
Our Authors
The articles of our blog authors want to contribute to order arguments and opinions, make them assessable and offer an exchange. Every opinion counts – not only in our articles, but also in the user comments. Here you can see who is writing in the TÜV Rheinland Blog:
Alexander Schneider | Senior Manager Corporate Communications
Always looking for exciting stories and topics that are interesting to tell. There are plenty of them in the company. As an “Immi” he enjoys living in Cologne and loves the city as much as his bicycle – with which he also commutes to work every day.
Andy Fuchs | Personnel Marketing
Anja Paffen | Social Media Manager
Anna Linn Zafiris | Head of Social Media
Antje Golbach | Spokesperson Systeme
Astrid Dorsch | Head of Corporate Sponsoring
Dr. Benedikt Westermann | Publishing - Lead Security Analyst
Björn Koßmann | Head of Seminars
Carlo Kammler | Network Consulting & Planning
Christian Rudnick | Area Manager Kraftfahrt
Christoph Bois | IT Demand Manager
Frank Ehlert | Head of Internal Communications & Corporate Publishing
Franziska Weiser | Head of Competence Center Digital Mobility Services
Frauke Boeck | Senior Communication Manager
Hans-Peter Pape | Product Certification Body
Inès Culmey | Social Media Manager
Innocenzo Caria | Product Manager
Iris Dohmen | Organisational Psychology
Jan Scholten | Product Marketing Manager Mobility
The idea of getting from A to B automatically in the future, without having to worry about the vehicle, inspires the Product Marketing Manager. That’s why he is professionally involved in automated driving via electric mobility – whether it’s e-scooters or urban mobility solutions in a smart city environment. These topics always become a highlight for Jan when they are presented in the form of videos.
Jennifer Kriesten | Communication Manager
Jörg Meyer zu Altenschildesche | Spokesperson
Johannes Weber | Senior Security Engineer
Johannes is a network security consultant at TÜV Rheinland i-sec GmbH. He has a master’s degree in IT-Security (thesis: IPv6 Security) and works with different network technologies such as IPv6, VPNs, DNSSEC, NTP, and Wireshark. At customer sites, Johannes works with next-generation firewalls, mail- and DNS-appliances, as well as classical routers/switches.
Kai Ulrich | Innovation Facilitator
Kerstin Ferber | Corporate Communications

Lea Probst | Security Consultant
Nicole Krzemien | SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER + SPOKESPERSON
Nigel Stanley | Global OT & Cybersecurity
Norman Hübner | Spokesperson Cybersecurity & digital Transformation
Oliver Heuser | Social Media Manager
Phillip Meyers | Head of Innovation Academy & Life Care
Rainer Weiskirchen | Press Spokesman

Regine Gralla-Züge | Marketing Manager
Rolf Vesenmaier | Media Relations
Sabine Hager | HRD & Diversity
Sarah Stark | Industrial Services
Dr. Stefanie Schneider | Security Consultant
Stefan Ritter | Innovation Facilitator
Stefan Eigler | Mastering Risk & Compliance

Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Koester | Head of the Technical Competence Center Industrial Machinery
Head of the Technical Competence Center Industrial Machinery at TÜV Rheinland. Studied electrical engineering at the Technical University of Berlin. Started his career in 1996 in the electrical engineering test laboratory of TÜV Rheinland Japan in Yokohama. Since 2005 employed at TÜV Rheinland in Germany in the area of machine safety and laboratory manager for industrial machinery until 2020. Since 2020 global coordinator of the Machinery segment at TÜV Rheinland. Member of German and European committees in the area of machinery safety.