BOSCH ENERGY - Key Persons


Andreas Mauer - CTO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Technology Officer

Anna Flöter

As the head of an installation and service team, she goes all out to ensure on-schedule, high-quality work at customer facilities. Every day is different for me and poses new challenges. Like when a team member has to fill in for another at short notice. This gives me lots of opportunities to hone my communication skills, which I greatly enjoy. I also really like the fact that my job involves paying on-site visits to customers. And not just to check the quality of installed systems, but also to evaluate how well our employees have done their jobs. How do you make your customers happy? My team and I work hard to complete assignments quickly and well and stay in close touch with customers to coordinate appointments and get feedback. This supports effective collaboration, which they really appreciate. What benefits do you see as a result of increased networking and IoT? The technologies in our industry are constantly evolving. So it's important for us to stay on the ball. We provide ongoing training to our employees to keep them up to speed. It will always be vital to safeguard people and property, and it's a great feeling knowing that our work can make a major contribution to this. "I see myself in the role of enabler. We always assign a fixed contact to each customer who's familiar with their challenges and grows with them."

Anna-Lena Kniebel

Job Titles:
  • the Junior Consultant at Bosch Climate Solutions Advises Customers on the Road to Becoming Climate - Neutral Enterprises
The junior consultant at Bosch Climate Solutions advises customers on the road to becoming climate-neutral enterprises. Our team at Bosch Climate Solutions and our customers! For one thing, I immensely enjoy being able to learn something new every day as part of an inspiring team at a corporate startup. And I'm inspired again and again by experiencing first-hand how motivated our customers are to accept responsibility and start down the path for becoming a climate-neutral company. And how do you make your customers happy? Mainly by being a good listener, communicating clearly, and exchanging information and ideas in a spirit of partnership. Sustainability is a #teamsport! And to avoid losing focus in the sustainability and climate protection jungle, I try to help keep things structured and organized. How important do you think it is for Bosch's experts to work together as a team for providing complete advice, and how do customers benefit from this? Teamwork makes the dream work! Each one of us on the team contributes different abilities, which together add up to a wide range of expertise. This lets us meet all kinds of needs and requirements, which is ideal for our customers since they benefit not only from the project core team's abilities but also those of Bosch Climate Solutions as a whole, and occasionally also experts from elsewhere in the Bosch Group. How would you describe Bosch's corporate culture in three words? At Bosch Climate Solutions: #flexibility, #transparency, #sustainability. Learn more about Bosch Climate Solutions "Teamwork makes the dream work! Each one of us on the team contributes different abilities, which together add up to a wide range of expertise."

Bernard Gijzen

Job Titles:
  • Solutions Engineer
  • Solutions Engineer at the Dutch
Bernard Gijzen, Solutions Engineer at the Bosch subsidiary in the Netherlands, develops comprehensive and future-proof solutions - and they don't come off the shelf. The more individually they are planned and implemented, the more they bring our customers forward in the long term and provide optimal support for the digital transformation of a company. Bernard Gijzen is an outgoing person, but that isn't the only reason he attaches importance to getting to know the people he deals with. For him, it's key for the success of projects. "We develop solutions for our customers. But it isn't about the best hardware for security or building automation applications. Rather, it's about having the best ideas for merging systems on a platform that actually does what it's supposed to, is long-lived, and above all is reliable." For this to work, it's essential to know one another, build on the expertise of colleagues, communicate quickly and easily, and keep each other up to speed.

