SUNTRACE - Key Persons


Albrecht Miegler

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Water Supply Infrastructure

Alexander Blume

Job Titles:
  • Project Engineer
  • Expert for Environmental Issues
Alexander Blume is Project Engineer in the Power and Heat business unit and an expert in environmental matters. Mr. Blume is active in the field of environmental planning, primarily for infrastructure projects. He is an expert in environmental planning and in the processing of environmental information and geoinformation systems. His customer base includes infrastructure companies, engineering and design firms, and licensing authorities. Since 2017, Mr. Blume has been involved among other things in projects dealing with the extension of Hamburg's subway system. His project work includes covering the environmental aspects of feasibility studies as well as environmental impact studies, from establishing the basis for the project through to approval planning (work phases 1 - 4 of the German Official Scale of Fees for Services by Architects and Engineers (HOAI)). Mr. Blume studied at Beuth University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, graduating with an M.Sc. in Environmental Data Management - GIS. He subsequently worked in various fields of environmental planning and international cooperation.

Aliya Baidebekova

Job Titles:
  • Expert in Mobility and Urban Development

Anette Wackerhagen

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Environment

Annelie Kühnel

Job Titles:
  • Head of Project Controlling

Arun Kumar Sarna

Job Titles:
  • Head of India & South Asia Region
  • Managing Director of Dornier Group India

Boris Westphal

Job Titles:
  • Expert for the Development and Financing of Projects
  • Managing Director Dornier Suntrace GmbH

Carina Passarge

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Waste Disposal Planning

Christian Becher

Job Titles:
  • Project Engineer
  • Expert in Maintenance Projects
Christian Becher is Project Engineer in the Power and Heat business unit and an expert in maintenance projects. Mr. Becher has extensive experience in the maintenance of power plants. His tasks include planning, preparation and management of maintenance work. Our customers benefit from his expertise in the preparation of schedules of works and order specifications, in cost planning and time scheduling, and in the monitoring of compliance with specifications, budgets and schedules. His tasks include coordinating all parties involved in the project and acting as site manager. His areas of expertise cover inspection planning and implementation as well as planning and coordination, including monitoring of deadlines, of service life monitoring for plant components subject to official inspection (boiler components and steam lines). His main focus is on measures relating to boilers and on life time extension (LTE) measures. His customer base mainly comprises energy sector companies and power plant operators. From 2016 to 2021, Mr. Becher worked as a project engineer in the "Retrofit Hamburg West" project at the Wedel CHP plant. He was entrusted with the planning and the coordination and monitoring of measures to extend the service life of components of the boiler plant in the Wedel CHP plant. Mr. Becher studied at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, graduating with a degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in mechanical engineering, specializing in production technology. Before joining Dornier Group in 2008, Mr. Becher worked as an engineer at DIS AG. This included sub-tasks as a commissioning engineer at Alstom, project engineer at AREVA NP and commissioning engineer at Siemens AG PG.

Christian Klett

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Process Engineering
Christian Klett graduated in engineering and joined Dornier Group's business unit Power and Heat in Vetschau as a project engineer in 2009, before becoming head of Process and Environmental Engineering in 2016. He possesses a wealth of expertise in the field of steam turbines and in handling small and large-scale projects as project engineer, construction and erection supervisor, building owner and project manager. With great commitment and dedication, Christian Klett is always on the lookout for improvements and pragmatic solutions for his clients and staff. From 2010 to 2015 he contributed decisively in various roles to the construction of Vattenfall's Moorburg CHP plant in Hamburg. Christian Klett studied mechanical engineering at TU Dresden, specializing in aerospace engineering.

