Summary
Carsten Behrens is the founder and managing partner of Modell Aachen GmbH with over a decade of experience turning compliance-heavy management systems into interactive, value-creating tools through the cloud software Q.wiki. He combines hands-on industry experience from BMW and academic rigor from a doctorate-level background at RWTH Aachen and a Diplom-Ingenieur in mechanical engineering to bridge research, teaching, and practical consulting. Since 2009 he has supported 800+ organizations in making management systems part of daily work rather than a parallel bureaucracy, focusing on knowledge-linked processes that drive measurable usage and outcomes. He leads the DGQ expert group on organizational development and guest-lectures at about 15 universities, which keeps his approach grounded in both practice and current research. Unusually for a founder in this space, he emphasizes simple involvement and high employee acceptance as the core levers for sustainable system adoption. Based in Aachen, he targets knowledge-intensive organizations of 50+ employees across sectors, proving that certification and effectiveness need not be mutually exclusive.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Diplom-Ingenieur Maschinenbau, Diplom-Ingenieur Maschinenbau at Ruhr University Bochum
German, English, French, Danish