Dr. René Deist

Chief Digital Officer, Chief Information Officer, author, musician

Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

About

Experienced Chief Information Officer and Chief Digitalization Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry and energy business. Skilled in AI, GenAI, Digital Transformation, ITIL, Business Process Improvement, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Software Project Management, and IT Strategy. Strong information technology professional with a Dr. rer. nat. Diplom Mathematiker focused in Mathematics and Computer Science, Economics from Ruhr University Bochum.

Experience

  • Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDO / CIO) at EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Senior Vice President internal Digitalization at ZF Group
    Dec 2020 - Apr 2025 · 4 yrs 5 mos

    Transforming ZF Business Processes to see, think, act with higher productivity and efficiency by means of Digitalization

  • CIO at Faurecia
    Apr 2017 - Dec 2020 · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • Executive Vice President IT at Bosch
    Oct 2014 - Apr 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • CIO Asia/Pacific & Executive Vice President IT at Bosch China
    Jul 2012 - Oct 2014 · 2 yrs 4 mos