Rudolf Haggenmüller

ITEA Chairman

Rudolf Haggenmüller, born in 1950, studied mathematics at the universities of Munich and Zurich.

From 1974 to 1984 he held several positions at the Institute of Mathematics of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. In 1995, Rudolf was appointed Professor for Informatics and Mathematics.

From 1984 to 1994 Rudolf worked at Siemens, mainly in the area of Software Engineering. In 1994, he became managing director of FAST, the 'Research Institute for Applied Software Technology', jointly founded by Siemens, BMW and Bayerische Landesbank.

On January 1st 2008 FAST together with 4 other IT-subsidiaries of BMW has been merged to Cirquent GmbH. Rudolf since then has been a Member of Cirquent's Executive Board.

Since 14 October 2005 Rudolf Haggenmuller has been Chairman of ITEA. He is a member of ISTAG, the IST Advisory Group to the European Commission and of the Board of Directors of the Development Gateway Foundation, Washington, USA.