In September 2014 Martin Rodeck joined OVG Real Estate, now EDGE as Executive Managing Director Germany responsible for the German activities. He has been a key player in driving EDGE’s growth in the German market and a passionate thought leader for the real estate industry ever since. Martin is chairing the Innovation Committee of Zentraler Immobilien Ausschuss (ZIA), Germany’s leading real estate industry association. He is also a member of Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Executive Committee Germany, responsible for driving the topic of Smart City development. He has a degree in civil engineering and began his professional career at Siemens Real Estate as a commercial manager, then later as a technical project manager. Following this, he worked as a project developer at IVG Immobilien AG, and then in 2007 joined ECE Projektmanagement as Managing Director of their project development business for office, logistics, and hotel real estate.