Joachim Gruber

Joachim Gruber is the Staff Managing Director Technology at Netze BW GmbH, a position held since February 2017, representing the company in various associations including BDEW, Eurelectric, and EDSO for smart grids. Prior to this role, Joachim Gruber served as a Senior Manager at EnBW from July 2011 to January 2017, leading work groups focused on Smart Meter and Load Management within the Energy Data Management and Metering department. Joachim Gruber also held positions at EDF as Manager Procurement Strategy IT Hardware, where the procurement strategy for IT hardware was defined and implemented, and at EnBW in roles including Head of IT Controlling and Process Management and Team Leader IT Delivery. Early career experience includes consultancy work at TTK GmbH, conducting feasibility studies for municipalities across Europe. Joachim Gruber holds a Dipl.-Ing. in Civil Engineering from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and has educational background in economics from the University of Mannheim and Friedrich-List-Schule Karlsruhe.