Peter Friess

Background

Friess, Peter was born in 1959 in Munich, Germany.

Education

Master of Arts in Linea sub specie machinae, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 1992.

Career

Exhibition consultant, conservator, English Marine Chronometers National Museum American History, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, 1980—1981. Project leader Deutsches Museum Munich, 1984—1988. Consultant Jean Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1992.

Project leader Deutsches Museum, Bonn, Germany, 1992—1995, founding director, 1995—2001. Lecturer University Stuttgart, 1996—1999, University Munich, 1996—1999. Chief Executive Officer gotoBavaria/BayemMIT GmbH, 2001—2003.

Secretary general Parmenides Foundation, 2003—2004. President, Chief Executive Officer ZeigerZeit, since 2004. President The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, California, since 2006.

Achievements

• Peter Friess has been listed as a noteworthy museum administrator by Marquis Who's Who.