As a child at school, Katrin Orth dreamed of becoming a reporter and making documentaries in order to “Understand and help others understand”. The young student from Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany ended up following a different path, studying Engineering and Management at the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences. But the ambition was the same: “I chose this path because I was good at maths. Maths gave me the tools to gain a clearer understanding of complex things.”

Now aged 27, Katrin Orth is studying for her Master’s degree while simultaneously managing digitalisation and technological innovation projects at Axians in Mannheim. She is working at Axians Neo, who develops and sells a solution for digital planning for the rollout and management of mobile field operations, and for SAP-based maintenance.

More than two years after her arrival at VINCI Energies, Katrin Orth has the same enthusiasm as in the very earliest days. “I love the diversity of the projects we work on at VINCI Energies. We’ve covered everything from problems in connection with high-voltage lines and electric vehicle charging points to AI and digital twins, via airports and the Athletes’ Village for Paris 2024. I work on something different every day – it’s never the same product. You never get bored and it’s so rewarding to be working on enhancing people’s life and work through technology.”