Marco is a lecturer, industry insider, and researcher focused on bridging industrial innovation and science. After nearly 10 years in a leading automotive tech company, he returned to academia to leverage his experience. He has authored over 40 research papers and filed around 20 patents. From 2014 to 2018, he worked at Robert Bosch GmbH, researching vehicular networking, automotive architectures, and AI applications. He then held various roles in technical and product management in Bosch’s Automated Driving Sector until 2021. From 2021 to early 2023, he served as Solution Lead at ETAS, focusing on Software-Defined Vehicles. Since March 2023, Marco has been a professor of artificial intelligence in technical systems at Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences.