Hagen Boehmert received his diploma in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hanover in 2007 before working within the automotive industry (focus on verification and validation) in Michigan, USA. After his return in 2010, he was employed as a safety engineer for a series of development of chassis components before switching to Continental in 2013 as functional safety manager for automated driving. In 2017 his responsibility increased to systems engineering and in his new role he built up the team and know-how in Yokohama, Japan. During 2020 he moved back to Germany as the head of safety and security engineering to lead the successful predevelopment within Advanced Technologies in Frankfurt, Germany.