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Ulrich Kruse

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Investment Manager at TRUMPF Venture

Ditzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Tobias SandfortunlockedUlrich: together at TRUMPF (2021)
×3Ulrich: together at FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management
Ulrich: together at Creaform
×4Ulrich: together at Bosch

About

Ulrich Kruse works at GPT Pilot, where he advises German Mittelstand companies and cooperative banks (Volksbanken) on applying AI to business processes, using existing in-house tools with BaFin and GDPR compliance. Before this, he spent 15 years at TRUMPF across five roles in areas including sales, innovation management, and startup investment. His reported projects include reducing credit processing time at Vereinigte Volksbank Böblingen from two hours to 20 minutes and shortening an Excel calculation task at Raiser from one week to 30 minutes.

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Experience

  1. GPT PilotMaking AI Work for Industrial Companiescurrent2024 — presentДитцинген
  2. TRUMPF VentureStartup Investment Manager2023 — 2025Baden-Württemberg - Ditzingen
  3. TRUMPFHead of Intrapreneurship + Incubation2020 — 2023Ditzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
  4. TRUMPFLead Agile Coach2018 — 2020Ditzingen
  5. TRUMPFPortfolio Manager Corporate Social Responsibility2016 — 2017Ditzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
  6. TRUMPFProjekt Manager for Tool-Pricing2014 — 2016Ditzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
  7. TRUMPFAccount-Manager2012 — 2013Ditzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
  8. CreaformInternal Account Manager2011 — 2012Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
  9. BoschFinance Intern2010 — 2011Gerlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
  10. Bridges for PeaceHuman Resources Intern2009 — 2010Jerusalem, Israel

Skills & more

LeadershipVeränderungsmanagementBusiness DevelopmentChange-Management-TechnologieStart-upsCorporate Venture CapitalKünstliche Intelligenz (KI)Generative KIInnovationsmanagementIntrapreneurship2Venture Building2Innovationsentwicklung2
+5 moreProjektmanagementUnternehmensstrategieEnglischDigitale TransformationAgile Methoden

Languages Englisch · Hebräisch

  • Certified Scrum@Scale Practitioner — Scrum@Scale
  • Professional Scrum Master II — Scrum.org
  • Professional Scrum with Kanban I — Scrum.org
  • Professional Scrum Product Owner I — Scrum.org
  • Professional Scrum Master I — Scrum.org

From Ulrich's professional profile.

Colleagues at TRUMPF Venture

Antje Lange-Stalinski
Investment Professional at TRUMPF Venture
Christiane Schumacher
CFO at TRUMPF Venture
Dina Kohler
Investment Manager at TRUMPF Venture
Franz Lehmann
Principal at TRUMPF Venture
Jens Ortgiese
Principal at TRUMPF Venture
Serban Mogos
Investment Manager at TRUMPF Venture

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ulrich Kruse?
Ulrich Kruse works at GPT Pilot, where he advises German Mittelstand companies and cooperative banks (Volksbanken) on applying AI to business processes, using existing in-house tools with BaFin and GDPR compliance. Before this, he spent 15 years at TRUMPF across five roles in areas including sales, innovation management, and startup investment. His reported projects include reducing credit processing time at Vereinigte Volksbank Böblingen from two hours to 20 minutes and shortening an Excel calculation task at Raiser from one week to 30 minutes.
Where does Ulrich Kruse work?
Ulrich Kruse is Investment Manager at TRUMPF Venture.
Where did Ulrich Kruse go to school?
Ulrich Kruse studied at University of Tübingen (Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Administration and Economics); FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management (Master of Arts - MA, Management (Sales & Marketing)).

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