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Christian Leitner

Christian Leitner has worked nearly two decades in different Industry leading technology companies, where he developed a strong and diverse background in Marketing & Sales, Engineering and Project Management. Since 2015 Christian is part of the Global Automotive team at Rockwell Automation with particular focus on Electric Vehicles. During this time, Christian had the opportunity and pleasure to accompany global leading companies driving the electrification of the Automotive Industry. He successfully managed the start-up of multiple new greenfield plants – from early initiation throughout to post-production phase. Christian intimately understands the nature of complex Automotive programs and has a solid knowledge of the challenging dynamic market conditions and the involved ecosystem.

In his current role at Rockwell, Christian is leading the EV & Battery Business in the EMEA region where he is supporting Gigafactories and their line builders in designing smart machines, to enable fully digitized plants that connect people, processes, and technologies.

Christian holds a Bachelor and Master of Science in Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Vienna, Austria.”