Björn Kockrick - VP of Sales

Job Titles:
  • Head of Sales

Christian Kenter

As the head of the competency center for security, he is intimately familiar with the needs of different industries and strategically supports the work of the sales teams. "I see my team and myself as bridge builders, since we apply industry-specific insights and new tools to keep our salesforce capable going forward and optimally serve customers." Over the course of my nearly 30-year career at Bosch Energy and Building Solutions I've familiarized myself with a wide range of activities. They range from selling our solutions across planning customer projects all the way to implementing them. In my current, relatively strategic role at our security competency center, I also benefit from my past experience. These days I apply my knowledge to support our regional sales teams. I'm motivated by my committed team, by the fresh challenges that constantly come up, and by my desire to change and improve things. How do you make your customers happy? We support the regional sales teams for dealing with industry-specific topics and develop new tools and processes to support their everyday work. This way they can focus on cultivating customer relationships. We also network with associations and institutions, develop concepts for new industry solutions, and work with service and portfolio managers to test them. All of this ultimately benefits our customers. What benefits do you see as a result of increased networking and IoT? Digitalization is opening up a host of new opportunities. We're taking advantage of the evolution toward greater networking to optimize and holistically address our customers' buildings. This involves coordinating all of a building's systems, which is our core activity as system integrator. It's also getting more and more important to use the same hardware for multiple applications in order to minimize maintenance costs. For example, in retail camera systems can be deployed to visually capture situations (like to support detectives' work during the daytime), trigger alarms if potentially dangerous situations arise (like alerting the video control center if there's an intrusion at night), and evaluate customer footfall to generate metadata for marketing purposes. "I see my team and myself as bridge builders, since we apply industry-specific insights and new tools to keep our salesforce capable going forward and optimally serve customers."

Christian Wichert

Job Titles:
  • This Sales Manager Makes Sure That His Customers Receive Security Systems That Are Precisely Tailored to Their Needs
This sales manager makes sure that his customers receive security systems that are precisely tailored to their needs. At Bosch Energy and Building Solutions, a large number of associates have been working harmoniously side by side for many years. I enjoy our almost family-like culture and mutual support, since it makes our everyday work very pleasant, also in challenging times. And I'm more than happy to give my very best to keep our working environment this positive. How do you make your customers happy? I've been working with security technology from Bosch for more than 20 years and am therefore intimately familiar with it. Based on my technical experience and my conviction that our products are genuinely great, I work with my customers to find the best possible solution that is precisely tailored to their particular security needs. The mutual trust this inspires is what makes my job as sales manager so special and enjoyable, among other things. What benefits do you see as a result of increased networking and technologies like the IoT? Thanks to the ongoing further development of our solutions and communication between the individual systems, we can enable customers to make their buildings fit for the future: our innovative integrated solutions turn real estate into smart buildings. What's more, we're able to offer our customers a level of service that delivers greater value - for example, by remotely keeping their systems up to date. This lets us live up to our motto of "Invented for life" now and in the future. More security in the Rudolf Weber-ARENA: Learn more about the project Christian Wichert was involved with "The mutual trust this inspires is what makes my job as sales manager so special and enjoyable, among other things."

Colleen Turski

Colleen works as an account manager-owner direct sales at Climatec, a Bosch company. A job she loves and that motivates her every day. Colleen, what excites you about working for our subsidiary Climatec day after day? I love that my job is not stagnant and each day provides me with new challenges. Knowing that every day is different and that I am still able to bring solutions to my customers, in an ever changing environment, is energizing.

Cristian Fiallo

The energy efficiency expert at Bosch Climate Solutions supports customers with energy efficiency concepts and climate strategies. At Bosch Climate Solutions, I'm greatly motivated by the close, collegial collaboration within our team and the wide range of challenges I get to work on for and with our customers. Our portfolio ranges from finding ways to save energy at a particular location all the way to developing global decarbonization strategies. In addition, I truly enjoy the feeling of helping to make the world a little more sustainable. Last but not least, sustainability is a broad topic - the field is constantly evolving and there are always new things to learn. And how do you inspire your customers? Every company basically faces its own unique challenges where sustainability is concerned. We're aware of this, and try hard to inspire our customers with customized solutions that address their particular pain points. They also benefit greatly from our expertise and best practices. Speaking metaphorically, we run a marathon with the clients and support them in managing their transformational processes. What opportunities do you see in increasing networking and technologies like IoT for advancing carbon neutralization of enterprises? There are lots of them. The transition to sustainable industry is really only just getting off the ground. Digitalization and networking in particular can help boost energy efficiency and data transparency throughout the supply chain. To this fits the saying: If you can't measure it, you can't manage it. How would you describe Bosch's corporate culture in three words? Flexible, sustainable, visionary. #SustainabilityLikeaBosch Learn more about Bosch Climate Solutions "Digitalization and networking in particular can help boost energy efficiency and data transparency throughout the supply chain."

