Katharina Kreitz

Professional Experience
Since 10/2014 Vectoflow GmbH
Founder & CEO – Responsible for Sales, Strategy & Finance
09/2013 – 06/2014 Lufthansa Technik
Implementation of a risk model for monitoring jet engines maintenance contracts
10/2012 – 05/2013 BMW Group
Aerodynamic – Validation of 1:1 measurements in two wind tunnels
06/2011 – 12/2011 Airbus Defense and Space
Modeling of a hybrid rocket combustion chamber with the numeric solver Rocflam 2
04/2010 – 09/2010 NASA Ergonomics and the Institute of Astronautics TU Munich
Modeling and implementation of the density of different body segments into a multi-body simulation

Academic Education
09/2013 – 06/2014 Collège des ingenieurs – Paris
Master of Business Administration (Academic title: MBA)
10/2007 – 05/2013 Technical University of Munich
Study of mechanical engineering with a specialization in aviation
and aerospace (Academic title: Dipl.-Ing.)
01/2011 – 05/2011 University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
Semester abroad
06/1997 – 06/2006 Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium, Munich Nymphenburg
Specialization: Mathematics, Geography

Social Engagement
Since 11/2014 Increase amount of women in STEM and leading positions!
Girls/Women empowerment (e.g. Girlsday etc. )
Since 2017 Member of Zonta
Since 2020 Member of Rotary “Friedensengel München” 

Awards
08/2021 Handelsblatt – 1 aus 50 Frauen, die Deutschlands Tech-Branche prägen
03/2021 Handelsblatt – 1 aus 100 Frauen, die Deutschland voranbringen
10/2020 The Spark Award – McKinsey & Handelsblatt
02/2020 German Innovation Award - Handelsblatt
12/2019 Manager Magazine – 1 out of the 100 most influential woman Germany
10/2019 KFWaward
01/2019 InspiringFifty Dach 2019
11/2018 Capital Magazin: Junge Elite – Top 40 unter 40
10/2018 Deutscher Gründerpreis Vectoflow
06/2018 TR35 – Innovators Under 35 MIT Technology Report