Michael Eisenbarth is Director of the Cyber Security Center of Competence at ZF Group and is leading the Business Unit “Engineering Services and Consulting” of the ZF Friedrichshafen AG. He received his Diploma in Computer Science from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany in 2003. Till 2014, he worked as department head, senior engineer, consultant, and project manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE) in Kaiserslautern (Germany) and was coordinating and managing national and international research programs and industry cooperations. From 2016 till February 2020, he was CISO of comlet Verteilte Systeme GmbH and Division Head of the Distributed Security department.

His scientific and technical work experience is focusing on, but not limited to, Software and Systems Engineering, especially Requirements Engineering and Cybersecurity for IT/OT, Automotive and Industrial applications, as well as distributed embedded systems.

ZF as a global technology company does not only operate with global automotive customers with large-scale volume production, we also have business units that focus on developing and manufacturing niche products for motorsport, special series, motorbike and tradition markets. ZF Race Engineering bundles ZF’s business in the fields of motorsports applications, small volume production applications, engineering, consultancy and testing, thus acting as a one-stop supplier of all ZF products for special requirements in the market. With over 330 employees, operating across the globe, ZF Race has the scope to deliver products and technologies worldwide. With a presence in America, Europe and Asia, ZF Race Engineering's expertise is best placed to meet specialist needs.