Hans Joachim Fröhlich

About

Experienced executive, board‑level advisor and ecosystem builder focused on the strategic governance of innovation and transformation. I support boards and senior leadership teams in shaping focused, sustainable innovation agendas — particularly integrating Ecodesign, digital transformation and industrial AI — and in governing portfolios, partnerships and ecosystems for long‑term value creation. I combine outside‑in perspectives with disciplined strategic focus, ensuring that innovation initiatives and ecosystems are not managed opportunistically, but deliberately governed for impact, scalability and resilience. In parallel, I am deeply engaged in regional and cross‑border innovation ecosystems, fostering structured collaboration between industry, start‑ups and research institutions across Southern Germany and Northwestern Switzerland, with selected links to North America and China.

Experience

• Endress+Hauser Group (13 yrs 10 mos)
  • Director Technology and Portfolio
    Sep 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 11 mos

    Mission to ensure Endress+Hauser's offering remains cutting-edge, in the era of Sustainability, Industrial AI and Skilled Labor Shortage, by a customer-centric innovation process and a focus on data-driven portfolio management. Includes governance of innovation-related IT project portfolio.

  • Head of Strategic Portfolio Management
    Oct 2012 - Aug 2018 · 5 yrs 11 mos

    Established new product planning and portfolio management process for Endress+Hauser's new Proline flowmeter generation, including fitness for the Industrial Internet of Things. Evaluated and shaped new product concepts, from simple devices to value-added services and solutions. Led comprehensive go-to-market initiative with Heartbeat Technology, the world's leading concept for self-monitoring and verification of field devices in global process industries.

• Founder and Managing Director at SOLID AGENDA GmbH
  Jan 2012 - Dec 2017 · 6 yrs

  SOLID AGENDA Strategy & Project Management provides strategy consulting and project management services for process industries.

• SGL Group - The Carbon Company (14 yrs 1 mo)
  • European Sales Director
    Nov 2008 - Dec 2011 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    Sales responsibility app. EUR 160 million and 35 people Specialty Graphite division

  • Various leadership roles in strategic marketing, supply chain and strategy development
    Dec 1997 - Oct 2008 · 10 yrs 11 mos

    Sponsored numerous Lean Six Sigma projects between 2002 and 2008 2y Strategy development team leader 1y Carbon composite technology start-up leader 4y Global supply chain leader 1y Sales manager 1y Corporate project manager 2y Marketing manager

• Various project management assignments in logistics, marketing and training management at Air Liquide
  Jan 1993 - Nov 1997 · 4 yrs 11 mos

  2y Project manager in national marketing and logistics, Düsseldorf 1y Training manager China, Shanghai 2y Project engineer at Paris HQ