Thomas Eisele

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Germany

About

Professor for Communication Technology with a broad experience in research, technology strategy, development, to project management. Worked in both small start-ups and large corporate organisations. Specialties: Lectures, R&D management, technology strategy, project management.

Experience

  • Retired at
    Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

  • Professor for Communication Technology at Rheinische Hochschule Köln (University of Applied Sciences)
    Sep 2016 - Feb 2026 · 9 yrs 6 mos

    Lecturing courses in Communication Technology, Signal and Image Processing, Electronic Circuits, and Technical Physics. Heading the Bachelor programme 'Electrical Engineering'

  • Director Development Electronics at Steinel Gmbh
    Oct 2011 - Aug 2016 · 4 yrs 11 mos

    Managing the whole product creation cycle for all electronic modules of innovative lighting solutions (like presence sensors and sensor luminaries) and thermo-tools. Heading a department of app. 35 engineers across two locations and supervising all development activities in the group. Member of the group management team.

  • Senior Director at Philips Research Eindhoven (The Netherlands)
    Oct 2004 - Sep 2011 · 7 yrs

    Department Head Digital Signal Processing Group (app. 30 research scientists) Domain Owner Family and Friends Connect

  • Director VoCon™ Projects and Research Co-ordination at ScanSoft (now: Nuance Communications)
    Feb 2003 - Sep 2004 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Heading the project department (2 Project Managers and app. 10 Engineers) of the Voice Control business unit of ScanSoft Inc. (now: Nuance) dealing with embedded software for automatic speech recognition.