Katharina Kreitz

Katharina Kreitz studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich with a specialization in aeronautics, gas dynamics and astronautics. What she always really appreciated about her studies was the mixture of theoretical knowledge and how to apply it for practical purposes. Therefore she was working quite a lot during and after her studies to gain practical experience in different test environments. She was e.g. working for NASA in collaboration with the Technical University of Munich to find the neutral body posture in space. Afterwards testing and simulation of hybrid rocket thrust chambers at Airbus Space and Defense got her heart to beat. After one year living in Norway, she performed the validation of the 2 wind tunnels at BMW in Munich to analyze why there are differences in the lift and drag coefficients. To gain more economical experience, she decided to become an MBA fellow of the Collège des Ingénieurs in Paris, which offers the exciting opportunity to obtain business and managerial skills by a "learning through action" approach. As integral part of this program, she was working directly for the board of director as a Project Manager in the risk management of Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg. The idea for Vectoflow came from many years of experience in the academic and industrial sectors while sitting with Christian Haigermoser together in the wind tunnel. Since 2015 she is one of the two Managing directors of Vectoflow and mainly responsible for Business development and strategy.