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What I do:
As Vice President of Technology, I am responsible for fundamental development, which primarily takes place in collaboration with external partners from universities and higher education institutions, as well as other research organisations like Fraunhofer. Alongside this, I represent Germany on the IEC Conformity Assessment Board and am a member of the DKE steering committee. As a university professor, I work at Heilbronn University, the Ernst-Abbe University of Applied Sciences in Jena and, as of late, the Dresden University of Technology.

What I enjoy:
I am always pleased to see how well our medium-sized business collaborates with the universities and higher education institutions I mentioned earlier. Not only because our joint research yields great results that we can use in our products, but also because it's an excellent, successful way to get young people interested in working at R. STAHL.

What I get up to outside work:
After work, I love to spend time with my family. I regularly exercise on my racing bike or mountain bike, or on the rowing machine in my conservatory, and I read a lot – particularly books on natural science.

What I do:
As a product manager at R. STAHL, I am responsible for all switching components for low-voltage power distribution boards. Among other products, this includes moulded case circuit breakers, safety switches, load and motor switches, and motor protection relays. Alongside this responsibility, I also deal with issues relating to Industry 4.0 and the asset administration shell.

What I enjoy:
Modern, networked industry solutions. Networking components and enabling access to data paves the way for new opportunities and solutions that nobody could have imagined a few years ago. It's so exciting to shape the future and develop new solutions in this way.

What I get up to outside work:
​​​​​​​I like to sit back and relax with my family. Cooking is usually at the heart of what we do together, often preparing food over an open fire. I also enjoy spending time out and about in nature, as well as unwinding on the water or the shore.

What I do:
As part of the Business Development Team in the Automation business unit, my work is extremely varied. In my role as an HMI expert, I support the Sales team in the USA/Canada, Scandinavia and Middle East regions. Additionally, I provide global support for Sales in the oil and gas application sector, as well as maintaining contact with our internationally active customers in this industry. Yet another element of my work is to do with LNG. I contribute my knowledge of the technology, market and applications, and coordinate strategies, marketing activities and sales.

What I enjoy:
It's great to be part of a collaborative team with so much expertise in the explosion protection and automation sector. I enjoy impressing our customers – not just with our products, but with complete automation solutions from a single source. I also enjoy having the opportunity to help shape our digitalisation transformation.

What I get up to outside work:
My family is most important to me. In my spare time, I'm trying to improve my American BBQ and cooking skills – I particularly enjoy cooking for friends and family. I also love travelling, especially to the USA.

What I do:
As the head of the product management, product marketing and documentation departments for HMIs and Cameras, I am responsible for the life cycle of the products – starting with the product specification, continuing with the creation of marketing documentation and content for the market launch, followed by sales monitoring and finally phasing out the product. This requires in-depth knowledge of the market and customer requirements, as well as the technology that is currently used and future technology.

What I enjoy:
Working with highly technical products, the continuously evolving technology in our sector, and the implementation of this technology in our products and services.

What I get up to outside work:
I enjoy relaxing on my (almost) daily bicycle rides before and after work. I also enjoy taking to the mountain bike trails in the highlands near my home. In the evenings, I love to cook and enjoy eating dinner with my family. Over long weekends and holidays, I like spending time windsurfing as well as cycling.

What I do:
Specification and marketing of products in the Remote I/O, fieldbus and Ethernet sectors, including strategic responsibility and sales support. This requires me to know the market and customer requirements in detail and to monitor technological trends.

What I enjoy:
The variety of tasks I perform and the continuous development of technology in our industry, such as Ethernet-APL, which is a hot topic at the moment. These trends, combined with the varied aspects of the specialist topic of explosion protection, mean that my work is never boring.

What I get up to outside work:
I am most relaxed when I cook for my wife and spend the evening with her. On holiday, particularly in Asia, diving provides me with the best possible form of relaxation.

What I do:
I speak at seminars about explosion protection, standardise our lectures and am a general "Jack of all trades" within our seminar team. 

What I enjoy: 
Interacting with the participants in my seminars – they come from so many different companies. You encounter new perspectives every time and never stop learning!

What I get up to outside work:
At the moment, my husband and I are renovating our home. Other than that, I enjoy reading – especially paper books, rather than e-books. I also love spending time with my children and extended family, and being outside amongst nature.

What I do:
Collecting topics to do with automation and digitalisation, editing information about these topics, and communicating it as clearly as possible in our specialist journals: etz, openautomation and Digital Factory Journal. Making contacts, holding interviews, visiting trade fairs, etc.

