Speaker

Dr Reinhard Ploß

Representative
QUTAC (Quantum Technology & Application Consortium)
Dr Reinhard Ploss

Reinhard Ploss was born in Bamberg in 1955. He studied process engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and received his doctorate in 1990. He began his professional career at Siemens AG in 1986. After holding various management positions at Siemens and following the spin-off of Infineon Technologies AG, Reinhard Ploss headed the Automotive & Industrial Division. He joined the Management Board in 2007 and served as CEO of Infineon from 2012 until 2022. Reinhard Ploss was an appointed member of the Presidium of acatech (Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften) and was later President of the Academy and Member of the Executive Board. Today, he is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Knorr-Bremse AG and a member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Telekom AG as well as Chairman of the Advisory Board of CustomCells Holding GmbH. At the AI & Data Summit and Quantum Summit, he will be speaking in his role as Representative of the German quantum industry consortium QUTAC (Quantum Technology & Application Consortium).