Method Park

Method Park at a Glance

Method Park specializes in software & systems development for the safety-critical environments of medical and automotive engineering since its foundation in 2001.
Method Park provides consultation services in the optimization of development processes and the fulfillment of industry-specific standards and legal regulations.
Method Park supports its clients in specific development projects and offers seminars on current issues of software engineering.
With "Stages", Method Park has developed a process management tool that facilitates definition, implementation and monitoring of development and business processes.
Method Park has approximately 220 employees at locations in Erlangen, Berlin, Frankfurt/Main, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart, as well as in Detroit, Miami and Pittsburgh in the USA and in Shanghai (China)
Method Park (Group) posted operating revenue of 21,2 million euros in 2019.

History & Background

2019

Robin Hees (CFO) becomes member of the executive board
Stages V7.4 released
Method Park opens new location in Hamburg

2018

Bavarian Entrepreneur Award 2018 for Method Park
Receives the German Brand Award 2018
Stages V7.2 is launched to the market

2017

Is among the top 3 TOP JOB winners
Opens new locations in Hanover, Frankfurt on the Main and Pittsburgh, US
Partnership with MDS Technology Korea
Generates an increase in turnover of 9%

2016

Prof. Hindel receives the German Award for Software Quality
Stages V7 is released
IT analyst Gartner Corporation recommends Method Park
Receives the German Design Award 2017

2015

KPMG becomes reseller for Stages in India
Method Park is certified according to ISO 13485
Method Park receives its second IBM Partner Award
Method Park signs cooperation contract with CloudOne

2014

Method Park receives Rational Business Partner Award for Systems Engineering
Method Park sells first Stages licenses in China

2013

Hirain becomes Stages reseller in China
Dr. Wolfgang Runge becomes member of the supervisory board

2012

Foundation of Method Park Engineering GmbH
ZF Friedrichshafen AG buys Stages company license
Dr. Holger Höhn becomes Managing Director of Method Park Consulting GmbH

2011

Method Park celebrates its 10th anniversary
Closed sales after 10 years: over 22,000 Stages licenses
5,000 course days and 750,000 engineering hours

2010

Method Park sells first Stages licenses in the US

2009

Dr. Klaudia Dussa-Zieger becomes management member of DIN for Software and Systems Engineering and represents Germany at ISO. She becomes editor for SPICE.

2008

project>kit is re-named into Stages (release Stages 5.0)
Method Park achieves annual revenues of over 10 million euros for the first time
Dr. Martin Geier becomes member of the executive board

2007

Method Park opens a location in Detroit
Dr. Erich Meier becomes management member
Method Park hold first global intacs Competent Assessor course
100 employees

2006

Method Park holds first intacs Provisional Assessor course in the US
Prof. Hindel becomes management member of DIN for Software and Systems Engineering and represents Germany at ISO
German translation of SPICE (ISO 15504)

2005

Method Park founds Method Park Berlin GmbH
Prof. Hindel becomes Program Chair of the World Congress for Software Quality in Munich

2004

Foundation of Method Park America Inc.
Method Park holds first training – Certified Tester Foundation Level – in the US
Together with Alec Dorling, Prof. Hindel founds the first version of intacs

2003

Foundation of Method Park Management GmbH (re-named to Method Park Consulting GmbH in 2012)

2002

Foundation of Method Park Holding AG
Method Park releases first version of project>kit

2001

Foundation of Method Park Software AG
Management
Prof. Dr. Bernd Hindel
Dr. Jürgen Schmied
Torsten Posch

Prof. Dr. Bernd Hindel studied computer science in Erlangen and Green Bay (USA). After his doctorate at the University of Erlangen in 1991, he worked for the Central Research Department of Siemens in Erlangen. From 1995 to 2000 he was Managing Director of 3SOFT. In 2001 Prof. Hindel founded Method Park. Under his leadership Method Park received several awards i.e.: TOP JOB (2004, 2008, and 2011), IHK Founders Award 2005, Bavaria’s Best 50 (2006, 2007, and 2009), Great Place to Work (2009).

In addition Prof. Hindel is a Lecturer for Software Engineering at the University of Erlangen and the University of Augsburg. 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. As a member of DIN Institute, Prof. Hindel was the chairman for Software and System-Engineering Standards and the head of the German Delegation to ISO/IEC JTC1 SC7. From 2006 to 2009 he was the German representative at the Working Group responsible for the definition of SPICE (ISO/IEC 15504). Prof. Hindel has been Keynote Speaker and/or Organizing Chair of many international Conferences on Software Quality, including the “World Congress on Software Quality”, Munich, 2005 and Shanghai, 2011. Prof. Hindel published numerous papers and books on software engineering.

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Dr. Martin Geier (COO)

Dr. Martin Geier studied computer science at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. In addition to a position at the university, he also was on the Executive Board of Config e.G. After gaining his doctorate at the Chair for Operating and Distributed Systems, Martin Geier joined Method Park in 2000. In addition to his management position in the company’s business unit Engineering, he worked as Senior Consultant at Method Park. He later took on responsibility for the systematic development of the sector "Professional Services". The Engineering and Consulting business units achieved annual growth rates of 25 to 30 per cent under his leadership. Martin Geier has been a member of the Method Park Software AG Executive Board since 2008. Since 2012 he has been on the Executive Board of Method Park Holding AG and Chief Executive Officer of Method Park Engineering GmbH. In 2018, he additionally took on responsibility for the management of Method Park Consulting GmbH. He is lecturer at the Technical University in Nuremberg where he gives lectures on project management. At the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg he teaches practical software technologies.

