Bernd Lauterbach
Dr. Bernd Lauterbach is chief solution architect for transportation management at Westernacher Consulting in Heidelberg. Until 2019, Bernd worked for SAP SE for 25 years. He gained 13 years of experience, both as a development manager for SAP TM and as a development architect for SAP Event Management, the Auto-ID infrastructure, and SAP ERP Logistics Execution (LE-TRA). Subsequently, Bernd was responsible worldwide as chief solution architect for the logistics industry at SAP IBU Travel & Transportation – Cargo & Logistics. An additional focus of Bernd’s work is supporting many projects for Westernacher customers (logistics service providers [LSPs] and shippers), where he brings together LSP or shipper needs and SAP solution competence in terms of customer requirements, business processes, target architectures, and software capabilities.
Bernd studied and received a PhD in electrical engineering from University of Bremen, Germany. Before working with SAP, he spent several years in the areas of satellite electronics, parallel programming for image processing, assembler programming, geographic information systems (GIS), and auto-routing systems.
Bernd studied and received a PhD in electrical engineering from University of Bremen, Germany. Before working with SAP, he spent several years in the areas of satellite electronics, parallel programming for image processing, assembler programming, geographic information systems (GIS), and auto-routing systems.