Eckhardt Holz

Eckhardt Holz is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in functional safety and leadership roles. Currently serving as the Director Product Specialist and Head of the Safety Expert Team at Ansys since April 2020, Eckhardt previously held positions as Senior Manager and Senior Advisor at ANSYS medini technologies AG and KPIT Medini Technologies AG, where responsibilities included leading consulting teams. Among other leadership roles, Eckhardt was President & CEO at ikv technologies japan kk from 2007 to 2013 and served as a Senior Researcher & Lecturer at the Hasso-Plattner-Institute. Academic credentials include a PhD in Computer Science from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, along with a Diplom in Informatik from the same institution.