Since September 1, 2010, Friedhelm Pickhard has been President and Chairman of the ETAS Board of Management.

His responsibilities include:

• Corporate Strategy
• Research and Development
• Marketing and Communications
• Subsidiary ESCRYPT

Biographical data:

• Friedhelm Pickhard earned his degree as Graduate Engineer in Electrical Engineering at Ruhr University Bochum and University of Paderborn, Germany.

Career stages in the Bosch Group:

• 1989 – Section Manager, System Engineering Department, Teldix GmbH (Bosch Telecom), Heidelberg, Germany
• 1993 – Project Leader, Division Car Multimedia, Robert Bosch GmbH, Hildesheim, Germany
• 1995 – Director of Research and Development, Robert Bosch (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., Penang, Malaysia
• 2001 – Head of Engineering Navigation Technology, Driver Information Systems Business Unit, Robert Bosch GmbH, Hildesheim, Germany
• 2002 – Head of Engineering System Technology, Driver Information Systems Business Unit, Robert Bosch GmbH, Hildesheim, Germany
• 2003 – Vice President Engineering and Manufacturing, Driver Information Systems Business Unit, Robert Bosch GmbH, Hildesheim, Germany
• 2004 – Senior Vice President, Driver Information Systems Business Unit, Robert Bosch GmbH, Hildesheim, Germany
• 2006 – Managing Director of Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions, Bangalore, India
• 2010 – President and Chairman of the ETAS Board of Management, Stuttgart, Germany