What I enjoy:
People who are enthusiastic about developing new ideas and bring them to the market with their own strength of conviction and dedication.

What I get up to outside work:
The first thing I do after work is to take my two dogs out into the fields or woods – their positive energy is infectious and I enjoy the peace and quiet.

What I do:
As a product manager for signalling devices at R. STAHL, I am responsible for the strategic design of the product portfolio in terms of specification and marketing, the operational support and control of the products, the preparation of presentation and training documents as well as the support of the Sales department at trade fairs, in projects and at customer meetings. These products ensure that information, warnings or alarms about potential hazards and altered ambient conditions are given immediately and clearly in potentially explosive atmospheres.

What I enjoy:
A fascinating side of product management is working with an interdisciplinary team in close collaboration with developers, designers, sales experts and other professionals to ensure that together we create a high-quality product for a specific need. It is a fulfilling feeling to see how an idea that you have helped to create ends up being turned into reality and offers added value to customers.

What I get up to outside work:
I like to have company, which is why, in addition to numerous team sports, parlour games and cultural events, the after-work beer is a must. Moreover, a new central point in my life has emerged since January 2021 with the birth of my daughter.

What I do:
The world of process engineering and process automation is one of the most fascinating industries.  Whether customised particles, innovative energy-saving concepts, Industry 4.0 or intelligent sensors - the process industry offers plenty of fascinating starting points for exciting stories. Putting these on paper is my job.

What I enjoy:
The big and small stories from the companies. Behind them there are always people who are passionate about what they do and who advance ideas and technologies with great commitment.

What I get up to outside work:
I enjoy spending time with my family and our dog. Furthermore, I am always happy to go for a run through the forest with my running group.

What I do:
To bring the topics of process informatics and automation technology to the people at Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts and to advance the university in terms of Industry 4.0.

What I enjoy:
Students who are good at communicating content in their final theses.

What I get up to outside work:
I like to swim in the indoor pool.

What I do:
As a freelance journalist, I support R. STAHL with technical texts, especially on the topics of explosion protection for hydrogen and LNG applications. I have experienced how exciting it can be when you really dig deep into these topics. I benefit a lot from the discussions with the experts of R. STAHL. Then it is up to me to formulate exciting and informative texts from the answers to my questions as well as from the diverse information from my Internet research.

What I enjoy:
Almost all technology topics, especially if they have something to do with chemistry. Even though my chemistry studies were a long time ago - I still benefit from them. More and more, I am also captivated by the potential of automation and digitalisation in the process industry.

What I get up to outside work:
The family is most important to me. This is where I'm needed. Right after that comes my little garden. I like to go on short and long bike rides and long walks.

What I do:
Knowledge of applications, underlying standards, and our customers' everyday work forms the basis of my work, which encompasses a variety of tasks. My work revolves around the specification and marketing of products and solutions for grounding monitoring, Ex i interface technology, and wireless technology. These products ensure that automation can be implemented safely in hazardous areas.

What I enjoy:
Solutions that solve technical challenges, developed in a team of creative minds. People that throw everything they have into achieving a goal and help others along the way.

What I get up to outside work:
During the week, I enjoy dancing and learning about psychology – these hobbies relax both my mind and body. I also enjoy travelling around the southwest regions of the USA. Roaming their remote landscapes never fails to inspire me.

What I do:
Specification and marketing of products in the Lighting sector, including strategic responsibility and sales support. This requires me to know the market and customer requirements in detail and to monitor technological trends.

What I enjoy:
Light fittings and lighting technology are just a small part of my work. I enjoy the concept of perception and sight, as well as the psychological aspects of lighting technology. The effect of light in all its forms on sight and perception is a great passion of mine. Last but not least, lighting technology has a significant impact on our environment and the plants and animals living around us.

What I get up to outside work:
The topic of light plays a big part in my free time as well – I am a keen photographer and enjoy experimenting with the effect of backlighting. Another passion of mine is travel, which also helps me to develop my photography skills. I love discovering new cultures, people and, most of all, landscapes.

What I do:
As Segment Manager for hydrogen and LNG, I am responsible for the strategic development of the company in these areas. Having previously worked in Sales, customer opinions are very important to me in order to understand market requirements and customer needs. This in turn gives me and my team the opportunity to target our strategies more effectively. In addition, I support the branch offices and subsidiaries worldwide in hydrogen and LNG projects.