David Ziegler

Job Titles:
  • Portfolio Manager Life Safety at Bosch Energy and Building Solutions
David Ziegler has applied his extensive experience and love of acoustics to hundreds of customer projects involving public address, and voice alarm systems. He knows that bad sound can ruin even the best concert. David Ziegler is also happy to explain everything that is possible with IP-based voice alarming in a direct conversation or, as here, at the Feuertrutz trade fair Passion for a hobby fueled passion for his profession "I mostly work on projects in which we develop completely novel public address and voice alarm system ideas," explains Ziegler. For him, most large projects - such as airports, data centers, and sports arenas - begin like a blank sheet of paper on which he sketches an idea. No building is like another in terms of acoustics, and designing a security solution for it therefore also calls for a unique, unprejudiced approach. "It depends on a building's physical parameters. The art is in taking these into account. For example, it's important to avoid ‘stimulating' hard surfaces too much. Sound strikes a wall and is reflected, then hits another wall and also bounces off it. The more times this happens, the more diffuse and difficult to understand the sound gets. A classic example is the Cologne Cathedral, which has a reverberation period of five to six seconds." Listening to Ziegler makes you curious to learn more. He has a knack for describing things like sound waves, sound pressure, room acoustics, and the speech transmission index (STI) so that they come alive. The STI is a measure of speech intelligibility: for example, how well spectators understand loudspeaker announcements. He probably owes his special talent to having spent practically his whole life in this field. David's father was a electromechanics specialist who focused on music-related electronics: building and repairing loudspeakers, power amplifiers, and complex sound reinforcement systems. His brothers have also pursued audio-related careers. Inspired by his father, Ziegler trained as an electrician while mixing music for bands and events on the side. During his military service he was assigned to a telecommunications unit, and then also put himself through college by working as an electrotechnician. Ziegler eventually wound up specializing in fire extinguishing systems for server rooms, data centers and similar facilities. That changed when he joined Bosch in 2005, a career move that enabled him to return to electroacoustics. Ziegler managed a workshop before becoming a system consultant and sales expert specialized in professional public address and electroacoustic systems for emergency alarm and voice alarm systems.

Dr. Christian Fischer

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Enrico Zonneveld

Job Titles:
  • This Sales Manager and His Team Are Responsible for Planning and Selling Life Safety Solutions of the Hacousto Protec Brand in the Netherlands
This sales manager and his team are responsible for planning and selling life safety solutions of the Hacousto Protec brand in the Netherlands. I'm energized day in and day out by motivating and supporting my colleagues so we can do the best possible job as a team. We implement complex customized fire protection and voice alarm solutions of the Hacousto Protec brand of Bosch Energy and Building Solutions in the Netherlands for our customers. This fills me with joy and pride every single day." How do you make your customers happy? The first step is listening carefully to find out what our customers actually need. Then I advise and optimally support them as their partner for implementing the projects. What benefits do you see as a result of increased networking and IoT? Connectivity of equipment and systems yields a wide range of benefits. Remote management and serial connection of fire and voice alarm systems are especially important in this context. "I see myself as an enabler for integrated building solutions. It's important to me to build long-term relationships with customers and be their partner. We assist, support, and advise them as experts on a long-term basis, also for complying with legal requirements. Our expertise includes both sound technical knowhow and deep familiarity with the relevant standards, laws, and regulations."

Florian Halsner

Florian Halsner is part of the Bosch team at Munich Airport with responsibility for planning and sales. "We score points with our customer thanks to our long-term collaboration in a spirit of partnership, among other things."

