Ekaterina Dr. Hoppe

Ekaterina Dr. Hoppe has extensive experience in quality assurance and advanced analytics within the automotive industry, currently serving as the Manager of the "Big Data for drive systems" Team at Mercedes-Benz AG since March 2014. Dr. Hoppe has held various key roles, including Quality Assurance Lead for Mercedes Me digital services, where responsibilities included developing cross-divisional issue resolution processes and managing quality for digital projects. Previous positions at Mercedes-Benz AG involved project management in the investigation of customer driving behavior, as well as establishing reliability processes for diesel powertrain projects. Earlier career roles include QA engineering and test leadership at First Line Software, Inc. and Exigen Services, focusing on automated testing and Agile methodologies. Dr. Hoppe holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration and Economics from the International Graduate School "Dynamic Intelligent Systems" at the University of Paderborn, along with degrees in applied mathematics and computer science from Saint Petersburg State University.