategy consulting focusing on Tech & Telco at Bain & Company. Ingo Hofacker earned his doctorate at the Universities of Konstanz, Vienna and at the Wharton School on the use of artificial neural networks in corporate management.

Gianbeppi Fortis founded SOLUTIONS 30 in 2003. Prior to this Gianbeppi has covered positions of increasing responsibility within IBM, Motorola and Equant. He has then started up several successful businesses in the IT and telecommunications markets. Gianbeppi holds an MSC in electronic engineering from the Polytechnic school of Milan and an MBA from INSEAD business school. He has developed 30 years of experience in the IT and telecommunications markets in Europe.

Dr. Gusenbauer currently serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Strabag AG, a European-based technology group for construction services. From 2000 to 2008, he was President of the Social Democratic Party of Austria, serving as Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria and member of the European Council from 2007 to 2008. Alfred Gusenbauer studied law, philosophy, political science and economics at the University of Vienna, completing his doctorate in 1987.

Dominikus is currently VP Sales EMEA of Quectel Wireless Solutions, a leading global supplier of Internet of Things (IoT) modules. Until April 2016, Dominikus was serving as CEO of Telit Automotive Solutions, as well as 10 years as CMO of Telit Communications Plc, responsible for sales, marketing and product management of the group. Prior to this, Mr. Hierl was the Global Vice President for Business Development at Siemens Wireless Modules. He was responsible for the strategy and business development of the division and a member of the management board. Before joining Siemens AG, Mr. Hierl worked as a sales engineer at Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co.KG, a world leader in test and measurement equipment for the mobile industry. Dominikus holds master degrees in Electrical Engineering and Industrial Engineering from the Munich University of Applied Sciences.

Hagen Rickmann, born in 1969, has led the business customer segment of Telekom Deutschland GmbH since March 2015. Since joining the Group in 2009, Rickmann has held various management positions for the T-Systems business customer division. He initially took over portfolio and innovation management at T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH. As of 2011, Rickmann was Managing Director of the Service division of T-Systems International GmbH. From January 2013 to February 2015, he was responsible for T-Systems' sales management division. After a banking apprenticeship and studies of business administration, Hagen Rickmann first worked at the management consultancy Esche Schümann Commichau. In 2000, he moved to the IT service provider Done Project as Chief Financial Officer. Two years later, Hagen Rickmann joined EDS as Managing Director IT, where he was responsible for the areas of Consulting Services for North and Central Europe until 2007 and as General Manager and Member of the Executive Board. From 2008, Rickmann headed the Infrastructure Services division in Central Europe.

Ulrich Schumacher was CEO of Zumtobel Group AG. Ulrich Schumacher was born in Bergisch Gladbach (Germany) in 1958 and studied electrical engineering and business administration. He joined Siemens in 1986, where he was responsible for the semi-conductor business starting in 1996. In 1998 he was appointed to the managing board of Siemens AG. Schumacher managed the initial public offering of a spin-off in 2000, which was subsequently renamed Infineon Technologies AG. Infineon has since become the world's fourth largest semi-conductor producer. After his departure he joined Francisco Partners, a US private equity firm in the technology sector, as a partner. There he was responsible, among others, for the creation of Numonyx, a joint venture between Intel and STMicroelectronics with revenues of US$ 3 billion. From 2007 to 2011 Ulrich Schumacher served as CEO of Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, a partly state-owned Chinese company with headquarters in Shanghai, where he successfully managed the turnaround. Since 2011 he has held positions on a number of supervisory boards and consulted for technology companies. Additional roles include working as member of the supervisory board of ASM International N.V., Almere (Netherlands) since May 2008

Henning Thieß, born 1979, Executive Director of SendR SE and Founding Partner of finetunes is the legal adviser to the group and responsible for the operational processes and technical management at SendR SE. During his studies of Law and Information Technologies + Economics, in 2000, Henning founded an agency for building web shops, databases and other business information systems. During that time he developed an audio watermark and specifically the P2P Gopher "blue ice", which was then used by "GVU", the German Society for the Prosecution of Copyright Infringement, to detect illegal material (mainly video) in P2P-networks. Having gathered experience in the field of protecting and prosecuting rights, Henning founded finetunes GmbH in 2003, which was acquired by Sony Music in 2017.

Alf Henryk Wulf, born 1962, is a graduate of the Technical University of Munich (Technische Universität München) and holds an MBA from EM Lyon Business School. He joined Alcatel in 1991 where we was appointed Sales Director for Germany, North and West regions in 1996, and became Key Account Manager for Deutsche Telekom AG in 1997. In 2002, he served as Executive Vice President for Sales and Marketing for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India. In 2003, he became a member of the board of Alcatel SEL AG and was made Executive Vice President Marketing and Sales, responsible for Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Central and Eastern Europe, and Russia. He became Deputy Chairman in 2006 and Chairman of the Management Board of Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG in 2009. As of 1 April 2012, Alf Henryk Wulf joined Alstom as CEO of the German country unit. Effective from April 2016 he was appointed President of GE Energy Businesses Germany.