Network Management

Steinbeis Headquarters

The role of the Steinbeis headquarters is to promote and facilitate the ongoing development of the Steinbeis Network. It does this by assuming overall responsibility for the centralized framework under which each Steinbeis enterprise operates on a decentralized basis, managed by approximately 1,000 Steinbeis enterprise directors. The Steinbeis Board of Directors chairs the non-profit Steinbeis Foundation (StW), which forms the umbrella and conceptual framework of the Steinbeis Network. Several managing directors run Steinbeis GmbH & Co. KG für Technologietransfer (StC), which forms the framework for entrepreneurial knowledge and technology transfer.

Prof. Dr. Michael Auer

Steinbeis Foundation Board Member (Chairman)

  • Degree in electrical engineering, degree in industrial engineering, PhD
    Dissertation on “Transfer Entrepreneurship – Successful Organization of Technology Transfer", Karlsruhe University, Prof. Dr. habil. Hans Georg Gemünden (2000)
  • Development engineer (high-power lasers)
  • Steinbeis career:
    • Assistant to the Chairman of the Steinbeis Foundation Board and the Baden-Württemberg Government Commissioner for Technology Transfer, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Johann Löhn (1990-1994)
    • Head of Steinbeis headquarters (1994-2000)
    • Managing director of Steinbeis-Hochschule-Berlin GmbH (responsible body of Steinbeis University) (1999-2007)
    • Managing director of Steinbeis Verwaltungs-GmbH, the general partner of Steinbeis GmbH & Co. KG für Technologietransfer, StC (30.11.2000-31.03.2025)
    • Professor of Management, Steinbeis University (since 2002)
    • Steinbeis Foundation Board Member (since 2004), Chairman since April 1, 2012
    Contact Michael Auer

Manfred Mattulat

Steinbeis Foundation Board Member

  • Degree in Business Administration
  • Steinbeis career:
    • Assistant to the Chairman of the Steinbeis Foundation Board and the Baden-Württemberg Government Commissioner for Technology Transfer, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Johann Löhn (1996-2000)
    • Manager of Steinbeis equity holdings in companies (1998-2016)
    • Managing director of Steinbeis Beteiligungs-Holding GmbH (2000-2016)
    • Managing director of Steinbeis Verwaltungs-GmbH, the general partner of Steinbeis GmbH & Co. KG für Technologietransfer, StC (01.04.2012-31.03.2025)
    • Steinbeis Foundation Board Member (since April 1, 2012)
    Contact Manfred Mattulat

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