Dr. Szászi István

Dr. István Szászi was born in Mátészalka, Hungary, and completed his studies at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). He earned his degree in Vehicle Engineering in 1997, followed by a PhD in 2004 in the field of control systems for fault-tolerant vehicle dynamics. In 2005, he obtained an MBA with specializations in Finance and Economics, as well as Quality and Production Management. He began his academic career as a university teaching assistant and later served as an assistant professor.

In 2004, he moved to the business sector, joining the Bosch Group in Hungary as a project engineer. His leadership career began in 2006 in Reutlingen, Germany. In 2009, he became a group leader and later Head of the Development Department for Vehicle Control Systems at the Budapest Development Center. This was followed by another international assignment in Germany, and in 2018 he took over the leadership of the Automotive Electronics Development Division at the Budapest site. In 2019, he was appointed Head of the Budapest Development Center.

Since 1 July 2021, Dr. Szászi has served as the Regional Head of the Bosch Group in Hungary and the Adriatic region, overseeing operations involving more than 20,000 employees. In this role, he leads the work of several thousand development engineers across Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria.

Dr. Szászi is actively involved in leadership mentoring programs. He is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering and an honorary associate professor at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Since 25 March 2022, he has also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Rudolf Kalman Foundation for Óbuda University.