Prof. Josef Gochermann

Josef Gochermann (born 1960) is an associate professor for Marketing & Technology Management at the Osnabrueck University of Applied Sciences, Germany, and an extraordinary professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering at Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa. He studied Physics and Astronomy at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, and has nearly 20 years’ experiences in high-technology and product development, including being named the Managing Director of several R&D institutions and technology based SMEs.  

He is responsible for the Industrial Engineering study programs at Institute for Dual Study Programs at Osnabrueck University of Applied Sciences. In South Africa he coordinates the work on industry cooperation in the Dual Higher Education Pilot Project (DHEP) at the Western Cape.  

His main topics of expertise are market and customer orientated product development, innovation management from early stages to market acceptance, SME entrepreneurship, and structure and management of technology-focused companies. He has nearly two decades of experience with dual study programs at Universities of Applied Sciences in Germany, especially in cooperation with SME and industry companies.