ZF Appoints Dr. Peter Holdmann as CTO in Newly Created Role to Boost Technology Focus
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2024
What Happened
ZF's Supervisory Board has appointed Dr. Peter Holdmann as the company's first Chief Technology Officer (CTO), a new executive role that consolidates group-wide technology management. Holdmann, already an Executive Board member responsible for R&D, will now oversee engineering efficiency across all divisions, with a focus on software-defined vehicles, artificial intelligence, and connected architectures.
“Technology is our driving force and the foundation of our competitiveness. With the CTO position, we are sending a clear signal: It strengthens technological leadership within the Group, accelerates the transfer of innovations into marketable solutions, and improves the cost- and efficiency performance of our Group-wide research and development activities.”
“Financial discipline and innovations developed in our ZF divisions with a customer-centric approach go hand in hand. The use of artificial intelligence is currently revolutionizing development processes and tools—with tangible effects on efficiency and speed. This transformation is critical to ZF's competitiveness and creates a dynamic that leads to faster decisions and, ultimately, to products th”
Why this matters
The creation of a CTO role signals ZF's commitment to aligning its technology strategy across divisions, focusing on software-defined vehicles, AI, and connected systems to improve competitiveness and innovation speed.
Terms in This Story
- Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
- The executive responsible for the overall technology strategy of a company.
- Research and Development (R&D)
- The department focused on creating new products and improving existing ones through innovation.
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