Dr. Frank Pawlitschek is a tech entrepreneur dedicated to empowering tech professionals in Europe to start and scale startups. As Director of HPI Engine, the Entrepreneurship Center of the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI), he builds an entrepreneurial ecosystem to help tech academics become leaders, while also serving as Managing Director of HPI Ventures, supporting venture capital initiatives. His work has contributed to numerous successful startups.

With law degrees and a doctorate from Mainz and Auckland, he spent a decade specializing in M&A and technology law. In 2008, Frank co-founded ubitricity, a Climate Tech company pioneering mobile electricity metering and light post charging for electric vehicles in Germany and the UK, leading it to a successful exit in 2021.