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NEM ADVISORY BOARD

Ulrich Hackenberg

Ulrich Hackenberg received his doctorate in 1984 at the Institute of Motor Vehicles at RWTH Aachen University. Hackenberg joined AUDI AG in 1985 and was responsible for implementing designs such as the automaker’s current MQB global architecture and cars such as the A3, A4, A6, A8 and TT, as well as the modular toolkit system. Until 2015, Hackenberg was a Board Member of Product Development at Volkswagen, and in 2016, he joined the Valmet Automotive Board of Directors.

Niels Henrik Mortensen

Niels Henrik Mortensen is a professor and Head of section at Department of Mechanical Engineering at DTU. Mortensen has more than 35 years of industrial and academic experience on modularization in the Nordic region and has authored various books and papers on modular strategies.

Dieter Krause

Dieter Krause has been head of institute of Product Development (PKT) at Hamburg University of Technology in Hamburg for about 20 years. He has been instrumental in the development of modularisation for both the academic world and German industry and has a book in English and German to the topic of the “Methodical Development of Modular Product Families”.

Bruce Cameron

Bruce Cameron is the Director of the System Architecture Lab at MIT and a co-founder of Technology Strategy Partners, a consultancy. His research interests include technology strategy, system architecture, and the management of product platforms. Previously, Dr. Cameron ran the MIT Commonality study

Dr. Cameron teaches the System Architecture core class for the System Design and Management program, where he has taught over 500 students.