Freek Vermeulen

As a Customer Program Manager for airports, Freek is responsible for customer and stakeholder relationships at Schiphol Airport. t the airport, our "embedded" team of Bosch Energy and Building Solutions in the Netherlands acts as a system integrator and primarily concerns itself with safety and security technology, advises Schiphol on technical issues and projects, provides and installs solutions, and performs tasks such as maintenance and servicing. We are very proud of the fact that the Bosch team at Schiphol is a genuine technology partner and that we share the same values and goals with our customer. Cultivating a long-term relationship is very important to us. How do you make your customers happy? We are able to contribute to identifying solutions, and we offer a wide range of expertise in the specialized field of safety and security technology at airports. With our strong focus on innovation, we can help make Schiphol Airport more secure, more efficient, and so forth: "Technology for Life"! What benefits do you see as a result of increased networking and IoT? We are enabled to truly position ourselves as a technology partner to the airport in the AIoT domain. In the past, cameras were only used for security purposes. With new AI functions added to cameras, we can now offer new, relevant functionality: counting people, counting traffic, detecting anomalies, and many other innovative capabilities. "Cultivating a long-term relationship is very important to us."

Julia Steinacker

Job Titles:
  • Business Owner
  • Product Manager
As a Business Owner and Product Manager at Bosch, Julia is responsible for innovative access control solutions including Mobile Access. "I believe that the only way for us to successfully provide the right products is by continually exchanging ideas with our customers." I see a strong trend toward digital and IoT solutions in buildings for making our lives more sustainable, safer, and more secure. Every day, I am amazed by the many innovative solutions that we at Bosch Security and Safety Systems can offer as part of our product portfolio. I find it highly motivating to be part of the Bosch family and contribute to our innovative access solutions. How do you make your customers happy? By listening. And then taking an iterative approach. Requirements change over time, and we also come up with new ideas while working on development projects. I believe that the only way for us to successfully provide the right products is by continually exchanging ideas with our customers. Where mobile access is concerned, what benefits do you see as a result of increased networking and IoT? In the world of IoT, smart devices are connected via the Internet. Often a smart device such as a smartphone can be used to view, control, or adjust data. With our mobile access solution, we take conventional access control a step closer to the digital world. A smartphone can be used instead of a physical card to open a door. But this delivers even more advantages. A digital credential can be sent over the air to a remote visitor or a tenant, thus making the credential management process more efficient and user-friendly. Smartphones have also become users' primary devices. A stolen device is quickly reported, making the solution safer and more sustainable in the long run. "I believe that the only way for us to successfully provide the right products is by continually exchanging ideas with our customers."

Kajetan Fritz

Job Titles:
  • Software Architect at Bosch Energy and Building Solutions
Kajetan Fritz is part of a software team at Bosch Energy and Building Solutions. As a software architect, he supports customers, for example, in the planning and integration of cloud solutions or database management systems that make building operations safer and more efficient. Fritz joined Bosch Energy and Building Solutions in Grasbrunn back in 2017. He wanted to join an innovative company, and Bosch fit the bill perfectly. "Not many software developers and architects currently have Bosch on their radar as an IoT company. To tell the truth, I was also surprised to learn how much Bosch has to offer in this field and how many software experts are working on really innovative solutions across the Bosch Group worldwide. The interviews I was invited to during the recruiting process opened my mind. There was honest, frank communication without any empty promises. And they've come through on everything that we discussed." Fritz is also enthusiastic about working on projects that deliver greater safety and safeguard the climate. "State-of-the-art solutions play a major role, and I really enjoy contributing to them."

Kelvin Cheong

As a project leader in our Singapore team Kelvin develops and implements integrated building solutions to ensure security and life safety. The wide variety of challenges that we face together at Bosch Energy and Building Solutions in Singapore with our customers and suppliers. It's awesome when we meet their expectations. How do you make your customers happy? For one thing, by tuning into their challenges and needs. They can tell that I'm not just hearing them, but really listening. For another, by thinking out of the box to come up with solutions. Our customers then often come back to us for other projects or recommend us. What benefits do you see as a result of increased networking? Our customers here in Singapore are kind of slow to adopt long-term solutions and embrace the latest technologies. I think this will change once the 5G mobile network is up and running. Then they'll start investing more in technologies that boost productivity and use resources more efficiently. "Not just hear, but listen"

