Daniel Kirstenpfad is a Principal Key Expert in Digital Transformation with 14 years of experience architecting software and infrastructure at Siemens, following earlier CTO and founder roles that honed his product and R&D leadership. He blends hands-on software development and operations expertise with enterprise architecture skills to guide cloud-native platforms, industrial IoT (MindSphere), and cross-functional teams from concept to production. Known for building and scaling R&D teams, he navigates complex ecosystems to align technical strategy with business outcomes. Based in Burgebrach, Germany, he combines academic grounding in computational engineering with practical experience across startups and global technology organizations, often acting as the bridge between research, engineering and product delivery. An understated strength is his track record of transitioning product ownership into long-lived platform capabilities within large enterprises.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
computational engineering, computational engineering at Technische Universität Ilmenau
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