Manuel Niever

Manuel Niever is the Digital Transformation Manager at esentri AG, a consulting firm that combines digital and cultural transformation with sustainable business development. Manuel Nieves has successfully completed his doctoral studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology on the research topic of "Innovation Coaching for Agile Innovation Processes in the Model of PGE - Product Generation Development." In addition to numerous professional and scientific publications on the subject of "Innovation Coaching" and "Agile Innovation," his extensive experience in the field of Innovation Coaching and Corporate Entrepreneurship, as well as conducting innovation workshops, make him an expert in these areas.

Teaching

• Innovation Coaching
• Innovation management and development methodology
• Collaboration between startups and companies: Strategic startup engagement

Education

• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - Doktor (Ph.D.), Product Engineering 2018 - 2021
• Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences - Master of Science (M. Sc.), Business Administration and Engineering 2015 - 2016
• Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences - Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.), Business Administration and Engineering 2011 - 2015
• Tecnológico de Monterrey - Semester abroad 2013 - 2013

Experience

• esentri AG - Senior Digital Transformation Manager Feb 2022 -
• Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences - Lecturer for Innovation Coaching Mar 2017 -
• Stiftung Wissen+Kompetenzen - Lecturer for Agility, Creativity & Innovation May 2021 -
• University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe/Germany - Research Associate Nov 2016 - Jan 2022
• xLab - Research Associate Nov 2016 - Jan 2022
• Steinbeis Transfer Center - Infrastructure Management in Transportation - ConsultantConsultant Jun 2018 - Jun 2019
• SAP - Internship Apr 2015 - Aug 2015
• MTU Detroit Diesel Australia - Technical Support Intern Sep 2014 - Feb 2015
• HBC-radiomatic, Inc. - Internship Jul 2012 - Sep 2012
• Ginsters - Internship Sep 2010 - Nov 2010

Publications

2021:

• Niever M, Schorb L, Hahn C & Albers A (2021). Foster Problem-solving Capabilities with the Innovation Coaching Training Concept. In Proceedings of the XXXII ISPIM Innovation Conference, Berlin, Germany, 20-23 June 2021 (Online). "Innovating our Common Future". LUT Scientific and Expertise Publications, Reports. ISBN 978-952-335-467-8
• Niever M, Trefz N, Heimicke J, Hahn C & Albers A (2021). Situation- and need-based method recommendation for coaching agile development teams. In Procedia CIRP, Volume 100, Pages 512-517. ISSN 2212-8271 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2021.05.112
• Niever, M., Schulz, F., Heimicke, J., Hahn, C. & Albers, A. (2021). Go-To-Market Canvas – Ein Marktzugangskonzept für Inventionen in der frühen Phase der Produktgenerationsentwicklung. In Beiträge zum 6. Stuttgarter Symposium für Produktentwicklung (SSP) (o.S.)
• Niever M, Trinh H, Kerres R, Hahn C.H. (2021). Integration of Agile Approaches in SME's Product Development: Demand Analysis and Concept Development. In Athens Journal of Business & Economics – Volume 7, Issue 4, October 2021 – Pages 349-364
• Brecht P, Niever M, Kerres R, Stroebele A, Hahn C.H. 2021. Smart Platform experiment cycle (SPEC): A process to design, analyze and validate digital platforms. Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing 35, 209–225. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0890060421000081

2020:

• Albers A, Hahn CH, Niever M, Heimicke J, Marthaler F & Spadinger M (2020). Forcing Creativity in Agile Innovation Processes through ASD-Innovation Coaching. In: Proceedings of the sixth international conference on design creativity, ICDC 2020, pp. 231-238 ISBN: 978-1-912254-11-8. https://doi.org/10.35199/ICDC.2020
• Brecht P, Niever M, Kerres R, Hahn CH: Smart platform experiment cycle (SPEC) : A validation process for digital platforms. In: Horváth I, Keenaghan G (Hrsg.): Digital Proceedings of TMCE 2020, TMCE 2020 Repository. 13th International Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering Symposium (TMCE 2020) (Digital (Dublin, Ireland), 11.-15.05.2020), TU Delft 2020, 13 S.- ISBN 978-94-6384-131-3 (Elektronische Veröffentlichung: https://tmce.io.tudelft.nl/pages/2020/proceedings/TMCE2020-ESS-VCS-4.pdf)
• Hahn C H, Traunecker T, Niever M, Basedow GN (2020). Exploring AI-Driven Business Models: Conceptualization and Expectations in the Machinery Industry. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM). ISBN 978-1-5386-7219-8. DOI: 10.1109/IEEM45057.2020. S. 567-571.
• Niever M, Brandstetter C, Hahn CH, Duehr K, Albers A: Smart education concept for product development teams in agile innovation projects. In: Horváth I, Keenaghan G (Hrsg.): Digital Proceedings of TMCE 2020. 13th International Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering Symposium (TMCE 2020) (Digital (Dublin, Irland), 05.2020), TU Delft 2020, S. 431-444.- ISBN 978-94-6384-131-3 (Elektronische Veröffentlichung: tmce.io.tudelft.nl/pages/2020/proceedings/TMCE2020-MIE-CIE-1.pdf)
• Niever M, Richter T, Duehr K, Wilmsen M, Lanz L, Walter B, Albers A & Hahn C (2020). KaLeP: A Holistic Case-Based Action Learning Environment to Educate Successful Future Engineers. Athens Journal of Education, 7(3), 297-311. DOI: 10.30958/aje_v7i3

2019:

• Heimicke J, Niever M, Zimmermann V, Klippert M, Marthaler F, & Albers A (2019). Comparison of Existing Agile Approaches in the Context of Mechatronic System Development: Potentials and Limits in Implementation. Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design, 1(1), 2199–2208. https://doi.org/10.1017/dsi.2019.226
• Niever M, Marthaler F, Kosejian M, Hahn C H, & Albers A (2019). The Future of Innovation Coaching in Product Engineering: A Systematic Approach to Deriving the Future Competence Profile and its Development through Strategic Potential Identification. Proceedings of Collaborative European Research Conference, 299–310
• Niever M & Stöckner M (2019). Digitalisierung im Erhaltungsmanagement – BIM-basierte Datenmodelle für die Straßeninfrastruktur. In: Schäfer, F. (Hrsg.): Tagungsbuch zum 1. Kolloquium Straßenbau in der Praxis (Ostfildern, 29.-30.01.2019), Ostfildern: TAE – Technische Akademie Esslingen e.V., S. 163-170. ISBN 978-3-943563-06-1
• Niever, M., Gort, L., Stöckner, M., & Hahn, C. H. (2019). Innovation Coaching für agile Produktentwicklungsprojekte. In Hochschule Karlsruhe - Technik und Wirtschaft (Ed.), Forschung Aktuell 2019 (52-55). Online verfügbar unter https://www.hs-karlsruhe.de/home/hochschule/ueber-uns/publikationen/forschung-aktuell/

2018:

• Stoeckner, M. and Niever, M. (2018). Building Information Modeling: BIM im Life Cycle Management in: FGSV Kongressband Erfurt: Deutscher Straßen und Verkehrskongress 2018, ISBN: 978-3-86446-225-2 , FGSV-Verlag (FGSV, 001,27). Köln.

2017:

• Hahn, C. H., Albers, A., Stoeckner, M., Niever, M., Walter, B., Kerres, R., & Bursac, N. (2017). Innovation Coaching in Foresight Processes for Distributed Product Development. Proceedings of Collaborative European Research Conference, 366–375.