Dr. Thomas Brauner serves as the CEO of Speech Processing Solutions since 2012, when Speech Processing Solutions became independant from Philips. Throughout his 30-year career, he has built a reputation for transforming diverse organizations into high-performance businesses using his strategic leadership skills. His extensive background includes roles in supply chain management and international project leadership at Philips, along with a tenure at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants focusing on restructuring. After rejoining Philips in 2005 as Managing Director, he successfully navigated the transition of the speech processing category into its own thriving business. He is highly educated, holding a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the Vienna University of Technology and an Executive MBA from Danube University Krems.

Dr. Albert Schmitt has served as the CFO of Speech Processing Solutions since 2012, following a successful tenure as the Director of Finance and Controlling at Philips Speech Processing. He was a central figure in the company’s independence, leading the complex incorporation and setup of the SPS group during the transition from Philips. His professional journey began at Deloitte & Touche before he spent 15 years within the Philips group, gaining extensive global experience across diverse business units. Schmitt’s impressive track record includes managing international expansions in China and Turkey, as well as overseeing high-level mergers and acquisitions. Academically distinguished, he holds a doctorate from the University of Economics and Business Administration in Vienna, where he was honored as a member of the Center of Excellence.

Doris Morawitz brings over 20 years of professional experience in Human Resources, with both national and international scope. Since 2012, she has been serving as Global Director Human Resources at Speech Processing Solutions. In this role, she is responsible for the strategic development of the global HR organization and for aligning HR initiatives with overall business objectives. Together with her HR team, she drives both strategic and operational HR processes across the entire employee lifecycle, positioning HR as a value-adding business partner and contributing to the company’s sustainable success.
 

With over 15 years of experience in B2B software sales, he has developed a deep understanding of complex sales processes and long-term customer relationships. His career has taken him through companies of various sizes — from small, specialized software vendors to large international software corporations. He feels most at home in niche companies that create concrete, measurable value for their customers through clearly focused solutions. His focus is on successfully positioning innovative products in the market and helping companies make their specific strengths visible against broad, less specialized providers.

Claudia Schügerl brings over 25 years of international marketing leadership experience across IT, SaaS, Telecom, and Financial Services. She has built and transformed marketing organizations primarily within complex B2B environments, driving strategic brand positioning and sustainable international growth. As Global Marketing Director at SPS, Claudia leads the company’s global marketing strategy, strengthens its international market presence, and accelerates scalable growth and global expansion in a rapidly evolving AI-driven landscape.

Franz is an experienced executive with a strong track record in international technology and industrial organizations, having held senior roles across various functions for global businesses. With deep expertise in operational strategy and cross-functional leadership, he brings a structured, results-driven approach to scaling complex organizations. As COO at SPS, he oversees the entire chain from product industrialization to order fulfillment, including quality and sustainability.

As CTO, Thomas Wagner leads the technological vision of Speech Processing Solutions, advancing AI-powered dictation and voice technologies. He drives a product-focused innovation strategy that combines cutting-edge software and high-quality hardware to deliver intuitive speech-to-result solutions used worldwide. With expertise in strategy, product development, and engineering leadership, he ensures each AI-enhanced generation delivers measurable value, efficiency, and outstanding user experience—uniting technological excellence with business-driven innovation.

Michael began his career at Philips in Austria, holding various sales and marketing roles. He later moved to Philips headquarters in Amsterdam, where he successfully built and scaled several businesses within the consumer electronics domain. At Philips Dictation, Michael leads the consumer sales channel and new business development, with a strong focus on conversational AI technologies and emerging market opportunities.

After various roles in Philips Belgium in both B2C and B2B-environments, Erik has tried to shape – over the last 22 years – the growth of Speech Processing Solutions across South-West Europe and Latin-America. He combines strategic focus with an easy going charm that makes collaboration feel effortless, even in complex markets. Outside the office, he is a passionate (blind) wine taster, always ready to trust his nose and palate more than the label as life is too short to drink bad wine.
 

Ryan is a senior commercial leader with extensive experience in SaaS, AI-driven speech technology, and LegalTech markets. He specialises in driving revenue growth, scaling international teams and delivering structured performance frameworks in complex, high-trust sectors. With a strong focus on innovation, partnerships and customer value, Ryan helps translate emerging technology into measurable business outcomes.

Tom joined SPS in 2021 as a BDM with years of sales experience across financial, sporting and technology industries. He has since progressed into the role of Sales Director Asia Pacific and is driving growth across hardware and software throughout the region, cementing our products as best in class as well as our emerging status as a world class AI developer. At 32, Tom is the youngest member of our Leadership Team. He lives on the Sunshine Coast in QLD, Australia with his wife and daughter.

Eric brings more than two decades of experience in speech recognition, workflow automation, and documentation technology, having advanced through technical, sales, and leadership roles at companies including Nuance, Microsoft, Panasonic, and Philips Dictation. Having helped legal and healthcare professionals adopt voice-driven workflows and trained thousands of users and partners across North America, he now leads Philips Dictation's North American operations, sales, marketing, and partner strategy — ensuring customers benefit from practical, AI-powered solutions that improve efficiency and accuracy.

Sales leader specializing in AI-driven speech-to-text solutions, SaaS and professional voice input hardware. Thomas focuses on building strong sales organizations, expanding international markets and developing long-term customer and partner relationships. Drawing on a background in speech recognition, digital workflows and enterprise solutions, he helps organizations improve efficiency through advanced voice technologies — including speech-to-result solutions for healthcare, legal and governmental sectors. He believes in motivated, high-performing teams and trusted partnerships that drive sustainable growth.

Johanna Martin serves as Managing Director of 4voice, holding full strategic and operational responsibility for the company. Over the past 15 years, she has been a driving force behind its growth — combining sharp strategic thinking with a people-focused leadership style. Since 2021, 4voice has been part of the Speech Processing Solutions GmbH group, a transition Johanna navigated with vision and commitment. Known as a dependable leader who listens, empowers and isn't afraid to make tough calls, she continues to drive 4voice's growth and innovation with a steady hand.