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Bernd Gross

Chief Executive Officer at Cumulocity

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia

Overview 

Bernd Gross is the Chief Executive Officer at Cumulocity IoT, with a background in telecommunications, cloud computing, and IoT. He has held executive roles at Nokia Siemens Networks and Software AG, showcasing expertise in business strategy and enterprise software development. Notable highlights of Bernd's career include serving as Chief Technology Officer and SVP IoT & Cloud BU at Software AG, as well as leading various divisions at Nokia Siemens Networks, demonstrating a strong track record in driving innovation and growth within the technology sector.

Work Experience 

  • Chief Executive Officer Cumulocity

    2012 - Current

  • Member of The Supervisory Board

    2023

  • Member Of The Board Of Advisors

    2018

  • Member Of The Board Of Advisors

    2021

  • Investor / Limited Partner

    2020

  • Investor / Limited Partner

    2020

  • Investor / Limited Partner

    2020

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2019 - 2024

  • SVP IoT & Cloud BU

    2017 - 2018

  • Member Of The Board Of Advisors

    2018 - 2020

  • Head of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Business

    2012 - 2013

    - Management and leadership of Nokia Siemens Networks global M2M business with <100 employees, globally distributed development centers in 3 locations: Bay Area (CA), Europe and Asia - Defining and Executing the M2M strategy for NSN including the global operation and delivery of our Cloud based M2M software solutions - P&L, Marketing, Business Development, Productization and budget responsible for M2M globally at Nokia Siemens Networks - Responsible for lead customer engagement and delivery of key projects - Successful incubation of M2M business from business venture program into business unit including first lead customer deployments

  • Head of Business Innovation & Development (Vice President)

    2011 - 2012

    Responsible for incubating several new businesses as Head of Startups@NSN including M2M business area Introduction of newly defined Innovation processes including lead customer programs (outside-in innovation) Definition of agile software development and 'agile' customer engagement processes for NSN Business Innovation & development program M2M Business Innovation program successfully 'graduated' into a business unit set up at NSN

  • Customer Team Head (Account Director), Vodafone Group

    2009 - 2011

  • Head of Mobile Internet & Enterprise Solutions, Vodafone Group

    2007 - 2009

  • Head of Fixed Mobile Convergence

    2004 - 2007

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