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Software Intensive Systems

Meet our experts in Agile and Lean methodologies, artificial intelligence and machine language, Automotive SPICE, autonomy safety, software and systems engineering and more.

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Explore expert insights on Agile and Lean methodologies, artificial intelligence and machine language, Automotive SPICE, autonomy safety, software and systems engineering and more.

 

Blog authors

Peter Brink - Functional Safety Engineering Leader

Peter has been working to establish a software engineering curriculum to try and create more software engineers who are good at the basics of software engineering instead of specialists at one specific discipline. 

Specialties: Embedded Systems Development, Real-Time Control Systems, Software Optimization Expert, Systems Engineering, Safety Critical Software

Janine Funke

Janine Funke has a passion for automotive cybersecurity. At UL Solutions Software Intensive Systems, Funke leads the cybersecurity community of practice, consulting and training practitioners in the automotive industry.

Klaus Hoermann

Klaus Hoermann started working with Automotive SPICE® in 1998. Since then, he has performed hundreds of assessments and trainings. His passion to bring hard-to-understand models to life so that everyone can understand them.

Thomas Liedtke

Thomas Liedtke is a computer scientist by background. After completing his PhD at the University of Stuttgart, he entered the telecommunications industry. Over the course of 14 years at Alcatel-Lucent, he successfully spearheaded a variety of projects and managed several departments. He entered the field of consulting over a decade ago and has been sharing his experience with clients in a variety of industries ever since, primarily in the areas of safety, security, privacy and project management.

He has been involved with several committees, particularly the working group for Automotive Cybersecurity at German Electrical and the VDA Cybersecurity Work Group organized by the (DIN standard NA052-00-32-11AK and ISO standard TC22/SC32/WG11).

Erich Meier - Director Product Management and Strategy

With a career spanning over two decades, Erich has been instrumental in assisting global corporations in transforming their product lifecycles and enhancing their engineering processes. From 2007 to 2021, he served as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Method Park, where he oversaw the global product business, technology vision, and roadmap. Following Method Park's acquisition by UL Solutions, Erich now plays a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of UL Solution's Software Intensive Systems.

Bhaskar Vanamali

Bhaskar Vanamali has been working on process improvement for nearly 20 years and was secretary of the working group 13 of VDA QMC. 

He is a principal assessor and trainer for Automotive SPICE® and has performed more than 140 assessments and trained more than 250 assessors.

 

Tobias Becker - Software Engineer

Harald Böhm -  Werkstudent

Alexander de Jong - Principle Consultant - Functional Safety

Johannes Dorfner - Software Engineer

Christoph Erhardt - Senior Software Engineer bei Method Park Engineering GmbH

Amos MBong - Sr. Consultant - Functional Safety at UL Solutions

Christian Wawersich

 

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