Christian Lösche

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Process Monitoring
  • Head of the Calculations
Christian Lösche is head of the Calculations and Process Quality Control section in the Power and Heat business unit, and an expert in process quality control.   Together with his team, Mr. Lösche is responsible for process modeling and simulation, online monitoring, and metrological investigations at power plants. He is an expert in efficiency monitoring and evaluation of power plants and has extensive expertise in thermodynamics and power plant engineering. His customer base is chiefly made up of energy utilities and chemical companies. From 2019 to 2021, Mr. Lösche was project manager for the installation of process quality control systems for Vattenfall Wärme Berlin AG combined heat and power plants. Mr. Lösche studied at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, graduating with a degree (Dipl.-Ing. FH) in energy and environmental engineering. Mr. Lösche subsequently worked as a project engineer for measurements and optimizations at Dornier Group. Mr. Lösche was co-author of the article for the 51st Power Plant Technology Colloquium (2019) in Dresden on the topic "How (in)accurate are process engineering KPIs that are used as decision aids for the O&M management and maintenance of power plants?"

Christian Stahl

Job Titles:
  • Project Engineer
  • Expert for Maintenance
Christian Stahl is a Project Engineer in work scheduling in the Power and Heat business unit and an expert in maintenance.  Mr. Stahl is working as a team leader in the work scheduling department at the Wedel power plant near Hamburg, Germany. His main tasks include the coordination of trades, the creation and processing of SAP maintenance orders as well as cost planning and monitoring. He is also responsible for determining and procuring spare parts requirements, scheduling and QA measures. The SAP PM module is used to create maintenance orders for repairs and new constructions. Mr. Stahl's technical focus is on industrial valves and fittings. His customer base mainly includes power plant operators. Mr. Stahl studied at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, graduating with a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering with a focus on sustainable energy systems. As part of his studies, he worked as a student trainee at the Hamburger Hochbahn public transportation company in the maintenance of subways.

Christin Weniger

Job Titles:
  • Expert in the Field of Radiation Protection

Christoph Gipp

Job Titles:
  • Head of Business Unit Mobility

Deutsch English

Job Titles:
  • Nuclear Services
  • Real Estate Management

Dr. Anton Anthofer

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Repository Documentation
  • Head of Business Unit Nuclear Services

Dr. Bettina Grauel

Job Titles:
  • Project Engineer
Dr. Bettina Grauel is a project engineer in the Nuclear Services business line. She has extensive experience in planning and consulting services in radiation protection and in all aspects related to clearance procedures. She also works as a project manager in various areas of the Nuclear Services business line. A major part of her work involves technical discussions with operators and authorities. Ms. Grauel's expertise covers activity determination and statistical evaluation. She also has many years of experience in Monte Carlo simulations and numerical analysis of activity dispersion. A major focus is the careful processing and precise visual presentation of data. As a career changer, she often comes up with unconventional or out-of-the box approaches to bring projects to a successful conclusion. Her customer base is chiefly made up of owners and operators of nuclear facilities and authorities. In 2021 and 2022, Ms. Grauel was involved in a project for the planning of a waste disposal measurement laboratory. Her responsibilities included estimating the number of laboratory measurements to be expected in the course of building clearance and, as a result, the number and quality of the required measuring stations. The layout planning under consideration of the permissible floor loads and variant comparisons and feasibility studies also belonged to her tasks. Ms. Grauel studied at the Humboldt University in Berlin, where she earned her Master of Science in Physics, specializing in quantum field theory. After that, Ms. Grauel also earned her PhD from Humboldt University in Berlin and her Doctor of Science degree in physics, specializing in biophotonics.

Dr. Daniel Seibt

Job Titles:
  • Head of Business Unit Power & Heat

Dr. Goswin Schreck

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Deconstruction Planning
  • Head of Business Unit Nuclear Services

Dr. Helga Jonuschat

Job Titles:
  • Expert in New Mobility
For more than 20 years now, Helga Jonuschat has been researching and providing consultancy on sustainable urban development and user-oriented digital mobility innovations. Her activities at Dornier focus on automated driving, integrated energy, and human-technology interaction in the urban district of the future. Since 2019, Helga Jonuschat has been contributing her expertise in the New Mobility segment within our Business Unit Mobility, always thinking one step ahead with her innovative ideas. She was previously actively involved in shaping the mobility transition at the Innovation Center for Mobility and Societal Change (InnoZ) and the Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment (IZT) in Berlin. Helga Jonuschat studied architecture and urban planning in Hamburg, and lectures in the master's degree program in "Futures Studies" at Freie Universität Berlin.

