Malte Ackermann is the Professor for 'Mobility-as-a-Service' at Nuertingen-Geislingen University, Germany. Previously at Daimler, he led the introduction of car2go to the Chinese market and held project management positions at Daimler Financial Services. Before his professional career at Daimler, he was also a co-founder of a marketing agency, a start-up consultant and a product owner in a software firm.