Since 2020 : CEO of thyssenkrupp Materials IoT GmbH, responsible for sales, consultancy and costumer projects
2017 to 2020: Head of thyssenkrupp Innovation Garage. Focus on innovation in addition to the core business and building a new innovation culture
2011 to 2017 : Intern consultant at E.ON Inhouse Consulting GmbH, most recently as a project manager. Focus on building new B2C & B2B business, greenfield to first sales
2011 : Diploma business engineer, specialization mechanical engineering, RWTH Aachen
We provide consulting, technology, and service. In doing so, we offer our customer solutions that not only enable them to get on board easily with Industry 4.0, but have also been tested for years and are currently in use at thyssenkrupp. We therefore only offer our customers solutions that we ourselves trust 100 percent.
Mirko Karau, Management board & Head of field engineering
Since 2025: COO of thyssenkrupp Materials IoT GmbH
Since 2021: Head of Field Engineering at thyssenkrupp Materials IoT GmbH
2013 to 2021: Various fields of activity in the automotive and steel sectors
2013: Degree in Applied Computer Science, Ruhr University Bochum
IIoT is not just the concept of a future data-driven industry. Our software is already helping employees in manufacturing to get the best performance out of their machinery and production processes. Visualising these successes in real time opens up the opportunity to grow as a team and push the boundaries of what is achievable on a daily basis.