Prof. Dr. Volker Gruhn
Chairperson of the Supervisory Board
Prof. Dr. Volker Gruhn (born 1963) co-founded adesso SE in 1997 and is currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He holds the Chair of Software Engineering at the University of Duisburg-Essen. His research focuses on software processes for the development of data-driven and mobile applications as well as cyber-physical systems. Prof. Dr. Gruhn is author and co-author of over 450 national and international publications and conference papers. He is a member of the University Council of the University of Leipzig and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering. He is also a member of the advisory board of BIPRO e.V., in which companies in the financial services industry have joined forces to optimise cross-company business processes through professional and technical standards.
Other supervisory board mandates: In addition to his supervisory board mandate at adesso SE, Prof. Dr Gruhn is also chairman of the supervisory board of AISportsWatch GmbH, Essen, and a member of the economic council of Borussia Dortmund, Dortmund.