The OpenRide Team
The OpenRide team will be glad to assist you with your enquiries:
![]() | Dr.-Ing. Matthias Flügge, Head of Project matthias.fluegge@fokus.fraunhofer.de |
![]() | Dipl.-Inform. Anna Kress, Technical Head of Project anna.kress@fokus.fraunhofer.de |
![]() | Dipl.-Inform. Nils Barnickel, Architecture and Strategy nils.barnickel@fokus.fraunhofer.de |
![]() | Dipl.-Ing Jan Ziesing, Financial Planning jan.ziesing@fokus.fraunhofer.de |
![]() | Dipl.-Inform. (FH) Steffen Krüssel, Technical Realisation steffen.kruessel@fokus.fraunhofer.de |
OpenRide is supported by:
For more than 20 years the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS in Berlin has researched and developed communication and integration solutions for partners in industry, contract research and public administration in the fields of telecommunications, automotive engineering, eGovernment and software development.
OpenRide is funded by the Federal Republic of Germany within the framework of the EXIST Promotion Program of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology as per resolution of the German Parliament.
The EXIST program supports research-based business start-ups of outstanding merit associated with extensive and high risk development.




