Management

Rainer Rudolf (born in 1962) is the CEO of adesso AG. He is responsible for the Human Resources and Administration departments as well as legal affairs. Rainer Rudolf is co-founder of adesso AG and oversees all administrative activities. Until 2007 he had also been in charge of all commercial activities. This makes him responsible for the solid economic development of the company.

Christoph Junge (born in 1970) is a member of the Executive Board and responsible for Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions and Investor Relations. Before he was appointed as a member of the BOV AG (now adesso AG as the result of a merger) Executive Board in May 2005, he helped shape the company’s business operations as Director of Finance and Company Development.

Michael Kenfenheuer (born in 1958) is a member of the Executive Board and responsible for the Consulting and Sales departments. He was appointed as a member of the adesso AG Executive Board for these responsibilities in 2000. With his many years of business management and project management experience, Michael Kenfenheuer is having a major impact on the development and expansion of the company's network of technical and industry experts. He is also responsible for coordinating sales activities.

Dr. Rüdiger Striemer (born in 1968) is a member of the Executive Board and responsible for the Software Development and Corporate Communications departments. He earned his doctorate in information technology at Berlin Technical University in 1998 and started out as a Business Development Manager at adesso AG in 1999. When he became a member of the adesso Executive Board in 2001, he assumed responsibility for strategic business development and corporate communications. Rüdiger Striemer has also been managing the Software Development department since 2002.

Prof. Dr. Volker Gruhn (born in 1963) was a co-founder of adesso AG in 1997 and is now the Chairperson of the Supervisory Board. He is Head of the Software Engineering Department at University of Duisburg-Essen, where his main research focuses on mobile applications. Volker Gruhn is the author and co-author of approximately 200 national and international publications and conference contributions.