Andreas Höppener

Andreas Höppener is Chief Technology & Product Officer at pacemaker.ai, a thyssenkrupp group company. He has led technology organisations for 17+ years, including senior leadership roles at Vodafone, and software, data, and innovation have run through every chapter of that career. Today he owns technology strategy, product, engineering, and data/AI for an AI platform serving more than 50 enterprise customers in aerospace, automotive, and manufacturing. His work centres on how AI-native engineering reshapes team design, org structure, and the architecture that follows from both.

He writes about AI strategy, agentic systems, and engineering leadership. Connect with him on LinkedIn.