Expert work group BI/Big Data and Controlling - the core team
Core team
The work group BI / Big Data and Controlling is managed by Prof. Dr. Andreas Seufert and Ralph Treitz.
The expert work group is organized as a network. Core of the work group are selected core partners, who can be supplemented by associate partners.
The partners are users and suppliers of well-known multinational companies as well as scientists.
The content coordination of the work takes place at the Institut für Business Intelligence.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Seufert
Head of the expert work group BI/ Big Data and Controlling
teaches at Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences.
He is Director of the Institute for Business Intelligence at Steinbeis Hochschule Berlin and Director at the Business Innovation Lab at Hochschule Ludwigshafen.
e-mail: Andreas.Seufert{bei}i-bi.de

Ralph Treitz
Stellvertretende Leitung des Fachkreises BI/ Big Data und Controlling
Geschäftsführer von Deloitte Digital GmbH
Deloitte Digital

Axel Zickgraf
Abteilungsverantwortlicher Controlling
Alnatura Produktions- und Handels GmbH

Marc Schwarzwaelder
Group Performance Management & Analytics - Digital Excellence
BASF SE

Thomas Rachel
Leiter Vertriebscontrolling / Head of Sales Controlling
BLANCO GmbH + Co KG

Bjoern Reitzenstein
Senior Manager Controlling mit Fokus Digitalisierung
Robert Bosch GmbH

André Obiora
Senior Projektleiter FINANCE4DB
Deutsche Bahn AG

Georg Sauer
Leiter Business Intelligence
DB Energie GmbH

Markus Frenk
Head of Controlling & Planning
Herrenknecht AG

Thomas Horakh
Finance & Controlling Future Workplace
Daimler AG


Jan Zain
CREST Business Intelligence Solutions
Deutsche Post AG

Thomas Freisberg
Niederlassungsleiter
ESG InterOp Solutions GmbH

Christina Rapl
Vice President Corporate Controlling
Eppendorf AG

Christian Wirtnik
Leitung Planung und Konzepte
Fraport AG

Rita Meier
Senior Manager Controlling & Risk
innogy SE

Dino Becirovic
Controlling International - Leiter Planung, Reporting und Analysen
LIDL Stiftung & Co KG

Dr. Ilke Heymann-Vassholz
Corporate Controlling (CC)
MAHLE International GmbH


Medina Kern
Leiterin Finanzen Digitalisierung
SCHAEFFLER AG & CO. KG

Peter Pollig
Leiter FCS | Controlling Service Provider

Marc Wellerdiek
Senior Manager EAR Finance & Business Intelligence
Toyota Kreditbank GmbH


Dr. Timo Waldhauser
Leiter Controlling Zentralfunktionen
Wacker Chemie AG

Dr. Thomas Kremser
Team Lead Finance, Risk & BI
Zalando Payments GmbH (Part of Zalando Group)

Prof. Dr. Andreas Englbrecht
Controlling, Finanz- und Rechnungswesen
Fakultät für Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen
Hochschule München | University of Applied Sciences

Dr. Sebastian Göbel
Managing Director & CFO
Fresenius Digital Technology

Dominik Heberling
Senior Specialist Treasury Risk Management
BASF SE