Klaus looks back on more than four decades of industry experience in software and system engineering, including five years of international delegation to Eastern Europe. Building on degrees in mathematics and philosophy, he started his professional career in software engineering at Nemetschek AG, a leading information technology company.

He joined Siemens in 2002 as Head of the Global Technology Field “Software and System Engineering” and responsible for the worldwide research and technology transfer of innovative engineering technologies for software intensive systems and digital technologies. From January 2020 to July 2023, Klaus was the CEO of EIT Manufacturing the Innovation Community within the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).