Leon Rademacher

Job Titles:
  • This IT Manager and His Team Are Responsible for Designing and Implementing Customized IT Solutions in the Context of Building Automation
This IT manager and his team are responsible for designing and implementing customized IT solutions in the context of building automation. It's always a fantastic feeling to develop a precisely tailored solution for a customer. Each building automation customer of Bosch Energy and Building Solutions has different system environments and requirements. And I really enjoy getting my mind around a variety of scenarios. Our contribution to building automation results in sustainable, future-oriented solutions that pave the way forward. It's easy for me to do my very best every day, because my entire team also always goes all out to do the best possible job. How do you make your customers happy? IT in the context of building automation addresses a broad, highly complex range of tasks. Many of our customers are keenly interested in what we do. And we're more than happy to get non-specialists among them up to speed by explaining exactly what we're developing in building automation IT and how the internal systems actually work. And they get just as excited about it as we do. What benefits do you see as a result of increased networking and technologies like the IoT? Especially in the field of building automation, smart networking taps into a wide range of possibilities and benefits. These extend from use cases that let our customers remotely monitor and regulate their buildings and systems all the way to scenarios in which smart building automation autonomously performs these tasks based on the customer's preferences or changing ambient conditions. Remote access also enables us as an IT team to work on their systems quickly and flexibly. "Our contribution to building automation results in sustainable, future-oriented solutions that pave the way forward."

Lori Fillman

Job Titles:
  • As Vice President of Sales at Climatec, a Bosch Company, Lori Fillman Facilitates the Achievement of the Sales Objectives
As Vice President of Sales at Climatec, a Bosch company, Lori Fillman facilitates the achievement of the sales objectives. "I leverage Climatec's strengths, best practices and synergies companywide to drive significant growth across the US." Ms. Fillman, what excites you about working for our subsidiary Climatec day after day? I absolutely love working in a growth organization, surrounded by caring colleagues who are all focused on providing an outstanding customer experience day after day!

Marco Krause

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager
  • Project Manager for Building Automation
Marco Krause, project manager for building automation at Bosch, is someone who looks at the big picture. When working for his customers, it's all about optimizing consumption and automating systems as much as possible so that the energy efficiency of buildings is increased, resources are conserved, and users can enjoy a pleasant indoor climate. Efficiency classes are poised to play an even more important role in buildings going forward. More than anything else, they define how buildings impact the environment and the earth's climate. Marco Krause is inspired by this challenge. He heads projects in Bosch's building automation division in Weilimdorf, a borough of the southern German city of Stuttgart. "The customer gets a system that slashes costs while benefiting the environment at the same time. If I can help keep the Earth's environment intact for future generations, that's something worth working for," he says - and he should know, being a father himself. It's about optimizing consumption and extensively automating systems to avoid wasting energy and ensure a pleasant indoor climate at the same time. To achieve this, heating, air conditioning, ventilation or plumbing are closely coordinated. And the common denominator is building automation. "For many people, building automation is like a black box. Even many planners only have a vague idea of what it involves. They say, just press the button and presto! But at the end of the day, there's more to it than that," grins Marco. In the field of building automation, success depends on various factors. Specialist knowledge is important, and so are curiosity and the desire to understand how the various involved disciplines interact and mesh. Marco is convinced that career switchers enrich the team. "Someone who installs heating systems doesn't usually deal directly with ventilation that much, but can be brought up to speed in that area with some intensive extra training. Provided, of course, that they are motivated to acquire new skills." Marco himself is a good example; he originally trained as an electrician. During his first years on the job he benefited from having a mentor who helped him avoid being overwhelmed by the many demands placed on him. And today Marco is a mentor himself, sharing his knowledge and experience with others. "These days it's no longer enough to tell new employees to just jump into the water and swim, somehow. Fields like hydraulics and ventilation, for example, call for broad expertise. Our mentoring program directly promotes and advances individual employees." For new employees, Marco is the go-to person for learning about internal structures and processes. Also when tools are missing, and especially in connection with on-site jobs. He assesses their current knowledge and skill level, identifies areas in which they need more intensive training, and works with the training department to appropriately adjust the onboarding plan. One of the technicians he mentored learned how to program and now, a year later, is already installing systems on his own. "This kind of self-reliance is what we want." Marco's knack for assessing coworkers' talents has to do with the fact that he himself - despite not actually being a programmer - subsequently received training in it. "I need to be able to assess what a job requires, how long it will take to complete, and how our tool works. If a planer wants to discuss details and no programming technician is available, I'm able to quickly figure out the issues involved." Marco can be regularly encountered at construction sites where the seven technicians of his team are working. "I lead the project and have to keep track of everything. From time to time I also pick up a screwdriver if my colleagues on site run into problems. This hands-on involvement keeps me up to speed on how the construction project is going, how happy the client is with the progress being made, and what's going on with our employees and outside contractors." If a team falls behind schedule, this also affects Marco's planning. When a system can't go live it holds up the entire project, leaving a smaller time window than originally planned for the building automation work.

