About us

The people behind Novagentica.

AI's full potential becomes business value when companies can trust it with real responsibility.

Martin Hofmann, Chief Executive Officer of Novagentica
Martin HofmannChief Executive Officer, NovagenticaFormer Group CIO, Volkswagen

The conviction behind Novagentica

“The enterprise doesn’t need another agent — it needs capabilities engineered: designed once, controlled always, proven on every transaction”

Martin Hofmann · Published on Novagentica.com

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Enterprise experience

Meet the team.

From leading global technology teams to building and growing software businesses. Meet the people shaping Novagentica.

Martin Hofmann

Martin Hofmann

Chief Executive Officer

Martin brings more than 30 years in enterprise IT to Novagentica. His experience includes Group CIO at Volkswagen, SVP at Salesforce and CTIO at Volta Trucks.

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Felix Bühner

Felix Bühner

Chief Revenue Officer

Felix leads revenue, go-to-market and partnerships. He brings more than 10 years in B2B SaaS sales, including CRO roles at Xotigo and Ubisense and enterprise sales leadership at Spryker and Salesforce.

Shiv Tailor

Shiv Tailor

Chief Customer Success Officer

Shiv leads enterprise adoption and customer success. He brings more than 15 years in enterprise technology, with experience in programme delivery at McLaren, technology leadership at Volta Trucks and consulting at BearingPoint.

Maru Winnacker

Maru Winnacker

Chief Operating Officer

Maru leads operations, people and company development. She brings more than 20 years of founding, scaling and investing in businesses, including Urania Ventures, Super Group, Seasons Tea and Project OONA.

Fabian Nick

Fabian Nick

Chief Financial Officer

Fabian leads finance, planning and investor reporting. He brings more than eight years in consulting and corporate finance, including roles as Engagement Manager at FTI Consulting and Head of Financial Analysis at loadbee.

Swen Ehnle

Swen Ehnle

VP Product & Technology

Swen leads product and technology. He brings more than 20 years in software leadership, including COO and Co-CEO at IntelliShop, Chief Product Officer at loadbee and Global Lead IT at Voltimum.

The experience

Built on experience inside large businesses.

As Volkswagen’s former Group CIO, Martin knows the practical demands of introducing technology into a global business. His book, The Agentic Enterprise, explores what changes when agents take on work and decisions.

The question

Companies need to know what their agents can do.

An agent can place an order or update a customer record. Someone still needs to set the limits, handle exceptions and check what happened. That gets harder when different teams use different platforms.

Novagentica brings those rules and records together so companies have a clearer basis for giving agents more work.

Our purpose

Our vision

A world where AI agents take on real responsibility.
And business stays in control.

We want companies to use agents where they help, with clear control of the decisions and freedom to choose their technology.

Our mission

Turn AI’s full potential into business value.

We help teams decide what an agent may do, check important actions against those rules and confirm what happened in the business system.

Our promise

Agentic AI at work.
Business in control.
Freedom to choose.

Governance that enables action.

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The Agentic Enterprise by Martin Hofmann

The thinking behind Novagentica

The Agentic Enterprise.

Organizations That Think, Act and Learn Autonomously

Martin Hofmann explores how organisations change when AI agents take on work and decisions. The book asks many of the questions that led to Novagentica.

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Advance praise for the book

Selected excerpts from The Agentic Enterprise.

“This book is a strategic guide for leaders ready to build the autonomous AI future.”
Marc BenioffChair & CEO, Salesforce
“it connects strategy, governance, and operating model into a practical playbook that boards and executive teams can act on.”
Prof. Dr. Dr. Ann-Kristin AchleitnerBoard Member, Investor, TUM and ESMT Distinguished Affiliated Professor
“This is an insightful roadmap for firms determined to lead the next era of value creation.”
Mohammed AlardhiExecutive Chairman, Investcorp
“Most AI projects stop at insight. But true value comes from execution you can trust.”
Bastian NominacherCo-founder and co-CEO, Celonis

Careers at Novagentica

Help build what comes next.

Interested in the work we’re doing? Introduce yourself. New job postings are coming soon.

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Agentic AI at work. Business in control.

Tell us what you want to work on.

Bring an idea or an agent you already use. We’ll discuss where Novagentica could help.

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