Dr. Oliver Niehörster

CEO

Oliver holds a PhD in Computer Science from Paderborn University, where he specialized in ML and robotics and gained large-scale distributed systems experience at the HPC institute PC2. He served as CTO for Distributed Systems and Data Science at Fujitsu, before founding iplus1 — while concurrently leading the Machine Intelligence department at Fraunhofer IOSB-INA in Lemgo from 2019 to 2024, deepening his expertise in industrial AI and Industry 4.0. He lectures on AI at TH OWL. His core strength: operating at the intersection of research and industry.

Philipp Adelt

CTO

Following his diploma thesis on embedded systems in IT environments, Philipp Adelt continued to research and publish in the field of self-optimizing mechatronic systems. Before founding iplus1, he has been the Head of IT for a Bielefeld-based manufacturing company with a high degree of vertical integration and extreme variant diversity. He was responsible for processes ranging from sensor data acquisition to the customer interface, where innovative, pragmatic solutions help renovate a classic Hidden Champion.

Michael Burnicki

Michael Burnicki studied electrical engineering with a focus on automation technology at the University of Paderborn. He has years of experience in consulting projects with major clients in the IT industry, including data center monitoring, where he has registered a patent. Before founding iplus1, he was responsible for the architecture and development of software for big data infrastructures, data preprocessing of heterogeneous, unstructured data, and Complex Event Processing at Fujitsu.