ITONICS is the leading operating system to connect strategy and execution for enterprise R&D and innovation teams. Unlike traditional strategic portfolio management software, ITONICS connects market intelligence with pipeline decisions, flags risks before projects become waste, and prioritizes ideas at the speed of opportunity — not hierarchy.
ITONICS replaces uninformed, reactive decisions with real-time reporting, context-aware agents, and connected workflows.
CompanyAbout ITONICS
Discover, decide and deliver what's next
Our software helps R&D, strategy, and innovation teams around the globe identify new opportunities, create transparent roadmaps, and fund the right projects through clear stages and gates.
ITONICS management
Dr. Michael Durst
Founder & Chairman
Dr. Christian Mühlroth
Chief Executive Officer
Benedikt Sedlmaier
Chief Financial Officer
Stephan Burger
Chief Operating Officer
Pierre Gourlaouen
Chief Product Technology Officer
Prof. Dr. Carolin Durst
Scientific Director
Dr. Tassilo Henike
Director Marketing
Alexander Kruczek
Director New Business Sales
Matthias Veit
Director Account Managment
Mona Wagner
People & Organization Manager, Global
Sijan Shrestha
Country Manager Nepal
Michelle Beale
Country Manager South Africa
Vicky Shrestha
Head of Project Operations & Transformation
Dr. Fabian Reck
Director Consulting & Customer Success
Sophia Hoferer
Growth Marketing & Demand Gen Lead
Prof. Johannes Hähnlein
Senior Manager Strategic Partnerships
Shaping innovation since 2009
Curated milestone highlights from the live company timeline.
2024 - ITONICS buys Braineet
ITONICS has acquired Braineet to strengthen its leadership in innovation management and expand its capabilities in crowdsourcing and portfolio management. We’re also celebrating the opening of our new Miami office.
2023 - Generative AI
ITONICS reveals new AI-driven tools in the Innovation OS and is recognized in five Gartner Hype Cycles, Market Guides and Reports.
2022 - Awards
ITONICS is earning major industry recognition including the Best Tech Sales Employers Award, recognition in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ and the title of Best Consulting Company in Germany.
2021 - ITONICS Cape Town
ITONICS is expanding with a new Cape Town branch, a new CEO, Gartner recognition, and its hybrid Foresight & Sustainability Summit.
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2020 - AI-powered
ITONICS expands its AI leadership through a new industry membership, a 600+ person summit, and its Campus program for academia.
2019 - Best consultant
ITONICS hosts the first AI-enabled Tech Foresight Summit in Berlin with the world’s leading innovation and foresight experts and is announced as "Best Consultant" in the category "Innovation & Growth" by Statista.
2018 - ISO 27001
ITONICS gets certified as the first innovation management software provider in ISO 27001 and starts offering global trend scouting as an on-demand service.
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2017 - Expansion
Gartner includes ITONICS as a sample vendor in the “Market Guide for Innovation Management Tools” and the office spaces are doubled in size in Nuremberg, Berlin, and Kathmandu.
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2015 - USA
ITONICS welcomes the first clients and partners in the US. In addition to Nuremberg, Berlin, and Kathmandu, another location is added to the list of offices: New York City!
2014 - Top 10
ITONICS pitches its business model again and ranks in the Top 10 at the North Bavarian Business Plan Competition of more than 90 entries.
2013 - Nepal, Kathmandu
ITONICS opens the Kathmandu branch to allow for global software development and gain access to even more very talented individuals. The World Economic Forum publishes the Global and Supply Chain Risk Report based on the ITONICS Trend Radar.
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