Summary
Tobias Sommer is a Senior Solution Architect with 11 years focused on IIoT, helping global customers and partners design, deploy and commercialize device-to-cloud solutions. Based in Yokohama, he has partnered with enterprises like Sony, Schindler, Telstra and Deutsche Telekom to handle everything from protocol-level device integration to go-to-market strategy. Tobias has grown through hands-on roles at Cumulocity—from working student and developer to senior architect—giving him rare continuity across product, engineering and customer success. He combines technical depth in IIoT platforms with practical commercial insight, often translating complex integration challenges into scalable deployment patterns. Colleagues know him for bridging engineering and business needs in large telco and manufacturing contexts, and for steadily scaling repeatable IIoT offerings.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science (Focus: Media Technologies), Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science (Focus: Media Technologies) at Hochschule Düsseldorf
IT Specialist, Application Development, IT Specialist, Application Development at Geschwister-Scholl-Schule, Berufskolleg Leverkusen
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science & Economics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science & Economics at Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft (FHDW)
German, English