I am advancing NxtGen!

My experience in an international company has shaped me.

In the corporate headquarters of a globally renowned enterprise—Siemens AG. As part of the Performance Controlling team with Joe Kaeser (former CEO of Siemens AG), I learned what defines a true manager. Naturally, my academic background (Bachelor, Master and PhD) and my work as a lecturer at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and other institutions also had a profound impact on me. At LMU, I had the privilege of meeting my doctoral advisor, Jörg von Brincken—a remarkable person and a creative expert.

My vocational training was as an industrial clerk. As a specialist in management fields such as budgeting, controlling and reporting, I have accumulated 25 years of experience, primarily in the Corporate Finance central department at Siemens AG. Since its inception through the entrepreneurial spirit of Werner von Siemens, the Siemens Group has not only focused on pioneering technologies but also on its employees and society at large. One example is the Ernst von Siemens Foundation and the Siemens Cultural Program. During my time at Siemens, I was responsible for financial reporting for both institutions.

Immediately after completing my commercial training, I worked as a project manager in the sales division of Medical Technology, specializing in imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, sonography, and nuclear medicine.

It was an invaluable and formative period during which I had the opportunity to learn from top performers in the business world, including Joe Kaeser (former CEO of Siemens AG), Ralf Thomas (CFO of Siemens AG), and Martin Goetzeler (former CEO of OSRAM GmbH and Managing Director of dSPACE Group).

My studies at LMU Munich were interdisciplinary: a Bachelor of Arts in Pedagogy and Educational Sciences, Media Psychology, and Philosophy/Philosophy of Science, which I completed in 2012. This was followed by a Master’s program in Philosophy with a focus on Political Theory, Ethics, Theories of Rationality and Action, Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence, and Formal Logic, completed in 2014. I then pursued a PhD at the Department of Theatre Studies at LMU Munich, focusing on U.S. quality TV series, graduating magna cum laude in 2017.

I have always been broadly interested, and studying philosophy naturally brings questions and insights from various fields of human endeavor.

My teaching roles at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration and Finance in Ludwigsburg and at LMU Munich round out my profile.

I am advancing the Next Generation!

Dr. Werner Fassrainer, November 2024