Marius Kaiser

Job Titles:
  • Project Head
  • Specialist
Marius Kaiser manages teams of up to 50 members, depending on a project's size For Kaiser, every project begins long before the actual work starts and isn't wrapped up until well after it has been completed and vetted. "As system integrators at Bosch, we plan, for example, security systems or solutions to achieve greater energy efficiency or improve fire protection, install them and then maintain them. My team's job is in the process stage where the structural foundations are laid and we implement the solutions and systems, " says Kaiser. He can often be found on site, most recently at the new Bosch Campus in Feuerbach. "A construction site is a dynamic place," he says, referring to the fact that there's always something to organize or speed up, and occasionally also glitches to be smoothed out. Kaiser delights in the blend of new events and proven know-how that characterizes his job. This has to do with the fact that his background was in practical, hands-on work and he draws on this experience to accurately assess situations and make decisions that can be hard for a project leader who is well-versed in theory but still lacks real-world experience. More than anything else, Kaiser is responsible for the business side of projects and leading the members of his team. For smaller projects this can mean a crew of five to 10 people, while bigger ones can involve up to 50. Marius Kaiser knows when priorities need to be reset or he should call in reinforcements from the dense Bosch network to guide the project safely to its goal Marius Kaiser completed vocational training as a mechatronics specialist for energy technology and power generation, then entered the field of building systems and earned master's credentials in electrical engineering. After passing an exam on technical management at a chamber of commerce and industry, he joined Bosch in 2018 to manage large projects. He is solutions-oriented and approachable, and his organizational talents are legendary. And word has gotten around, not only on the job, but also among friends and family. "Skills and knowledge flow in both directions between work and private life," he says.

Michel Huger

Job Titles:
  • Service Technician
  • Security Expert
Security expert Michel Huger and service technician Roland Simion work as a team to serve customers in southern Germany's Allgäu region. They're convinced that first-rate solutions and a personal touch are behind the trustful partnership that Bosch enjoys with customers. Bosch security expert Michel Huger and Bosch service technician Roland Simion on their teamwork in the Allgäu region of Germany Security expert Michel Huger and service technician Roland Simion serve their customers in Germany's Allgäu region as a team. For one of them, the Fellhornbahn, they ride their gondola lift from the town of Oberstdorf up to the top of the mountain. Also from the bird's-eye perspective of the summit, their valuable partnership built on trust and personal contact inspires a valuable mix of topnotch solutions.

Michelle Luppino

Job Titles:
  • Sales Manager
Sales Manager Michelle Luppino focuses on building automation for greater comfort and environmental protection. She advises customers of Climatec, a Bosch company, in the USA independent of manufacturers, on how to operate their buildings more sustainably - with the nice side effect that people simply feel more comfortable there. One focus of Luppino's work is building automation, a solution that can significantly reduce energy consumptionin buildings. It is quite relevant, as according to a 2020 U.N. report,¹ the global building sector is responsible for nearly 40 percent of global carbon emissions. And Luppino knows: "More than half of these emissions come from building operations - mainly due to lighting and heating and cooling systems." Fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) technology alone can reduce the energy consumption of buildings by an average of around 9 percent a year.² Sensors, monitoring systems, and algorithms are used to detect or predict malfunctions or failures in building technology at an early stage.

