Hermann Brand held the position of R&D manager in mobile communications before joining ETSI in 2008. Since then, as a general manager, he has been responsible for various institutional services of ETSI, including new initiatives, partnership management, membership care, and meeting support. As one of the Directors of ETSI he is currently responsible for Innovation.
Hermann Brand has started his professional carrier as a SW developer and system designer in telecommunications. He then worked as a researcher in the semiconductor business, investigating novel manufacturing processes and developing new microstructures. Back in telecommunications he managed several international R&D teams including a group of delegates to different standards developing organizations. While his employer evolved into a diversified IT service provider, Dr. Brand also engaged as technology manager, innovation manager and business developer.
