Dr. Robert Zores has been CTO of REWE Digital GmbH in Cologne since its founding in 2014. As a physicist, mathematician, and computer scientist, he has many years of experience in developing new technologies, particularly in the IT sector. Following his career in the aerospace industry in the 90s, he assumed responsibility as an architect and CTO at various IT companies. He was partly responsible for Java development at Sun Microsystems and later successfully implemented it in hosting companies in the e-commerce sector.