Nico Zimmermann

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager Deals With Customers, Suppliers and Staff, Ensuring That Everything Is Done Properly and on Schedule
At Bosch Energy and Building Solutions, I greatly enjoy identifying and implementing appropriate solutions to meet our customers' needs. It takes teamwork to accomplish this. Our projects bring together a lot of people for performing a wide range of tasks: employees of customers, suppliers and subcontractors, and naturally our own staff. Working and communicating with all of them is a highly rewarding activity. And when a customer is happy with the end result, it's an even better feeling! How do you make your customers happy? I see myself as a partner and problem solver, and make sure that the customer always takes center stage. A major part of my work is developing and implementing technical solutions to meet their wishes. But that isn't all; other aspects also matter. For example, I greatly value dependability and conscientious, intensive communication. These are vital ingredients for successful, constructive collaboration and mutual trust. What benefits do you see as a result of increased networking? Better support across the board. The intelligent buildings of the future deliver all of the data that are needed to optimally run systems. Intelligent controllers optimize and, if appropriate, automate processes and equipment. This can boost efficiency while slashing costs. It also results in greater energy efficiency while helping to protect the environment and climate. "For me, the customer always comes first"

Richard Berry

Job Titles:
  • R & D Qualification and Conformity Manager
Richard Berry works as R&D Qualification and Conformity Manager at Protec, a Bosch company. Mr. Berry, what excites you about working for our subsidiary Protec Fire and Security Group every day? I've been employed at Protec for 20 years. Since my early days as a test room apprentice, I was fortunate enough to be involved with upcoming projects. I frequently visited sites to problem-solve, test and repair equipment. The apprenticeship scheme is promoted within the business and provides on-the-job training with qualifications all the way to degree level if desired. For me, it created an ideal route to join the Research and Development team, where the challenges and excitement continued. I recall the first time I saw a product installed in the field that I had managed from concept to production. It was a proud and satisfying moment. The fact that Protec products are designed and manufactured with safety as a top priority adds to the daily excitement due to the importance of the accurate operation of fire detection systems. My current role at Protec is within the Product Conformity Department, where I oversee and manage product approvals at third-party test houses worldwide. I have been fortunate to visit countries such as China, America and Canada.

Roland Simion

Job Titles:
  • Service Technician
  • Security Expert
  • Telecommunications Electronics Technician at Bosch 35
Roland Simion's laptop is his office. He serves around 120 customers in the region. Each morning he checks online whether any problems have come up during the night; that's when there can be surprises. Can the scheduled maintenance dates be kept or does "first aid" have to be provided somewhere, scrambling his plans for the day? The service technician has therefore made it a rule to at least keep his first appointment before dealing with other requests, in order to stay more or less on schedule. "And if I get stuck, which occasionally happens, I can turn to colleagues elsewhere in the Bosch world. I've never personally met many of them, but we communicate just fine digitally." So far, Roland Simion and Michel Huger have been able to solve every problem that has come up, thus keeping their customers happy.

Romina Brors

She designs and manages the product portfolio and develops intelligent solutions for efficiently operating buildings. I'm motivated by the daily challenge of designing our product portfolio for intelligent building solutions at Bosch Energy and Building Solutions and driving innovative projects. The freedom I enjoy at work, the trust that is placed in me, and the work atmosphere characterized by teamwork all inspire me. How do you make your customers happy? My job as a bridge builder is to create reliable, innovative solutions that pave the way for future building technologies. In order to give our customers building technologies that provide them with security going forward, it's crucial to take a holistic approach and consider the unique requirements of each individual case. I go out of my way to explain complex technology simply and understandably. This helps build bridges between technical innovations and our customers' needs, as a prerequisite for working together to successfully implement projects. What benefits do you see as a result of increased networking and IoT? The Internet of Things and networking are opening up enormous potential. In my role, more than anything, I see opportunities to increase buildings' efficiency by capturing and analyzing data and to help create exciting new solutions to enable this. For example, by precisely controlling heating and ventilation, or even cleaning rooms based on utilization data, to achieve sustainable, resource-efficient operation. "My job as a bridge builder for future building technologies is to create reliable, innovative solutions."

