AVL List GmbH

We've been deeply rooted in northwest Germany for nearly 100 years, and we're proud to be one of the leading energy companies in the German sector. Our team of about 9,000 people works every day to connect energy, telecommunications, and IT - three essential industries that are shaping our future. We supply green energy, secure networks, and high-speed internet to communities across our regions, supporting everything from residential homes to large municipalities and businesses. Our approach is hands-on and practical: we're actively building wind farms, expanding fiber optic networks, developing hydrogen storage solutions, and rolling out charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. We believe the energy transition and digitalization go hand in hand, and we're committed to making both work for the people in our regions.

eagle lsp exists to transform how legal and compliance work gets done. Every day, companies waste millions on inefficient legal processes - hours spent on routine contract reviews, endless document discovery, and complex compliance monitoring that slow down business. Traditional law firms charge by the hour and lack the technology to handle recurring legal challenges at scale. Eagle lsp changes this by combining legal expertise with technology, process automation, and AI to deliver results 50% cheaper and 3x faster than the traditional model. As Europe's leading Legal Tech Service Provider, eagle lsp brings together over 130 specialists - including lawyers, compliance experts, data protection officers, and legal engineers - to handle recurring legal and compliance challenges. From eDiscovery and mass litigation to contract management, AI Act compliance, and whistleblower services, the company delivers results, not software. By leveraging technology and standardized processes, eagle lsp helps corporate legal teams, law firms, and public sector organizations focus on what matters while the experts handle the rest.

VMRay builds sandbox technology designed to catch malware that evades signature-based and behavioral detection systems. Founded in 2013 by Dr. Carsten Willems and Dr. Ralf Hund, the company operates out of Bochum, Germany and Boston, Massachusetts, serving 300+ security teams including Fortune 100 enterprises and government organizations. The core product is a threat detection platform that combines malware sandboxing with phishing analysis - engineered specifically for environments where unknown or evasive threats are the primary concern. The technical approach centers on sandbox instrumentation that monitors execution at a level designed to surface obfuscated payloads and anti-analysis tricks. The team includes detection engineers and security researchers with collective depth in malware analysis, working in Python, C, JavaScript, and the ELK Stack. VMRay's platform is deployed in enterprise SOCs, government threat intelligence operations, and MSSP environments where speed and accuracy on zero-day samples matter operationally. The company employs over 100 people across its German and U.S. offices. Engineering roles span detection engineering, security research, and platform development. The team describes itself as technical-first, with internal pathways from early-career research contributors to project leadership. Work focuses on iterating against adversary tradecraft - reverse engineering new evasion techniques, tuning detection logic, and shipping updates that keep pace with attacker tooling evolution.

In 2011, Ulrich Huggenberger founded XITASO with a vision to bring high-end software engineering excellence to complex digital transformation projects. What started as a realization that digitalization demanded more than just coding - it required deep domain expertise, collaborative partnerships, and a genuine passion for innovation - has grown into a team of over 240 professionals across 13 locations. The company emerged from a fundamental insight: companies in mechanical engineering, robotics, medical technology, and the public sector needed a partner who could not only write code but truly understand their industries and help them navigate the increasing complexity of interconnected digital systems. Today, XITASO stands as an expert for high-end software engineering in future-proof digitalization projects, developing individual solutions of the highest quality that scale securely from hardware to cloud. The company has cultivated a unique culture of self-organization, flat hierarchies, and continuous learning - what they call New Work - where cross-functional teams make autonomous decisions and communities drive innovation across the organization. With annual revenue exceeding 22 million euro and a commitment to authenticity, inspiration, and ambition, XITASO continues to shape the digital future through expertise in artificial intelligence, IT security, cloud engineering, and Industry 4.0 technologies. Their mission remains clear: to enable their customers' digital market advantage through excellence, innovation, and the simple joy of creating technology that matters.

Avnet is a global technology solutions company and one of the world's largest distributors of electronic components. For more than a century, the company has guided innovation from design to delivery, serving as a critical link in the electronics supply chain. Avnet delivers comprehensive design, product, marketing, and supply chain expertise that helps customers at every stage of a product lifecycle - from initial concept and prototyping to mass production and logistics. As a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Avnet partners with the biggest names in technology to accelerate innovation worldwide. The company operates an extensive ecosystem spanning over 140 countries, connecting suppliers, manufacturers, and end customers. Avnet's deep technical expertise, global infrastructure, and collaborative approach enable it to transform complex supply chain challenges into competitive advantages for its partners.

OMMAX GmbH is an international digital strategy consultancy founded in Munich in 2011, operating at the intersection of enterprise architecture, data analytics, and artificial intelligence implementation. The firm has delivered more than 2,500 value-creation projects for global investors, mid-sized companies, and corporations seeking to operationalize digital transformation initiatives. Under CEO Toni Stork's leadership, OMMAX positions itself as an end-to-end execution partner rather than a traditional advisory shop - combining strategy formulation with hands-on technical deployment across digital experience platforms, data infrastructure, and AI-enabled systems. The technical approach centers on building measurable ROI through integrated teams that span strategy, technology, data, and AI domains. OMMAX's work focuses on enterprise architecture redesign, digital experience platform implementation, and AI deployment at scale - the infrastructure layer where digital transformation either gains traction or stalls out. The consultancy emphasizes sustainable business transformation over short-term wins, working collaboratively with clients to establish technical foundations that can support iterative growth rather than one-off digital projects. From its Munich base, OMMAX operates internationally across multiple verticals, primarily serving enterprises navigating the operational complexity of private equity ownership or mid-market scaling challenges. The firm's fast-growing profile reflects demand for consultancies that can bridge the gap between strategic planning and technical execution - particularly in organizations where legacy systems, data fragmentation, and AI experimentation create both operational risk and competitive pressure. The team's emphasis on agility and confidence in digital leadership suggests a consulting model built around knowledge transfer and capability building rather than perpetual engagement.