Dr. Claus G. Gruber Dr. Claus G. Gruber
Software Entrepreneur, Strategy Consultant, Member of the Executive Board
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Curriculum Vitae


Positioning:


Software has become the differentiating factor for modern vehicles, industrial production, and consumer products. Data-driven business models, continuous development, and customer interaction are transforming product and service portfolios. New intelligent and connected technologies, collaborative revenue generation, and (cloud-based) platforms require differentiating talent and new agile operating models in development, production, operation, sales, and monetization. Traditionally with a strong focus on production and supply chain excellence, the automotive industry is undergoing a massive and complex transformation to adapt to this software revolution.

I advise key automotive and technology clients in their transformation and apply my differentiating assets: Deep technical background in automotive, communication, and software, experience from founding and managing own companies, strong interim/ task force management skills, work in different cultures on four continents, and 14 years of experience in strategy consulting from strategy through successful transformation


Summary:


Claus Gruber is Senior Director and part of the Automotive leadership team at PwC Strategy&, formerly Booz & Company, a leading global management and strategy consulting firm. He has 23 years of experience in the telecommunication, IT and automotive industry including 14 years in strategy and management consulting. He led large strategy and transformation programms on four continents. His main specialisations are technology and business strategy, software innovation and digital/business transformation and advises key automotive and technology clients in their digital transformation.

In 1999 he started the development of a multi-layer network modelling and optimization program 'GRAPH' and co-founded a software and consultancy company in 2005. In 2020 he founded Contaction GmbH, which focuses on mobile application development. Prior to his work at Strategy&, Claus was Managing Consultant at Detecon Consulting and team head for services, strategy and migration within the competence practice telecommunication. Prior to his work at Detecon, he was Technology Manager at Nokia Siemens Networks and responsible for Internet and Ethernet products.

Claus received Dipl.-Ing. and Dr.-Ing. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from Munich Universtity of Technology (TUM) and was a member of the teaching staff at the Institute for Communication Networks. He published about 30 articles in journals and conference proceedings and holds about 15 patents in the area of routing, resilience, energy reduction, network planning, optimization and management in the EU, the US and South Korea.

Besides work Claus loves to travel the world (104 countries visited), enjoys scuba diving, sailing, coffee and wine.


Key qualifications:


  • 14 years strategy and management consulting experience on four continents
  • 8 years industry experience in telecommunication and technology
  • Specialist in digital innovation, software transformation, and project excellence
  • Head of Strategy& Automotive Software, ASPICE certification
  • Co-lead of Strategy& Task Force and Enterprise Enablement/Transformation team
  • Founder and Managing Director of a software and consulting company with clients such as BMW, Siemens, and Nokia
  • Deep strategy, business, technology, and financial/ due diligence know-how
  • Ability to communicate and lead on all levels, from shopfloor to topfloor