Rainer’s been wrangling multi-million-euro tech projects since most people were still figuring out dial-up. With over 20 years as a Program Director, he’s turned sinking €200M defense gigs into goldmines and slashed automotive OEM costs by €30M a year—because who doesn’t love a good traceability glow-up? He’s got 30+ patents in AI and semiconductors, which sounds impressive until you realize he still can’t explain them at parties without a whiteboard and three glasses of Marsannier.
But the real soundtrack of his life? Music. At age five, he waltzed into the München conservatory’s piano program for highly gifted children—only to sheepishly confess decades later that his skills now barely tickle the ivories. Undeterred, he’s a fiend for both making and soaking in tunes, boasting more than thirty album releases, none of which came close to touching three-digit sales figures. (Niche is the new mainstream, right?) He applies his engineering wizardry to dissect a riff or optimize a playlist like it’s a €30M embedded systems rollout. Systemic thinking meets sonic obsession: he’ll reorganize your record collection and tell you why the B-side’s underrated, all while secretly debugging the rhythm of the universe.
Hailing from München (and proudly back in its embrace), Rainer’s bounced around the globe—Tokyo (great), Chicago (great), Würzburg (great), and Essen (not great)—collecting experiences like a slightly disorganized roadie. Now, he’s settled with a small family, including two cats named Dr. Emmy Noether and Sieglinde Buchner, who probably judge his piano skills more harshly than he does. When he’s not leading 150+ FTEs or dreaming in code, Rainer’s tweaking the universe’s beat—or at least pretending he’s got it all figured out. A self-proclaimed maestro of boasting and blunders, he’s living proof you can conquer industries and still laugh at your own encore.