Dr. Marcus von Drygalski

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Programme & Multi - Project Management
Marcus von Drygalski holds a doctorate in industrial engineering and has more than 15 years of professional experience in the planning, project control, and construction of real estate projects. Marcus has been with Dornier Consulting International since 2014 and was initially responsible for the Munich office as branch manager. In 2017, he took over the management of the Real Estate business unit based in Stuttgart, which was merged with the Mobility business unit in 2022. His focus is on the continuous development of activities in his business line and the multi-project management of complex construction projects. Marcus was previously a branch manager and project partner at Drees & Sommer. He studied Industrial Engineering and Management at the Technical University of Berlin, where he earned his doctorate with a thesis on Public Private Partnerships.

Dr. Ralf Gilgen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • CEO of Dornier Group

Dr. Steffen Griebe

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Measurements & Optimizations

Dr. Steffen Wildgrube

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Disposal & Release

Eva Goebel

Job Titles:
  • Expert in Aviation

Fabian Sonntag

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Building Information Modeling

Frank Schulze

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Sales

Frankfurter Ring

Job Titles:
  • Consulting International GmbH

Gerhard Cornelsen

Job Titles:
  • Project Director
  • Expert for Groundwater Remediation & Groundwater Storage Systems
Gerhard Cornelsen is Project Director in the Water business unit and an expert in groundwater remediation and groundwater storage systems. Mr. Cornelsen has many years of experience in the technical and financial management of large international consulting projects in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, with a focus on groundwater development and management, as well as groundwater remediation in the petroleum industry. He is tasked with managing the Doha, Qatar office. Within the scope of his management role, he is responsible for business development in the field of water resources management in the Middle East, acquisition of new projects including coordination and preparation of technical and financial proposals, recruitment, contracting and coordination of subcontractors. He is also responsible for the coordination and preparation of technical reports. Mr. Cornelsen is an expert in the storage of potable water in existing aquifers, the remediation of large-scale groundwater damage in the petroleum industry, and the exploration, assessment, monitoring, and utilization of water resources, particularly in the Middle East. His client base mainly includes water and energy utilities, government departments with responsibility for the water and environment sector, environmental authorities and petroleum companies. Mr. Cornelsen plays a major role in the ASR (Aquifer Storage & Recovery) project in the Emirate of Dubai. The focus of this project is on using the near-surface aquifer to inject and store desalinated seawater for use in emergencies. The project began with a pre-feasibility study to identify suitable regions. During an intensive exploration phase, the groundwater conditions in an area of several hundred square kilometers were investigated in detail. With the help of a pilot plant at the most suitable location, the design parameters for the large-scale project are now being determined as part of a one-year test operation. Most Gulf countries now obtain nearly 100% of their potable water from seawater desalination plants. In the event of a production outage, ASR can make a significant contribution to maintaining drinking water supplies for a period of up to several months. Capital expenditures required to build conventional water reservoirs (reservoirs made of concrete, steel, etc.) are many times higher than those involved in ASR projects. Mr. Cornelsen studied at the University of Bayreuth, graduating with a degree in geoecology (Diplom-Geoökologe). Upon completion of his studies, Mr. Cornelsen started his career working in exploration, remediation planning and specialist site supervision in the context of the dismantling of industrial plants. Subsequently, he provided expert opinions on environmental damage and conducted environmental due diligence audits in connection with the sale of industrial and commercial properties.

Hardy Hilliges

Job Titles:
  • Head of Sales and Innovation Management

Holger Immisch

Job Titles:
  • Expert in Program and Multi - Project Management for Complex Projects

