Dr. Eng h.c. Volker Jung
Born August 28th, 1939 in Neuss, Germany
Education
Studied electrical engineering at the Technical University of Munich
Graduated with a Masters in Engineering
Entrepreneurial Track Record
Siemens & Halske AG, Men - Wernerwerk für Fernsprechtechnik (1964)
- R&D Engineer, Traffic Systems
Siemens & Halske AG, Munich - Wernerwerk für Fernsprechtechnik (1969)
- Department Manager: News technologies, public Intermediation equipment, Marketing/Sales Promotion, Marketing/Productplanning
Siemens & Halske AG, Munich - Wernerwerk für Fernsprechtechnik (1980)
- Department Manager: Communication, Public intermediation systems, Distribution America/Africa
Siemens Communication Systems, Inc., Boca Raton, USA (1984)
Siemens Public Switching Systems, Inc., Boca Raton, USA (1986)
Siemens Communication Systems, Inc., Boca Raton, USA (1990)
Siemens Stromberg-Carlson, Boca Raton, FL, USA (1990)
Siemens AG, Munich (1991)
- Member of the Executive Board
- Head of Center Foreign Regions
Siemens AG, Munich (1992)
- Member of the Executive Board (1992-2003)
from 1998 responsibilities:
- Information and Communication Networks
- Information and Communication Products
- Siemens Business Services
- “Halbleiter” (after April 1999: Infineon Technologies AG)
- “Elektromechanische Komponenten” (after 1999: Electromechanical Components GmbH & Co. KG)
- Business Regions: Africa, Middle East, CIS Countries
Overview of Supervisory Board Memberships
Dr. Jung was chairman of the supervisory board of
- Infineon Technologies AG
- MAN AG
- epcos AG
Currently member of supervisory boards
- Direkt Anlage Bank AG, Munich
- Independent Non-session Member des Board of Directors, INTRACOM, S.A., Athen
- Vattenfall AG
- Messe Munich
Social Activities
Association of German Industry (Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie- BDI)
Dr. Jung was president at
- Business Association of German Electrotechnical and Electronics Industy (Zentralverband Elektrotechnik und Elektronikindustrie)
- Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien (BITKOM)
He is honorary doctorate at different universities
- Florida University (1989)
- University Miskolcine, Hungary (1999)
- Technical University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan (2001)
Honorary professor and chair for Global Telecommunication Systems at the State University for Telecommunication, St. Petersburg, Russia (2001)
Honorary citizenship of city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan (2001)