Marco Hoffmann studied computer science and received his doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) from the Technical University of Munich in 2005. In 2004, he joined the research and development department at Siemens. He is currently a technology expert for softwareization, cloudification and 6G architecture and Senior Research Project Manager for international projects at Nokia S&T. Marco has more than 15 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. He has been consortium leader and board member of several national and international research projects and member of corporate and national Future Internet strategy teams. He is the author of numerous conference papers, journal articles, patents and patent applications.