What I enjoy:
The current progress of technology regarding the demands for hydrogen and LNG worldwide to ensure climate neutrality. I also enjoy the cooperation with customers and experts from different business areas as well as internal departments such as Marketing, Sales, Engineering, with whom I am in constant dialogue. I am therefore pleased to have the current tasks (see above) to implement the resulting challenges with my team.

What I get up to outside work:
I spend time with my family. Apart from the family, I keep myself busy with fitness, mountain biking and my long-standing passion for aquarium keeping. I also love to read and travel around Europe by car.  

What I do:
A Marketer with 11+ years of experience in B2B segment, I tell compelling stories that elevate a brand’s image & connect deeply with its audience. As a skilled Marketing professional, I create rich customer experiences that is much more than creating product brochures and buying print ads in the magazines.

What I enjoy:
I consider myself lucky to be in the field of Marketing, especially in a B2B segment. Marketing is an ever-evolving space that is interesting & challenging at the same time. The pace at which customer behaviour & the landscape shifts is just amazing and having to keep up with the trend is something I love about my job. I get to keep the right side of my brain active with all the creativity and out-of-the-box thinking, the Marketing profession can offer.

What I get up to outside work:
I am an avid follower of Yoga. I practice for at least 30 minutes a day, which helps me stay more energetic, focused and ensures a brighter mood. 

What I do:
1. Coordinating standardisation committees: As well as coordinating the community of R. STAHL employees within the different national and international standardisation committees, I am an active member of several committees myself.
2. Coordinating all R. STAHL laboratories: An important aspect of this role is creating standardised test instructions and implementing inspections that are relevant to standards.
3. International certification: As well as general certification projects, this role involves collecting information and distributing it internally to the different certification departments.

What I enjoy:
The excellent specialised discussions within the standardisation committees. These enable us to work on and distribute the requirements and implementation. This leads to internal discussions which, on one hand, serve to pass on the knowledge we have acquired from the standardisation committees and, on the other hand, enable us to formulate or adjust the standard accordingly, so that it can be understood and implemented. In this role, I maintain relationships with a number of contacts within R. STAHL, a range of international standardisation agencies, and employees from different standardisation committees.

What I get up to outside work:
I enjoy going for long, rambling walks outdoors with my wife. After finishing work, these walks enable me to ensure that my body is also well looked after.

What I do:
Developing new solutions in explosion protection and implementing them with a team of test bodies and design engineers. I consider the fact that certification work is carried out in the process to be a valuable task and I am happy to take responsibility for this. Ultimately, systems are created that must be operated safely.

What I enjoy:
Part of my job is to promote type of protection Ex p at R. STAHL. Another part is drawing up specifications for new products of other types of protection, taking into account the international markets. The assessment of explosion-protected systems at locations worldwide is also part of the daily challenge. The fact that I, as an IEC member, contribute to shaping the Ex standards that apply to us, helps with many a decision concerning explosion protection.

What I get up to outside work:
First of all, my family is in the foreground, because they are an important support. Apart from that, dancing (square dancing) and club sports (fistball) are a good compensation to my job. I also own an original VW bus built in '74 which I use for summer excursions and which needs to be looked after.

What I do:
Based in the UK, I am the Product Sales and Marketing Manager – Process Automation and as such I am responsible for selling our Process automation products and advising and assisting my colleagues to develop the Process Automation business within the UK.  The role is very diverse with duties including sales, technical support, project management and training.  In the last 18 months I have also taken on the lead role for the development of our UK strategy relating to the Hydrogen market segment.

What I enjoy:
I really enjoy the varied nature of my role although it can be very challenging at times.  My favourite part of my job is engaging with Customers to help solve their problems using our class-leading and innovative products and systems.

What I get up to outside work:
My hobbies include watching football (especially my team Wolverhampton Wanderers where I have been a season ticket holder for nearly 30 years), reading, walking and spending time with my family and friends.

What I do:
As a team, we plan marketing campaigns and are responsible for their implementation. I am also responsible for e-mail marketing, working with the technical press and the corporate blog.

What I enjoy:
I enjoy the variety my work offers – my tasks are continuously evolving. It's never boring.

What I get up to outside work:
I go to the gym, take a walk to enjoy the outdoors, meet up with family and friends or read a "good" book – thrillers are my favourite. I love to spend my holidays hiking in the mountains.