Prof. Dr. Bernd Hindel

Prof. Dr. Bernd Hindel has been the Chief Executive Officer of Method Park Software AG since 2001. Under his leadership Method Park received several prices i.e.: TOP JOB (2004, 2008, 2011), IHK Gründerpreis 2005, Bayern's Best 50 (2006, 2007, 2009), Great Place to Work (2009).

In addition Bernd Hindel is a Lecturer for Software Engineering at the University of Erlangen and the Automotive University of Volkswagen, Wolfsburg. Bernd Hindel is the founder of the ASQF e.V. (Association for Software Quality and Training). He was President of the ASQF from 1996 to 2007. Prof. Hindel is the founder of iNTACS e.V. (international Assessor Certification Scheme for SPICE Assessors). He was President of iNTACS from 2003 to 2005, now he is a member of the advisory board of iNTACS. As a member of DIN Institute, Prof. Hindel is the chairman for Software and System-Engineering Standards and the head of delegation representing Germany at ISO/IEC JTC1 SC7. From 2003 to 2005 he was the German representative at the ISO Working Group 10 responsible for the definition of SPICE. To date Bernd Hindel has been Keynote Speaker and/or Organising Chair of several international Conferences on Software Quality, including the 3rd World Congress on Software Quality, Munich, 2005 and Shanghai 2011. Prof. Hindel published numerous papers and books on software engineering.