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Dr. Erich Meier (CTO)

Erich Meier is the creator and chief architect of the "Stages" process management system. Erich started working for Method Park in 2001 and helped major corporations all around the globe to develop new capabilities by improving their engineering and product development processes. Since 2007 he serves as Method Park's CTO being responsible for the global products business, technology vision and roadmap. Erich is a frequent speaker at conferences and executive events specializing in engineering process and product development transformations.

Erich holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Erlangen, Germany.

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Robin Hees (CFO)

Robin Hees completed a dual degree in Business Administration (VWA) / Bachelor of Commercial Economics at Siemens AG in Essen. In addition to his training as an industrial manager, he studied at the Administrative and Economic Academy (VWA) in Essen and at the Hogeschool Van Zeeland in Vlissingen, Netherlands, as part of this program. Upon completion of his studies, he started working at the Medical Solutions division of Siemens AG in Erlangen.

Robin Hees has had various professional positions in the Siemens Group for many years and later held management positions as Senior Manager at WTS Consulting, and as Managing Director at Sivantos (2011-2017) and Barat Ceramics. In 2019, Robin Hees joined the management of Method Park Holding AG. As CFO, he takes on responsibility for Finance, Controlling, Accounting, and Business Administration for the Method Park Group.

Robin Hees is an investor and advisory board member of the medical technology start-up Portabiles Healthcare Technologies GmbH in Erlangen, and supervisory board member of Genossenschaftsbrauerei Weller Erlangen.

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Klaus-Magnus Junginger (Chairman)

Klaus-Magnus Junginger studied law in Würzburg. Since September 2002 he has been an independent lawyer in Munich. His main specialist areas are in corporate law, in particular stock corporation law, and in Due Diligence assessments. He works as a consultant for matters relating to capital market law and supports companies in preparing for IPOs. Mr. Junginger holds seminars at the Nürnberger Akademie für Absatzwirtschaft (Nuremberg academy for distributive trade) and presentations at the Munich University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule München) on the topic of "Mergers and Acquisition".

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Prof. Dr. Thomas C. Peisl (Chairman Delegate)

Prof. Dr. Thomas C. Peisl studied business administration in Germany and the US and was awarded his Ph.D. from the Technical University Chemnitz. Prof. Peisl occupied various international management positions at Siemens, VEBA and General Electric, prior to joining the Department of Business Administration at Munich University of Applied Sciences as professor for Business Management in the year 2000.

He heads various research projects and is a visiting professor at Edinburgh Napier University and the University of South Wales. His research focus is on innovation management from an organizational and founder's perspective.

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Albin Ettle

Following his commercial training and subsequent studies in business administration, Albin Ettle has been working in various positions in purchasing and logistics at Robert Bosch GmbH since 1977.

Among other positions, he was responsible from mid-1988 to 1992 for building up an international purchasing office in South-East Asia, which was located in Singapore. Since 2010 he is as Executive Vice President Corporate Sector Purchasing and Logistics responsible for the Global Purchasing Automotive.

Since 2008, Albin Ettle, in his position as Executive Vice President is responsible in our Corporate Sector Purchasing and Logistics for Global Purchasing. He has focused on achieving a permanent reorientation of the purchasing processes - in terms of an integral supply-chain approach and the corresponding development of the necessary organizational structures worldwide.

Albin Ettle was born in 1960 in Roth. Besides his commitment to his career and family, he likes to keep up his hobbies of motorcycling, travelling and attending musicals.

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Gerd Höfner

Gerd Höfner studied computer science at the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen. After successful completion of these studies in 1985 he began his career at Siemens AG. He held various leading positions during his career there, such as director for the specialist center for systems engineering at Corporate Technology, director of "Integration of Business and Automation", and director of the division "MES Products" in the area of Automation & Drives. In 2002, he took on his current role as Vice President at the Software Engineering Centre, Siemens Information Systems Ltd. in Bangalore, India. Since 2010 he is the Managing Director of Siemens Information System. As an associate lecturer and within the framework of various teaching activities, Gerd Höfner lectured at the Universities of Linz and Erlangen. Among other things, he is a member of the steering committee of Siemens Corporate Technology India, of the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, and of the German Business Group Bangalore, India.

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Dr. Erich Muskat

Dr. Erich Muskat studied physics at the universities in Erlangen, Heidelberg, and Johannesburg in South Africa. He gained his PhD in nuclear physics at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. From 1998 to 2011 he was Director Research and Development at RUAG Ammotec GmbH in Fürth. Since 2012, Dr. Muskat is the Managing Director at DynITEC GmbH in Troisdorf.

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Dr. Wolfgang Runge

Dr. Wolfgang Runge studied engineering at the Technical University of Braunschweig. After obtaining his doctorate, he took over the management of the special research project "Manufacturing Technology" at the University of Stuttgart. 1983 Dr. Runge switched to ZF Friedrichshafen AG as a development engineer for electronic control units in passenger vehicles. From 1991 to 2004, he was responsible for electronics throughout the ZF Group. Thereafter, from 2004 until his retirement in 2010, Dr. Runge was CEO of ZF Steering Systems and responsible for the business segment passenger car steering systems as well as for research and development of all business segments (passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, pumps and steering columns). In 2009, Dr. Runge was awarded the Daimler-Benz-Maybach Medal of Honour by the VDI (Association of German Engineers). Acknowledged, among other things, were his main contributions to quality and process orientation of functional and software development and mechatronics in the German automotive industry.

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