Ben Weber

Driving manufacturing innovation from strategy to production | Partnerships, Ecosystems & Execution

Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

I work at the intersection of people, technology, and business. As Head of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships at ModuleWorks, I focus on one core question: How do we ensure that innovation doesn’t stay in development, but actually reaches production? My role is to help shape how advanced manufacturing technologies move from R&D into real industrial use. This involves working across the ecosystem: CAD/CAM vendors, CNC machine tool builders, cutting tool manufacturers, and emerging technology companies. Through strategy, partnerships, and targeted investments, I help align the right players so new capabilities can scale across the manufacturing and digital dentistry industry. I’m particularly interested in cross-pollination of technology across domains using new partnership frameworks and turning complex technology into practical, scalable solutions. Ultimately, I believe progress in manufacturing technology happens when people connect, trust each other, and focus on making innovation real.

Experience

  • ModuleWorks (11 yrs 6 mos)
    • Head of Corporate Development
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

      I operate at the intersection of strategy, partnerships, and execution in industrial software. My focus is on one core question: how do we ensure that manufacturing innovation actually reaches production? I lead corporate development and global marketing at ModuleWorks, shaping strategic partnerships, investments, and positioning across the manufacturing ecosystem including CAD/CAM vendors, cutting tool vendors, CNC control maker, machine tool builders, and technology partners. In addition, I am responsible for building new business in emerging and not yet fully defined markets - identifying opportunities, structuring partnerships, and translating early-stage potential into scalable business (e.g. digital dentistry as a new vertical). A key part of my role is aligning technology, business models, and stakeholders to turn advanced capabilities into real-world solutions. I work across functions and organizations to bring clarity to complex situations, define ownership, and ensure that strategy translates into execution.

    • Head of Business - Digital Dentistry
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

      Responsible for building and scaling ModuleWorks’ digital dentistry business as a new vertical. This includes defining the market approach, structuring strategic partnerships, and translating advanced manufacturing technologies into real-world dental workflows. The focus is on bringing high-performance software capabilities into the dental ecosystem and establishing a scalable business around it.

    • Head of Strategic Partnerships
      Jan 2024 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr

      - Business Development - Strategic Partnerships - M&A - Corporate marketing

  • Dispatching und Technischer Support at CDS GmbH
    Jul 2012 - Oct 2013 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Account Manager at BMC Trading
    Oct 2010 - Dec 2011 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Marketing Manager at SanSan Studios
    Sep 2009 - Oct 2010 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Training Program at Grameen Bank
    Jun 2010 - Jun 2010 · 1 mo