After graduation in Aeronautical and Aerospace Technology Dieter Wegener worked as scientist at DLR (German Aerospace Center). After four years as consultant for McKinsey he joined SIEMENS in 1996 as Head of Gasturbine Engineering at “Power Generation”.

During his career within SIEMENS he had different responsibilities: personal Assistant for an Executive Board Member, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Business Division “Industry Solutions” and VP & Head of R&D-Organization “Advanced Technologies & Standards (ATS)” for Industry Sector.

Since 2016 Dieter Wegener is VP & Head of External Cooperation at SIEMENS Technology.

Additionally he is
(1) Chair of ZVEI Management Circle “Industrie 4.0” (since 2014)
(2) Vice-President DKE (since 2015)
(3) Chair of Advisory Board SCI4.0 (Co-Founder, since 2016)
(4) Vice-Chair of DMEC (Co-Founder, since 2019)
(5) Chair of DIN Presidential Committee FOCUS.ICT (since 2019)
(6) Member of DIN/DKE Coordination Group “German AI-Standardization Roadmap” (since 2019) (7) Vice-Chair of ZVEI Management Circle “Environment-, Energy- & Climate Politics” (since 2021)

Abbreviations:

DLR = German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt)
ZVEI = German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers‘ Association
DKE = German Commission for Standardization of Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies SCI4.0 = Standardization Council Industrie 4.0 (hosted by DKE)
DMEC = Digital Manufacturing Executive Council (hosted by Digital Europe)
DIN = German Institute for Standardization (Deutsches Institut für Normung)