Dr. Stefan Ried
Founder & Managing Partner
Digital Strategy & Energy/Mobility
Stefan is Founder and Managing Partner of the impact-driven advisory and digital innovation firm Atlantic Ventures.
He has been active in the software industry for over 30 years with software product vendors, software services companies and as an industry analyst. As a serial entrepreneur he was part of three startups and four corporations, in technological and strategic roles as CTO, (S)VP, founder or practice lead.
This includes the product management of the platforms of SAP and Software AG, the technology strategy as CTO at Unify/Atos and technology marketing at eCommerce and CRM vendors.
In addition to strategic and operational roles, Stefan published for over 10 years as an industry analyst at Forrester Research and Crisp Research focusing on cloud computing and IoT.
Prior to founding Atlantic Ventures, Stefan took a leading role in the M&A activities of the cloud native software development firm Cloudflight, in parallel to technology consulting vehicle manufacturers around digital business models and digital twins.
He holds a PhD in physics from the Max Planck Institute.