Flow Factory

Flow Factory Governance Board

The Governance Board develops and monitors the strategic direction of Flow Factory. It defines the long-term goals and subject areas and supports the activities of the managing Executive Board. The committee is made up of members of the executive boards of the participating funding institutions as well as professors from the University of Münster. It is chaired by Prof. Dr. Liane Buchholz.

Prof. Dr. Jan vom Brocke
  • Holder of the Chair of Information Systems, in particular Business Process Management at the University of Münster
  • Director of the European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS)
  • Designated President of the Association for Information Systems (AIS)
  • Director of the Flow Factory 
Dr. Michael Räckers
  • Managing Director of the Department for Information Systems at the University of Münster
  • Deputy Director of the Flow Factory
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jörg Becker
  • Senior Professor of the Chair of Information Management at the University of Münster
  • Former Director of the European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS)
  • Voting member of the Governance Board
Prof. Dr. Tobias Brandt
  • Holder of the Chair of Digital Innovation and the Public Sector at the University of Münster
  • Voting member of the Governance Board
Prof. Dr. Fabian Gieseke
  • Holder of the Chair of Machine Learning and Data Engineering at the University of Münster
  • Voting member of the Governance Board
Förderer der Flow Factory
Prof. Dr. Liane Buchholz
  • President of the Sparkassenverband Westfalen-Lippe
  • Chair of the Governance Board
Förderer der Flow Factory
Andreas Schelling
  • Chair of the Management Board of Finanz Informatik
  • Deputy chair of the Governance Board
Julia Koch
  • Managing Director of Finanz Informatik 
  • Voting member of the Governance Board 
Förderer der Flow Factory
Frank Demmer
  • Member of the Management Board of LBS Landesbausparkasse NordWest
  • Voting member of the Governance Board
Förderer der Flow Factory
Dr. Peter Nettesheim
  • Chair of the Management Board of Sparkassen Rating und Risikosysteme GmbH
  • Voting member of the Governance Board
Förderer der Flow Factory
Stefan Roesler
  • Deputy Chair of the Management Board of the DSV Group
  • Voting member of the Governance Board
Förderer der Flow Factory
Dr. Joachim Schmalzl
  • Managing Director of the German Sparkassen- and Giroverband
  • Voting member of the Governance Board
Förderer der Flow Factory
Markus Strehle
  • Member of the Management Board of Deutsche Leasing AG
  • Voting member of the Governance Board
Förderer der Flow Factory
Dr. Wolfgang Breuer
  • Chair of the Management Board of Provinzial Versicherungs AG
  • Voting member of the Governance Board
Förderer der Flow Factory
Dr. Georg Stocker
  • Chair of the Management Board of DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale
  • Voting member of the Governance Board
Experimentation and piloting partner
Klaus Richter
  • Chair of the Management Board of Sparkasse Münsterland-Ost
  • Mitglied des Governance Boards

Flow Factory Executive Board

The Executive Board manages the implementation of long-term goals and takes care of day-to-day business. The Executive Board also brings together decision-makers from the Sparkassen Finanzgruppe and the University of Münster.

Dr. Marleen Voß
  • Assistant professor at the University of Münster
  • Managing Director of the Flow Factory (ERCIS-side)
Dr. Thomas Haskamp
  • Assistant professor at the University of Münster
  • Managing Director of the Flow Factory (ERCIS-side)

Doreen Mahnke
  • Head of AI Strategy at the Sparkassenverband Westfalen-Lippe

  • Managing Director of the Flow Factory (SFG-side)
Tabitha Kleine
  • Head of loans, real estate and AI at Finanz Informatik

  • Managing Director of the Flow Factory (SFG-side)

Flow Team

Das Flow Team ist für die operativen Belange der Flow Factory verantwortlich. Es setzt sich aus den Flow Field Leads und dem Flow Office zusammen. Die Flow Fields umfassen die Bereiche AI & Products, AI & Process, AI & Purpose und AI & People. Jeder dieser Schwerpunkte wird von einem Flow Field Lead betreut, der die fachliche Entwicklung und Ausrichtung seines Bereichs verantwortet.

Das Flow Office übernimmt die administrativen Aufgaben der Flow Factory. Es koordiniert das Zusammenspiel zwischen Forschung und Praxis, steuert die interne IT-Infrastruktur, plant und organisiert Veranstaltungen und unterstützt die Öffentlichkeitsarbeit der Flow Factory.

Dr. Timo Strohmann
  • Assistant professor at the University of Münster
  • Lead of the flow field AI & Products
Sandro Franzoi
  • Research assistant at the Chair of Information Systems, especially Business Process Management
  • Lead of the flow field AI & Process
Julian Dyong
  • Research assistant at the Chair of Information Systems, especially Business Process Management
Daria Stumkat
  • Research assistant at the Chair of Information Systems, especially Business Process Management and the Chair of Digital Innovation and the Public Sector
Jan Wessendorf
  • Research assistant at the Chair of Information Systems, especially Business Process Management

Flow Factory Research Ecosystem

Prof. Dr. Michael Rosemann
  • Director of the Centre for Future Enterprise at Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
  • Professor of Information Systems at Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Dr. Ina Sebastian
  • Research Scientist at the Center for Information Systems
    Research (CISR) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (MIT)
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