As an industry and digitalization professional with international experience, I bring seven years of expertise in the pulp and paper industry. Working within a corporate group, I’ve honed my skills by leading digitization and optimization projects across global production environments. These successful company-wide rollouts, utilizing both waterfall and agile management methodologies, have significantly enhanced operational efficiency (OEE) and positively impacted the organization’s way of working demonstrating my capabilities in digital transformation.
My background extends to full product development, from conceptualizing minimum viable products (MVPs) and first business case calculations to the entire lifecycle, including user training and continuous improvement. Currently, I manage a portfolio of digitalization solutions aimed at optimizing production efficiency and enhancing occupational safety.
As an advisor to production sites across the organization, I guide them in the practical implementation of digitalization strategies, particularly in AI. My analytical mindset and economic acumen, cultivated through studies, work experience, and ongoing training, empower me to drive impactful outcomes. I am skillful at fostering positive change within an organization, leveraging my expertise to drive growth and innovation.
I became IT Business Unit responsible for M&A and divestments in 2024.

Yves Gorat Stommel is currently the VP of Electrical and Process Controls, with a strong focus on both greenfield and brownfield industrial manufacturing projects, as well as digitalization of engineering. Yves holds both an engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) and PhD (Dr.-Ing.) degree from the Technical University of Brandenburg, Germany, and an MBA degree from the Euro*MBA Consortium.

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Passionate about deepening organizational competencies in emerging technologies, driving innovation, and delivering operational excellence.

Paulo Zannini is an Enterprise Architect at SEW-EURODRIVE, focusing on IoT and digitalization. He began his career as an applications engineer at Bosch Rexroth, later expanding into product management, international coordination, and representing Industry 4.0 initiatives. After leading automation product management in Brazil he moved to Germany and served as Head of IoT and Digitalization at Weiss GmbH, where he introduced product configurators, IoT solutions, and enterprise integrations. At SEW-EURODRIVE, his major projects include the company’s IoT reference architecture, Digital Twin initiatives, and DevSecOps enablement. Paulo is passionate about creating safe environments and effective tools for developers, bridging business and IT, and positioning SEW-EURODRIVE as a driving force in global industrial digital integration through products and solutions complying to open standards and local regulations.

SEW-EURODRIVE itself is a trusted partner for everything in motion. With a portfolio covering gearmotors, controllers, and services for all industries, the company produces globally, adapts locally, and supports customers everywhere with strong commitment and expertise.

Entrepreneurial and self-responsibly acting executive with over 18 years of international experience in the areas of general management, marketing & sales, design, development and service for digital industrial solutions. Distinguished by creative and result-oriented approaches with a high affinity to markets, customers and products.

Part of the global bioeconomy, Stora Enso is a leading provider of renewable products in packaging, biomaterials, and wooden construction.

We may not manufacture tires, mattresses, medications, or animal feeds, but Evonik is part of all of those products – and many more. While we often contribute only small amounts of material, those contributions are precisely what make the difference. That's because Evonik products make tires fuel-efficient, mattresses more elastic, medications more effective, and animal feeds healthier. That’s what specialty chemicals are all about. And when it comes to specialty chemicals, we're among the best in the world. The company is active in more than 100 countries around theworld and generated sales of €15.3 billion and an operating profit (adjusted EBITDA) of €1.66 billion in 2023. Evonik goes far beyond chemistry to create innovative, profitable and sustainable solutions for customers. About 32,000 employees work together for a common purpose: We want to improve life, today and tomorrow.

We move the world! What does this mean? Innumerable conveyor belts, bottling plants, gravel plants, your luggage at the airport, and many more applications would come to a stop without our motors, gear units, gearmotors, the matching automation technology, and services. More than 22,000 employees worldwide make sure that these processes keep running.

We are a leading provider for production security and efficiency. With our products and technologies, companies establish secure connectivity and gain deep insights into their production to deliver the best possible quality to their customers. Our solutions enhance OT security, and reduce production downtime and scrap. We are inspired by innovations that offer our customers real progress and added value.