Volkswagen Taps Former SAP Cloud Chief as Software Unit CTO
December 18 2019 - 6:29AM
Dow Jones News
By Max Bernhard
Volkswagen AG (VOW.XE) said Wednesday that it has appointed
Bjoern Goerke as chief technology officer of its software business
unit Car.Software.
Mr. Goerke previously was chief technology officer and head of
SAP SE's (SAP.XE) cloud platform business. The appointment is
effective from Jan. 1.
Mr. Goerke will define a "cross-brand standard for the software
architecture of the connected vehicle and digital ecosystems," the
German car maker said.
Volkswagen plans to significantly boost the share of software
that it develops in house, to more than 60% from less than 10%
currently.
By 2025, the company plans to invest more than 7 billion euros
($7.8 billion) in the Car.Software division. By standardizing
software across its brands, Volkswagen aims to cut the costs of
software per vehicle, it said.
Write to Max Bernhard at max.bernhard@dowjones.com;
@mxbernhard
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 18, 2019 06:14 ET (11:14 GMT)
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