Sabrina Ruis

Job Titles:
  • Technician
Sabrina Ruis stands out as the only woman on her 12-member team in Stuttgart. But both at work and in her private life, she has always done what she wants. She played soccer for 20 years, and her other exploits have included pedaling her bicycle with a group of others from Stuttgart all the way to Berlin, jumping out of a plane with a parachute, and climbing Germany's tallest mountain, the Zugspitze, with her boyfriend. "I enjoy challenges," she says. "They really motivate me." She also seeks them at work. This is made easy by the fact that her job is different every day. For example, it can happen that the finalized plans for a system have to be completely redone at short notice because it turns out that the customer has additional requirements. "It can mean recalculating everything," says Ruis calmly. It doesn't appear to faze her that the changes will keep her busy for several weeks. At the headquarters of Bosch Power Tools in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Sabrina Ruis, together with the team planned a new storage and distribution center in the central energy supply plant for supplying heat to the site When the technician draws plans on the computer using CAD software, she has an eye for detail as well as an overview of the entire project Sabrina Ruis measures the distance between the pipe axles in the central energy supply plant with a meter stick Sabrina Ruis belongs to the energy efficiency planning team. Its members value each other's skills, and they all know that projects of this kind can only be smoothly implemented as a team. It means working together. "I often accompany the planner when he goes to the site to size up the situation. He meets the prerequisites for technically integrating the cogeneration plant at its future location, while I handle the detailed planning. While working on it I spot possible problems. Like, for example, that a fan for the air supply or discharge system can't be installed as planned because a support is in the way or the legacy conduits have different diameters." Because she's involved in planning the details, she gains a good overview of the project. Ruis is currently working diligently to master a fresh challenge, namely building information modeling (BIM) for process digitalization. BIM enables cost-saving, effective project planning and implementation by centrally coordinating the work of everyone involved in a project and allowing them to smoothly communicate and collaborate with one another. The future is now.

Stefanie Haas

Job Titles:
  • This HR Specialist Is Responsible for Hiring Personnel in North Rhine - Westphalia, in Addition to Supporting Large Projects Throughout Germany
This HR specialist is responsible for hiring personnel in North Rhine-Westphalia, in addition to supporting large projects throughout Germany. I simply love working with people. Here at Bosch Energy and Building Solutions I've gotten to know lots of inspiring individuals that I regularly share ideas with. I'm also energized by scouting out and winning over potential new hirees for our teams. This involves staying in close touch with our experts and managers, publishing job ads, interviewing candidates, and drafting and negotiating employment contracts, among other things. And how do you win over applicants? By communicating very openly and transparently with them. This is essential for building trust and giving applicants a clear idea of what their tasks would be as members of our team. I also really enjoy explaining all the great benefits that Bosch offers its employees. Why should job seekers choose Bosch Energy and Building Solutions? Because despite our large size, we have remained down-to-earth. At the same time we are innovative. We offer our employees a great deal, including access to a fantastic network of experts, plenty of enjoyment and creative latitude in doing their work, and the knowledge that they meaningfully contribute to solutions and services that improve people's lives. How would you describe the corporate culture at Bosch in three words? People-oriented, forward-looking, and diverse. "We offer our employees a great deal, including access to a fantastic network of experts, plenty of enjoyment and creative latitude in doing their work, and the knowledge that they meaningfully contribute to solutions and services that improve people's lives."

Thomas Quante

Job Titles:
  • CEO of Bosch Building Technologies

Tim Kosok

Job Titles:
  • the System Consultant Advises Companies across a Range of Industries, Devising Building Solutions That Are Tailored to Their Needs