Erwin Staudt is on the board of USU Software AG, PROFI Engineering Systems AG and GRENKELEASING AG (Swizerland) and Member-Administrative Council at Interstuhl Büromöbel GmbH & Co. KG.

He previously occupied the position of President for VfB Stuttgart 1893 AG, Chief Executive Officer at IBM Deutschland GmbH, Managing Director & Head-Sales at IBM Deutschland Informationssysteme GmbH and General Manager-Competitive Marketing at IBM Europe SAS.

He received an undergraduate degree from Universität Stuttgart and an undergraduate degree from the University of Freiburg.