Dr. Katrin Schleife

Smart City Advisor @Bechtle 🧩 / Vorständin Bitkom AK Smart City-Smart Region

Germany

About

Als Senior Consultant Smart City & eGov bei Bechtle und Vorständin im Bitkom-Arbeitskreis Smart City/Smart Region setze ich mich für eine moderne, souveräne und verantwortungsvolle Digitalisierung des öffentlichen Sektors ein. Ich begleite Städte und Regionen dabei, datengetriebener, resilienter und intelligenter zu werden: durch datenbasierte Entscheidungen, smarte Infrastrukturen und die Nutzung vertrauenswürdiger KI‑Lösungen, die echte Mehrwerte schaffen. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei eine zeitgemäße Digitale Daseinsvorsorge, die ökologische und ökonomische Nachhaltigkeit ebenso berücksichtigt wie die Bedürfnisse von Verwaltung und Gesellschaft. As a Senior Consultant Smart City & eGov at Bechtle and Board Member in the Bitkom Working Group Smart City/Smart Region, I am committed to shaping a modern, sovereign and responsible digital transformation of the public sector. I support cities and regions in becoming more data‑driven, resilient and intelligent: through data‑based decision‑making, smart infrastructures and the use of trustworthy AI solutions that create real value. At the center of this work lies a contemporary digital public service provision that balances ecological and economic sustainability with the needs of public administrations and society.

Experience

  • Senior Consultant Smart City at Bechtle
    Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Senior Consultant & Presales Smart City at Fujitsu
    Mar 2019 - Dec 2023 · 4 yrs 10 mos

  • PAC (8 yrs)
    • Principal Analyst
      May 2017 - Jan 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

    • Senior Analyst
      Feb 2011 - May 2017 · 6 yrs 4 mos

      At PAC I was particularly responsible for keeping track of the IT market trends and provider strategies in the Netherlands and for analyzing the specific digitization topics and developments in the public sector and retail. In addition, my work covers strengthening PAC's relationships with public sector institutions such as BMWi, BMBF or European Commission, and managing related projects.

  • Research Analyst at Berlecon Research
    Jun 2009 - Feb 2011 · 1 yr 9 mos

    My main responsibilities at Berlecon comprised the comprehensive analyses of IT trends and usage barriers especially in Germany, B2B survey coordination and related statistical analyses, and the acquisition of projects for public sector institutions, e.g. for the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) or the European Commission.

  • Research Fellow at ZEW – Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
    Mar 2003 - May 2009 · 6 yrs 3 mos

    - Analysis of the economic impact of IT diffusion on individuals, companies and markets; consideration of demographic aspects (aging of the population, level of education, etc.) - Empirical economic research using microeconometric methods - Publication of discussion papers - Lectures at national and international conferences