Matthias Kannegiesser

Matthias Kannegiesser's work experience begins in 1996 with an internship at SAP, where they worked on a reference model for BPM-Software. In 1997 and 1998, they had internships at EY, focusing on Business Process Management and IT Benchmarking and Shared Services in the Automotive Industry. In 1999, they worked on their Master's thesis project on dynamic pricing and auctions on B2B marketplaces for SAP Lab Inc. Matthias'sprofessional career continued in 2000 at Kearney, where they served as an Associated Consultant and later as a Manager, leading consulting projects in sustainability, supply chain management, and strategic IT. During their time at Kearney, they worked on projects in various industries and regions worldwide. In 2007, Kannegiesser became an Independent Management Consultant & Researcher. In 2008, they founded and served as a board member of Deutsch-Chinesischer Kindergarten - Das China Büro e.V. Starting from 2016, they worked as the Founder and CEO of time2sustain GmbH, a company builder for startups focused on sustainability challenges. In 2017, Kannegiesser founded sustainable natives eG, a cooperative that works on the sustainable transformation by collaborating with companies and organizations. Matthias'smost recent career move was in 2022 when they founded score4more GmbH, a startup spin-off of time2sustain that supports mid-sized companies in improving their sustainability performance through sustainability scorings based on the Sustainability Code standard.

Matthias Kannegiesser completed their education in a chronological order. From 1994 to 2000, they attended the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and obtained a Diplom degree in Industrial Engineering. In 1996, they also received an Erasmus Scholarship and studied Business Administration and Economics at the University of Valencia for a year. Later, from 2004 to 2008, they pursued their Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering at the Technische Universität Berlin.