Summary
Jochen Jaser is a seasoned technology executive and CIO with 13+ years leading product, engineering and IT operations across European and global businesses, now heading SUSE’s worldwide IT including AI, Data & Analytics and Cyber Defense. He has a proven track record transforming companies—scaling Matrix42 internationally, founding payments startups, and driving HRS’s technology and product strategy as a board-level CIO. Comfortable at the intersection of strategy and delivery, he builds distributed teams, modernizes infrastructure, and launches new platforms and SaaS business models. His background in law plus an Advanced Management program at IESE informs a pragmatic, governance-minded approach to growth and M&A. Notably, he combines deep hands-on product and CTO experience with repeated success integrating and expanding engineering centers across Europe and India. Based in Karlsruhe, he blends entrepreneurial instincts with enterprise-grade discipline to translate long-term vision into operational outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Advanced Management & General Management Program, Advanced Management & General Management Program at IESE Business School
Graduate in Law Law, Graduate in Law Law at University of Augsburg
German, English