After more than 15 years in various key positions in the automotive industry, Mr. Kujumdshiev has an extremely broad wealth of experience in the automotive and commercial vehicle sectors as well as in related industries such as mechanical engineering and energy. Before becoming Director Automotive at KEYPLAYER, he successfully managed both strategy and product areas at a leading global automotive supplier. As Managing Principal of a management and technology consultancy, he supported a large number of customers for many years with tailor-made implementation programs in the areas of product development, efficiency improvement, organizational development and supplier management in the automotive industry. As a management consultant, he himself held managerial positions both at corporate level and in medium-sized companies, primarily in North America and Europe for many years. His roles included interim project manager for the construction of an engine production line and strategy consultant for the planning and implementation of a global reorganization of an OEM's development division. Alexander Kujumdshiev is a graduate industrial engineer with a specialization in business management and production technology. In addition, he has acquired numerous additional qualifications in the areas of Six Sigma, project management, Agile, Scrum, compliance, etc. As a passionate car enthusiast, he often spends his free time in and under his old and new vehicles.