About Karl Klaghofer
Karl Klaghofer is Strategic Technology Manager at Unify, Atos' division and brand for Enterprise Communication & Collaboration solutions. He is Atos Distinguished Expert (Telecom & Networks domain) and Atos Scientific Community Alumni. Within Unify, Karl works in Producthouse CTO & Innovation Office on Technologies and Standards and is based in Munich, Germany. Karl is working for this company and its predecessors, Siemens Enterprise Communications and Siemens AG, for more than 25 years. His positions were mainly in technical domains, such as CTO Office, Innovation, Systems Engineering, Technical Planning, and Standardization. Focus of his work is the further development of Unify`s Communication and Collaboration products to keep them state of the art technology and standards-wise. Karl heads virtual Unify communities with system engineers and product managers from all Unify product groups. He holds 50+ granted or filed patent families and is also a member of the Unify IP Factory, its internal patent committee. Karl is Austrian and grew up near Vienna. He is married, has two sons and is living in Munich, which is a perfect place for him for combining his interests such as sports like cycling, hiking, skiing, nature, and technology.