Dr. Daniel Kliche

Dad | Innovation @ IABG | SafeAI | Web3 | Space | Hypersonics | W3MUC | TUM | UniBw M | UNSW

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

About

I am first of all a team player and team builder, an open-minded idea creator and a values-based leader, in the world of research, technology and innovation. I have built up and led interdisciplinary teams exploring emerging game changing technologies, such as hypersonic systems, over the last decade and now in the development of disruptive innovations. Together with IABGs highly-qualified high-performing innovation team I am pushing ideas, technologies and solutions forward in the fields of future (unmanned) mobility, smart society and infrastructures, always under the umbrella of safety and security.

Experience

  • Senior Vice President IABG Innovation Center at IABG

    IndustrieanIagen-Betriebsgeselischaft mbH (IABG) was founded in 1961 on the initiative of the Federal Republic of Germany as a central analysis and testing facility for the aerospace industry and the Ministry of Defence. IABG was privatised in 1993 and today is an owner-managed European technology enterprise operating in seven business fields Automotive, InfoCom, Mobility & Energy, Environment & Geodata services, Aeronautics, Space, Defence & Security (https://www.iabg.de/en/corporate-profiIe). IABG employs 1,100 highly-qualified staff Iocated in Ottobrunn head quarters as well as in other customer-oriented subsidiaries across Germany and abroad. As a renowned German Midcap company, IABG has a privileged overview of industry needs, from SMEs to big organisations. IABG is independent of corporate affiliations and product-neutral. Its clientele is essentially composed of renowned industrial players (manufacturers of aeronautics and space systems, of automobiles and their suppliers) as well as of important Federal Ministries (mainly Defence (BMVg) and also Economy and Energy (BMWi), Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI)) and various State Ministries (here in particular Ministries of Internal Affairs), but also agencies such as DLR, ESA, EDA and NATO.

  • Mentor at CASSINI Business Accelerator

    https://www.cassini.eu/accelerator/

  • Head of Department Integrated Air & Missile Defence - Research & Technology at IABG

    - Accountable for the key figures of the department - Responsible for the strategic development and growth of the department - Management of a team across several departments and coordination of sub-contractors - Recruiting and personal development - Business development and acquisition of new projects - Coordination of R&T activities on national and EU level together with customers, industry partners and research institutes in the fields of missile technology and air & missile defence, including space based early warning, responsive space and hypersonic technologies

  • Project Engineer / Consultant at IABG mbH

    - Responsible for technical and scientific assessment of missile systems, including aerodynamics, propulsion, mass & balance, sensors, flight dynamics and operations - Project management and acquisition of new projects

  • Technology & Innovation Manager at IABG

    - Responsible for the strategic development and growth of the of the business division “IABG Innovation Centre” - Responsible for the further development of a cross-company innovation process, including the set- up of accelerator projects together with experts of IABG’s operational divisions - Coordination of activities in the fields of new space and responsive space between business units, subsidiaries and partners - Strengthening of the cooperation between IABG and universities, research institutes, industry partners and start-ups - Trend & innovation scouting to support the company’s strategic growth

  • Mentor at Technical University of Munich

  • Jury Member at Munich Business Plan Competition at BayStartUP

  • Head of Department Weapon Systems at IABG mbH

    - Accountable for the key figures of the department - Management of an interdisciplinary team - Recruiting and personal development - Business development and acquisition of new projects - Coordination of activities together with customers on the assessment of defence material