Michael Kufner

Digital Transformation | Corporate Insurance | Senior Manager at Siemens | Building Velopit.app

Greater Munich Metropolitan Area

About

Driving digital transformation by creating data-driven, automated solutions that reduce processing time, cut costs, and improve decision-making. At Siemens, I lead the end-to-end digitalization and process automation of Commercial Risk and Employee Benefits, aligning technology with business needs to deliver smarter, faster, and more collaborative insurance and risk management processes. Alongside my corporate role, I’m building Velopit - a project focused on helping cyclists keep their bikes race-ready and improving lifecycle management in the cycling ecosystem.

Experience

  • Founder at Velopit
    Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    Building Velopit, the digital service record every bicycle should have.

  • Siemens (Munich, Bavaria, Germany)
    • Senior Manager I Insurance Processes and Digitalization
      Aug 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

      I lead the digital transformation of Siemens’ corporate insurance, with a current focus on Employee Benefits and Private Finance. This includes delivering a central low code platform with API integration to insurers and network partners, introducing AI-driven use cases, and modernizing core processes to boost efficiency and enhance data quality. As part of the NextGen INS Initiative, I mentor junior team members to foster innovation, collaboration, and professional growth.

    • Senior Inhouse Consultant I Insurance Operations
      Jan 2023 - Jul 2023 · 7 mos

    • Inhouse Consultant I Insurance Operations
      Jan 2021 - Dec 2022 · 2 yrs

  • EY (Munich, Bavaria, Germany)
    • Senior Consultant I Transformation & Change Management
      Oct 2019 - Dec 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Together with my team at EY, I co-developed and scaled a global business process offshoring platform and oversaw the establishment of teams in India and Argentina with 20 employees. I advised engagement teams on the coordination and administration of internal and external business processes, and drove initiatives to improve and standardize processes, including implementation and testing. A key part of my role was mentoring offshore teams to ensure effective collaboration, knowledge transfer, and continuous improvement.

    • Consultant I Transformation & Change Management
      Dec 2018 - Sep 2019 · 10 mos

    • Working Student I Transformation & Change Management
      Dec 2017 - Nov 2018 · 1 yr

  • Intern - Business Development at Indo-German Chamber of Commerce
    Aug 2017 - Oct 2017 · 3 mos

  • Brainlab (Greater Munich Metropolitan Area)
    • Master Data Associate
      Oct 2016 - Jun 2017 · 9 mos

      Conducted global master data release and maintenance activities, consulted with all divisions on master data-related processes, and managed projects to improve master data workflows. Earlier responsibilities included setting up and maintaining global master data in SAP and coordinating release and maintenance activities.

    • Master Data Assistant
      Mar 2014 - Sep 2016 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    • Industrial Management Assistant
      Sep 2011 - Feb 2014 · 2 yrs 6 mos