Holger Tranitz

Job Titles:
  • Expert in Electrical Engineering
  • Head of the Electrical Engineering Department
Holger Tranitz is Head of the Electrical Engineering department in the Power and Heat business unit and an expert in electrical engineering. Mr. Tranitz has many years of experience in the design and engineering of electrical systems and machinery, and in the design of power supply systems. His focus is on project and construction management as well as on commissioning support, retrofitting and new construction projects. In addition, Mr. Tranitz has many years of experience in project management in all project phases, in conceptual design and planning, tendering, bid evaluation, award recommendations and project oversight and commissioning. During his professional career, he has gained extensive experience in various management positions, including as planning manager for electrical engineering, as group leader and, since 2011, as department head. His customer base mainly includes energy utilities, municipal utilities, project developers and industrial companies. Mr. Tranitz was involved in various projects, such as the construction of the Boxberg and Moorburg power plants and the Frankfurt/Oder CHP plant. His main tasks included planning, tendering, contract award support, construction supervision and commissioning. Mr. Tranitz studied at the Senftenberg University of Applied Sciences, graduating with a degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in electrical engineering. Subsequently, Mr. Tranitz worked as a design engineer at ABB and as a project manager at ABB.

Holger Witing

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Release and Quality Assurance

Isabella Staubach - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Head of HR
  • Head of Human Resources

Johannes Lönne

Job Titles:
  • Senior Consultant
  • Expert for Intelligent Transport Systems and Tolling
Johannes Lönne is Senior Consultant in the Mobility business unit and an expert for tolling systems, test strategies for networked systems, and smart transport systems. Mr. Lönne has many years of experience in consultancy services in the field of mobility, especially with regard to the development of new products and strategies through the application of systems engineering, requirements management and feasibility studies. His portfolio also includes test strategies for complex systems and the development and management of efficient test processes and test environments. In addition, Mr. Lönne is an expert for toll systems and for automotive testing. His client base mainly includes industrial companies and public sector clients. Within the scope of a project lasting several years, for Allego GmbH as the client, Mr. Lönne was responsible for adapting the charging infrastructure and the back-end systems to the legal requirements. His tasks there also included the identification, testing and evaluation of options for establishing compliance with calibration law. As project manager, he was also responsible for coordinating the adaptation of internal business processes and data flows and for coordinating the commercial and technical interfaces with external contractual partners. He also accompanied the retrofitting of existing charging stations, the adaptation of client's specifications for future procurement needs, and the conceptual design, planning, and monitoring of the implementation of the favored solution. In 2017, Mr. Lönne was co-author of the study "Autonomes Fahren - Erwartungen an die Mobilität der Zukunft" (Autonomous Driving - Expectations for Mobility of the Future) by Dornier Consulting International. Mr. Lönne studied at the University of Tübingen, Germany, graduating with a degree in information science (Diplom-Informatiker) with a focus on applied information science / databases. He studied physics as a minor subject. After his studies, Mr. Lönne worked as a system engineer for mobile networks at Alcatel AG and Siemens AG, and then at Altek GmbH, where he served as a Project Manager for field testing of on-board units (TollCollect).

Johannes Nils Schubert

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Deconstruction and Residual Material Treatment

Julia Patzwaldt

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Sustainable Infrastructure Investments

Jörg Appelt

Job Titles:
  • Head of Department
  • Expert for Layout Planning
Jörg Appelt is Head of Department in the plant engineering sector of our Power and Heat business unit and an expert in layout planning.  As a graduate process engineer (Dipl.-Ing.) in the field of plant and process technology, Mr. Appelt and his team are responsible for consulting and planning in plant, layout and piping design. He is an expert in the construction and modification of process systems, with a focus on the layout planning of power plants and industrial facilities, and deals with studies, pilot plants and operating regulations, as well as being responsible for managing and coordinating projects. In the field of piping design, he also prepares cost estimates, hazard analyses and operating instructions, and accompanies the implementation of pipeline projects. His customer base chiefly comprises industrial companies, municipal utilities and energy providers. From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Appelt was in charge of the layout planning for the Hamburg-Moorburg new-build power plant project (2x827MW). Since 2020, his activities have primarily involved the layout planning in Berlin-Charlottenburg (gas turbines) and activated carbon proportioning systems in various power plants in Lusatia. He is also responsible for the award procedure and project supervision in the Berlin-Neukölln combined heat and power plant project. Mr. Appelt graduated in engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) from TU Dresden, and was subsequently head of the plant technology division and project engineer at eta AG Schwarze Pumpe.

