Ewald Munz's Blog Posts

Ewald Munz is a senior manufacturing and industrial leader with 25+ years of global experience driving tech-enabled business transformation and sustainability across large-scale, asset-intensive environments. He has a proven multi-million-dollar track record of building, scaling, and commercializing high-growth digital solutions and industry-specific business models for industrial customers.

At Splunk, now part of Cisco, Ewald leads the Manufacturing and Automotive vertical in EMEA, owning industry strategy and go-to-market execution and orchestrating global cross-functional teams. He advises global customers on leveraging enterprise security and observability solutions to strengthen their digital resilience, improve operational efficiency, and deliver real-time visibility at scale across complex IT and OT environments.

Ewald is also a recognized leader in industrial sustainability and energy management. He spearheaded Splunk’s sustainability offering, developed the Sustainability Toolkit, and launched cross-industry energy management solutions for buildings, data centers, and factories. These solutions empower organizations to tackle measurable operational and financial KPIs such as energy costs, energy efficiency and carbon footprint through data-driven insights.

Ewald combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution, translating emerging technologies into innovative solutions that deliver real business impact. As a Quantum Ambassador, he is currently driving the convergence of AI and quantum computing, with a focus on optimization and networking use cases relevant to AI factories and next-generation infrastructure.

Leadership

5 Minute Read

Manufacturing Predictions - the highlights for 2023

We take a look at two trends, two actions and a honest take on a manufacturing hype. Let's dive in to manufacturing predictions for 2023.

Partners

6 Minute Read

Sustainability in a World of Data: Key Developments, Use Cases and Roundtables

In this blog you'll learn more about key developments, the Sustainability Use Cases Tree and opportunities to meet in person with sustainability leaders and peers at the upcoming Sustainability Roundtables in Zurich and Munich.

Industries

10 Minute Read

Building Resilience in Manufacturing with the Power of Data

Resilience has become the new strategic imperative for manufacturers during these testing times. As the world’s challenges make headlines, so do the innovative responses of manufacturing leaders.

Partners

9 Minute Read

Cloud Migration of On-Premise Data Centers with Splunk and Accenture

The CO2 footprint of data centers globally is equivalent to the world’s entire airline industry combined. Moving on-premise data centers to the cloud could reduce the CO2 footprint by at least 80%. Learn more about how Splunk and Accenture are partnering to help you harvest the low hanging fruit on your sustainability journey.

Industries

5 Minute Read

IoT, Cybersecurity and Sustainability - Friends for Life

Splunk, SVA and HiveMQ have teamed up to demonstrate the friendship of IoT, Cybersecurity and Sustainability with a real-life example of a Connected Car Platform. The Result: Cool Splunk dashboards and happy Automotive customers! To find out more, read on.

Partners

8 Minute Read

Smart, Secure and Sustainable Manufacturing - How Splunk and Google Cloud Are Helping Manufacturers to Skate Where the Puck is Going

Splunk and Google Cloud are helping organizations realize smart, secure and sustainable manufacturing. Manufacturers can now leverage new complementary solutions to stay ahead of the curve and thrive in the data age.