Ralf Klädtke

AI-Driven Industrial Automation – Smart Inspection Solutions Using AI and Hyperspectral Technology to Make Invisible Defects Visible Managing Director GESTALT Automation GmbH Departments: • Strategy • Business Development & Sales • Project Management / Product Management • Engineering • Operations • Finance • Procurement • HR

Global leader in connectivity technology (~90,000 employees, >$16B revenue) CTO – Transportation Solutions / Managing Director TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH Business Units: • Automotive • Sensors • Application Tooling • Industrial & Commercial Transportation Areas of responsibility - global: • EMEA – focus: EU, Morocco, India • APAC – focus: China, South Korea, Japan • Americas – focus: USA, Mexico, Brazil

Family Business - Innovative automotive lighting systems provider (10,000+ employees, 1.3 B EUR revenue- sold to LG Group) CTO / Co-CEO / Vice Chairman Departments: • Business Development & Sales • Strategy / Merger & Acquisitions • Project / Program Management • Product Management • Development / Engineering • Innovation • Pre-development Areas of responsibility - global: • Europe: ZKW Austria, ZKW Slovakia, ZKW Electronics Austria, KES • Asia: ZKW China, ZKW South Korea • North-/South America

Technology supplier in rail and automotive industries (3,300+ employees, 530 Mio EUR revenue) Executive Board Member – Mobile Transportation Technology Departments: • Strategy / Merger & Acquisitions • Business Development & Sales • Project / Product Management • Development / Engineering • Procurement • Operations / Production • Finance • Quality Areas of responsibility - global: • Europe: Schaltbau Bode, Schaltbau ALTE, Schaltbau RAWAG, Schaltbau Transportation UK... • Asia • North-/South America

Global leader in security, defense, and aerospace (1,000+ employees, 250 Mio EUR revenue) CEO / President Departments: • Strategy / Merger & Acquisitions • Business Development & Sales • Marketing & Communication • Business Sectors Air/Space/Security/Land/Sea • Project / Product Management • Development / Engineering • Operations / Production Areas of responsibility - global: • Europe • Africa • Asia • North/South America

Security & defense and aerospace industries Vice President Departments: • Business Unit Management • Business Development & Sales • Project / Product Management • Strategy

Aerospace industry Director, Reusable Space Transportation Systems / International Space Station Achievements: • Management of the European space glider project X-38/CRV in cooperation with NASA. • Establishment of strategic transatlantic cooperation with Boeing and Lockheed Martin. • Management of the Crew Transport Vehicle program in a trilateral consortium (Germany, France, Italy).

Space transportation systems and ISS programs Director & German Delegate at ESA Achievements: • Program responsibility for ESA and national programs: Development of ARIANE-5, Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), Manned Space Transportation (MSTP), ARIANE-4, Future European Space Transportation (FESTIP), Guyana Space Center CSG 2000, Hypersonic Technology Program / “Sänger” • German Delegate to ESA's "ARIANE" and "Manned Space" Program Councils, Council Working Group "Launch Services". • Budget of EUR 2.2 bn

Rüstungs- und Planungsoffizier / Luftfahrzeugtechnischer Offizier