Kai Karger

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Pumps & Compressors & Heat Pumps

Kanin Silpa-Archa

Job Titles:
  • Head of Region for Southeast Asia

Larysa Gasukha

Job Titles:
  • Leiterin Der Region Osteuropa Und Zentralasien

Lukas Haack

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Technologies
  • Project Manager for Engineering and Technology
Lukas Haack is a Project Manager for Engineering and Technology projects worldwide. He is responsible for the Owner´s Engineering project for a gold mine in Mali and manages the Engineering Services for the Noor Midelt project for MASEN. He is expert in solar PV and CSP technologies and energy system engineering specialised in plant performance simulation, international tenders and project implementation. Since 2014 he is working for our business unit renewables on solar energy projects worldwide with international project experience in Morocco, Vietnam, Namibia, Kuwait, Mali and the United Arab Emirates. Lukas has developed plant performance simulation tools for techno-economic plant design optimisation and project feasibility analysis. He holds a master`s degree in Energy and Environmental Engineering from the TUHH in Hamburg.

Lutz Appelt

Job Titles:
  • Expert in Operational Management

Martin Munack

Job Titles:
  • Data Protection Officer
  • General Legal Counsel

Martin Schlecht

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Technology and Operations

Max Schreier

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Packaging Planning

Nadja Vrieze

Job Titles:
  • Head
  • Head of Controlling
Nadja Vrieze is Head of Group Controlling at the Dornier Group. She has been part of the Dornier Group management since the end of 2019 and is responsible for the development and restructuring of reporting and key figure analyses, as well as the optimisation of controlling processes. Together with her team, Ms Vrieze is in charge of topics such as forecasting and planning, support for the monthly and annual financial statements including the associated reporting, preparation of information for banks, active accounts receivable management and liquidity planning. Ms. Vrieze's professional career ranges from Karstadt Warenhaus GmbH, Mytoys GmbH, Liebeskind GmbH to natGas AG. In all companies she worked in controlling and helped the companies to set up key figure analyses and reporting systems. Ms Vrieze studied economics at the Bochum University of Applied Sciences.

Nicole Thiel

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Operational Management Systems
  • Head of the Analytical Solutions
Nicole Thiel is head of the Analytical Solutions section in the Power and Hear business unit, and an expert in plant O&M systems. Ms. Thiel has extensive experience in the areas of consulting and engineering services for asset reporting. Her focus ranges from the measuring point, in particular from the creation of concepts for fulfilling external and internal requirements, to report-relevant indicators such as algorithms and the balancing of power plant process data. An important aspect here is consideration of legal regulations and standards. She also has extensive experience in concept development for smart problem solvers in Excel/Access format, such as data analysis in the emissions sector, supply/disposal processes in power plants and smart documentation. In addition, she has been entrusted with standardized energy and environmental management and technical plant reporting in various projects. Her customer base chiefly comprises energy supply companies, municipal utilities, industrial site operators and local authorities. In 2020, Ms. Thiel was involved in the Carve-Out Process project at the Vattenfall Group company Wärme Hamburg GmbH. Her responsibilities included project coordination in the re-engineering of technical asset reporting. Ms. Thiel studied at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, graduating as an industrial engineer with a focus on energy management and power engineering.

Norman Kling

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Photovoltaics

Normen Seifert

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Project Management

Patrick Rauh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • CFO of Dornier Group

Raed Romhi

Job Titles:
  • Head of MENA
  • Head of MENA - Region

Ralph Thilo

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Operational Service
Ralph Thilo holds a degree in engineering and has been in charge of Dornier Group's O&M services of our business unit Power and Heat in the Hamburg area since 2017. Thanks to his persistent nature and good contacts to local customers, he has already been able to win numerous projects for his department and thus supports the growth in VPC's O&M Service business. Based on his many years of experience in company management and operation of energy plants, he always has the cost and process efficiency of the projects in view - to the complete satisfaction of his customers. Previously, Ralph served as a Director at Fortum Service Germany. Ralph Thilo studied mechanical engineering at the University of Stuttgart.

