Prof. Dr.-Ing. Armin Schnettler
- Born in 1963
- Studies and PhD in Electrical Engineering at University of Technology in Dortmund/Germany
- 1992 – 1998: several positions within ABB AG, Mannheim, as well as ABB Corporate Research Ltd, Heidelberg
- 1998 - 2000: Member of the Management Team of ABB´s business area “High Voltage Products and Substations”, Zurich
- 2001 - 2018 RWTH Aachen University:
Full Professorship and Director of Institute for High Voltage Technology, Aachen - 2003 - 2013 Managing Director of "Forschungsgemeinschaft für elektrische Anlagen und Stromwirtschaft e.V. (FGH e.V.)" – Research Association of Power Systems and Power Economics (non-profit organization)
- 2013 - 2015: Senior Vice President of Siemens AG Corporate Technology
Head of New Technology Fields - 2016 - 2020: Senior Vice President of Siemens AG Corporate Technology
Head of Research in Energy and Electronics - 02.-04/2020 Executive Vice President
- 04/2020-09/2021 CEO New Energy Business bei Siemens Energy
Memberships
- Member of IEEE, Cigré (German committee) and Power Engineering Society within VDE (VDE ETG)
