Johann Jungwirth joins IOTAs supervisory board!
The CDO of Volkswagen is going to join the IOTA-Foundation! In a recent article in “Der Spiegel” which is one of the biggest News-Magazines in Germany, they confirmed that Johann Jungwirth is going to join the supervisory board of IOTA-Foundation. Asking one of the Authors who wrote the article, he confirmed that Mr. Jungwirth himself approved this to them. So why is this news so huge and who is Johann Jungwirth?
Mr. Johann Jungwirth, has been Head of Digitalization Strategy of Volkswagen AG since November 1, 2015. Mr. Jungwirth was named Director, Mac Systems Engineering at Apple in Cupertino, CA (USA), in 2014. He was responsible for innovation in design and engineering in product development as well as hiring, growing and leading a multicultural research & development team and supporting the Special Projects Group. In 2009, he was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America to head the Research & Development Center in Sunnyvale, CA (USA), with additional international locations. From the center in Silicon Valley, he and his team were responsible for all research and development business units in the US market such as autonomous driving, powertrain and electric drive, technology and vehicle development, as well as telematics and user interaction design. From 2008 to 2014, Mr. Jungwirth was also Vice-President Infotainment and Telematics responsible for all research, engineering and product development for infotainment and connected car solutions. He also participated in the International Motor Vehicle Program of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA (USA). He holds an Electrical Engineering degree Dipl.-Ing. (BA) from Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University in Stuttgart.
What does this mean for IOTA? After getting Bosch on board, the next big company in Germany gives an approval of the great work IOTA has done so far. With more and more big players joining IOTA it strengthens its position in the international market of Cryptocurrencies.
What is still to come? No one knows what the future will bring, except that IOTA is going to Moon!
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