Raúl Granados

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Solar and Photovoltaics
  • Head of Renewable Energy Resources
Raúl Granados is Head of Renewable Energy Resources in the Renewables business unit and an expert in solar photovoltaics. Mr. Granados has extensive experience in technical consulting regarding resource measurement campaigns, site characterization and project management of renewable energy projects with a focus on solar PV. He is an experienced senior project engineer and project manager, particularly in the fields of project development, resource planning and characterization of sites for renewable energy projects. He is a proficient user of design, planning and modeling software and a proactive and independent problem solver with multicultural communication skills and broad leadership abilities. His client base mainly includes RE project developers, IPPs, EPC-Ms, industrial companies, development aid organizations and government companies. In 2019, Mr. Granados was involved in the project "Verification of solar and wind detection stations" as Consultant, Quality Manager and Solar Measurement Expert. Since 2020, he has been entrusted with the project "Power Sector Reform Program - PV1 floating solar photovoltaic (PV) auction advisory service (ADB | VN)" in the role of technical project manager. In the project "AVUSPro Automated Insitu Measurement of Soiling Rates and Spectra (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Fraunhofer ISE, TSK Flagsol | DE, KW, MA)" he serves as project manager. Mr. Granados is a speaker at conferences and workshops for solar energy engineering, wind and solar metrology. He is also supervising a master's thesis on "Cloud Height Estimation through Combination of Cloud Motion Vectors from Cloud Camera and Radiation Measurements" at the University of Oldenburg and lectures (in architecture and civil engineering programs) on electrical installations, drawing for civil engineering, geographic information systems, statics and material mechanics. Mr. Granados graduated from the Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg with a M.Sc. in Renewable Energies. He then studied at the Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, where he earned his MBA and Eng. Civil Engineering. After his studies, Mr. Granados worked in construction management and international sales at bwe Energiesysteme GmbH & Co. KG and as academic coordinator and university lecturer at UNITEC [HND].

Sascha Fific

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Electric Mobility

Stefan Barthelmes

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Expert in Rail and Road Transport
  • Expert in Rail and Road Transport / Nuclear Services
Stefan Barthelmes is the Director Transportation in the Mobility business unit and an expert in rail and road transport. Mr. Barthelmes has many years of experience in advising on financial, operational, regulatory, and organizational issues in the transportation, logistics and infrastructure sector as well as on privatization and public procurement procedures. He is an expert in private sector involvement in public transport infrastructure (rail, urban transport, toll road s). His client base mainly includes companies in the rail, public transport, digital mobility solutions, hyperloop, toll roads, rail industry, logistics and technology sectors, as well as investment funds, ministries, regulators, and international development banks. From 2019 to 2021, Mr. Barthelmes had overall project management responsibility for the preparation of the Saudi Railways Master Plan 2050 for the Railways Authority of Saudi Arabia. Previously, he advised on public transport and toll road reform projects, financing and regulation of transport infrastructure, preparation of business plans and feasibility studies, and market entry issues in Germany. Mr. Barthelmes studied at the Free University of Berlin, where he graduated with a degree in economics. Subsequently, Mr. Barthelmes worked as a senior manager in corporate finance for the major auditing and consulting firms (Big Four).

Steffen Schüler

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Operational Service

Thomas Kern

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager
  • Senior Consultant
  • Expert for Urban Water Management
Thomas Kern is Senior Consultant / Project Manager in the Water business unit and an expert in urban water management. Mr. Kern has more than 20 years of professional experience in various national and international projects and in consulting in the field of urban water management. He has been the lead design engineer in the implementation of a wide range of designs for the expansion of wastewater treatment plants and wastewater transfer systems in Germany and the United Kingdom. He has in-depth knowledge of project management, process engineering, hydraulic calculations, the processing of prequalification documents and the preparation of technical and financial tender documents. His expertise includes the preparation of feasibility studies, preliminary designs, detailed design and tender documents. His customer base primarily comprises industrial companies, development aid organizations, and governments and authorities. From 2016 to 2019, Mr. Kern was involved, among other things, in a project to treat dam water for use as drinking water in various regions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He prepared feasibility studies and detailed design and tender documents for selected dams, including service specifications and BoQs. The plant capacity of the 27 drinking water treatment projects totals up to 11,000 m³/d. Technical disciplines include architectural and structural engineering, process engineering, hydraulic and surge pressure calculations, and mechanical and electrical engineering. Mr. Kern studied at Giessen University of Applied Sciences, graduating with a degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in civil engineering. He then worked as project manager at Deutsche Abwasser Reinigungs GmbH and as lead design engineer at Entec UK Ltd..

