Ralph Schleifer

Ralph Schleifer is currently the Head of HW/SW CoDesign & Virtual Platforms at CARIAD, a position held since February 2021. Previously, Ralph served as Senior Manager for Virtual Platform Development in the Cockpit & Gateway Domain at AUDI AG from May 2015 to February 2021. Ralph's career includes significant roles at Ericsson, where positions ranged from Senior Research Engineer to MVP Modeling Manager, as well as experience at ST-Ericsson and Teleca Systems. Ralph holds a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, earned between 1989 and 1995.