Dr. Gerhard Gudergan

Deputy Managing Director, Head of Department, Business Transformation, FIR Institute for Industrial Management, RWTH Aachen University

email: Gerhard.Gudergan@fir.rwth-aachen.de

Dr. Gerhard Gudergan Deputy Managing Director and Head of Department, Business Transformation at FIR Institute for Industrial Management at RWTH Aachen University. Dr. Gudergan is the founding director of the CENTER SMART Services on the RWTH Aachen Campus and acting head of the initiative METROPOLITAN CITIES. He is a senior lecturer at RWTH Aachen University for “Service Design and Engineering” and responsible for the track of “Digital Transformation” as part of the Executive EMBA of RWTH Aachen University and Fraunhofer Academy.

He is a member of different expert groups on service science and service innovation and standardization. He has been a contributing member of the ISSIP Service Innovation Framework SIG and the ISSIP Strategy Council since 2014 and 2016 respectively. He is also a full member of the Working Group 5.7 of APMS within IFIP. His research interest is focusing on digital transformation and data-based innovation and ecosystems.

He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University and a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University.