Tine Haas

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Aviation
Tine Haas is an accomplished transportation professional in the fields of airport development, master planning, and assessment of operational processes for airside, terminal and landside as well as strategic planning. She has over 20 years of experience in the transport sector working with airport operators, airlines and investors in Europe, the USA and New Zealand. Tine has comprehensive knowledge of integrated transport planning and design with focus on new mobility (car sharing, ride sharing, e-mobility, autonomous driving) and its impact on airport access and infrastructure. She is a prominent conference speaker sharing her views on emerging new technologies and digitalization with her industry peers. Tine is an advocate for collaborations between urban planners, transportation engineers, technology providers and citizens to find sustainable solutions. Tine has a master's degree in transportation planning from the University of Delaware and a Dipl.-Ing. from the Technical University of Dresden. She is also a Chartered Professional Engineer in New Zealand and on the International Professional Engineers Register.

Tobias Schumann

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Expert for Innovative Vehicle Concepts and Transport Systems
Tobias Schumann is Consultant in the Mobility business unit and expert for innovative vehicle concepts and transport systems. Mr. Schumann has extensive experience in providing consulting services at the interface between technological innovation, mobility and strategic planning. He is an expert in planning and organization related to innovations in the mobility sector, especially intelligent, automated and track-based systems in passenger and freight transport. His customer base mainly includes industrial companies and government agencies in Europe and the Middle East. In 2018, Mr. Schumann was involved in a project dealing with "Autonomous Driving Pilot Projects" for a major German city, where he was responsible for the development of pilot projects for autonomous driving systems in the fields of public transport and freight transport, including analysis of international research projects, workshops with stakeholders from industry and academia, and preparation of funding proposals.

Tolga Özkarakas

Job Titles:
  • Expert in the Field of Wind Solutions
  • Head of Business Unit Renewables

Ulrich Schott

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Expert in Water Resources Management & Groundwater Modeling
  • Head of Business Unit Water
  • Is Director of the Water
Ulrich Schott is Director of the Water business unit and an expert in water resources management and groundwater modeling. Mr. Schott is a consultant in water resources management with a focus on groundwater. He has many years of experience in project management, dealing with feasibility studies, resource planning, construction supervision and dewatering. He is an expert in the assessment, development and use of water resources, and also has extensive expertise in groundwater recharge and water storage in aquifers (aquifer storage & recovery). His customer base chiefly comprises government organizations, water utilities and private sector companies (oil sector, mining, industry, agriculture). Mr. Schott is responsible for projects in the field of water resources management. He led the consultancy provided to the Saudi government in reorienting the water sector towards sustainable water management, and was an advisory expert on transboundary aquifers for the United Nations (UN-ESCWA). Mr. Schott is responsible for training in the field of groundwater modeling within the Dornier Group. Mr. Schott studied at J. Gutenberg University in Mainz, C. Albrechts University in Kiel and the Universita degli Studi Cagliari in Italy, graduating with a degree in geology and specializing in hydrogeology. Mr. Schott began his international career as a hydrogeologist at Dornier Group in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). He moved on to A.G.E. in Brisbane, Australia, before working as an expert for the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ, now GIZ) in Saudi Arabia. From 2010 to 2019, Mr. Schott was Technical Manager at Schlumberger Water Services in Qatar and Chile. Since joining Dornier Group, he has worked as Business Development Manager in Delhi, India, and is now Director of the Water business line in the Dornier office in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Viktor Frankel

Job Titles:
  • Author

Wolfgang Apelt

Job Titles:
  • Expert for Project Management