Summary
Tobias Knietzsch is an Executive Business Assistant to the CTO & Chief AI Officer at SAP with nine years of experience bridging product, operations, and AI initiatives. He progressed through SAP’s vocational training into roles in product management and SAP AI, gaining hands-on exposure to release management, user assistance, service high availability and architectural operations. Currently completing a Master of Science in Management at Universität Mannheim (with study time at ESSEC), he blends rigorous business training with practical engineering-facing experience. Tobias has supported multiple global AI leadership roles and co-founded a local app, demonstrating both corporate scale insight and entrepreneurial drive. He brings a talent for translating complex technical requirements into operationally reliable practices and has international experience from rotations including New York City. Notably, his bachelor thesis explored IoT for smart city utilities, reflecting an early interest in applied systems that improve infrastructure resilience.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Management, Master of Science, Management at ESSEC Business School
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Business Informatics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Business Informatics at University of Cooperative Education Dresden
Master of Science, Management, Master of Science, Management at Universität Mannheim
German, English, Spanish