Volker Uwe Strueken is a Senior Project & Design Engineer at Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems Components and Electronics. In his current role, he is consulting and supporting SEI Automotive Europe- Innovation Core Division. Within a long history of over 40 Years, he has been working for 26 years at Volkswagen R&D in the areas of New materials & Technologies, Advanced engineering, and Innovation Management. Before he joined Sumitomo Electric Group in 2013, he had his own Industrial Representation Agency and beyond that, he is an Inventor of several automotive-related patents.