Mahdi Manesh heads the Software Engineering & Deep Tech Chapters at Porsche Digital. His current research and consulting activities span various aspects of advanced software technologies and CIO advisory with a focus on building digital products and services in the automotive industry. Mahdi received Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Koblenz-Landau as well as a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz