About IoT42

Senior expertise for complex IoT, telecom and automotive connectivity challenges

IoT42 GmbH

IoT42 is a specialized consulting company focused on IoT, automotive connectivity, telecommunications and digital integration. The company works at the intersection of technology, business, legal requirements and delivery reality — where most complex programs actually succeed or stall.

The work is intentionally narrow in scope. We do not try to cover every adjacent domain. Where IoT42 engages, it engages with depth.

Who you work with

Lorenz Schirmer

Founder and Managing Director

Lorenz brings 30+ years of experience in IT, telecommunications, mobile networks, IoT and M2M, data privacy, requirements engineering, solution design and organizational development.

His track record spans automotive OEM connectivity programs across Europe and North America, MNO core network operations, GDPR alignment in connected-vehicle services, and senior delivery roles in cross-organizational programs.

What clients consistently emphasize: clarity in ambiguous situations, calm and reliable execution, pragmatic stakeholder handling, and the willingness to take ownership where others hesitate.

Brigitte Schwarz

Trainer for Embodied Resilience

Brigitte brings many years of experience from the educational, creative and therapeutic field. She is an authorised Zapchen teacher, having trained with Julie Henderson and Tony Richardson since 1998 — Zapchen Somatics is the body-based practice that underpins the Embodied Resilience programme.

  • Authorised Zapchen teacher (training since 1998)
  • Background in Psychodrama and Rebirthing
  • NLP + Resonance coach for children and adolescents
  • Pedagogical dog handler
  • Teacher and art educator

Participants describe Brigitte's teaching style as warm, humorous and clear — with a fine sense for how groups can unfold safely.

Lou Schwarz

IT Specialist, Systems Integration

IT specialist for systems integration (Fachinformatiker für Systemintegration) with deep expertise in mobile network device testing and radio access technologies.

  • Mobile device (UE) testing
  • TCU (Telematics Control Unit) testing
  • RAN (Radio Access Network) technology
  • 5G Standalone (5G SA)

How we work

03 · Methodology
Clarity → Structure → Momentum
01CLARITYSurface the actual dependencies.
Stakeholders, interfaces, contracts and unresolved decisions — mapped in week one.
02STRUCTURETranslate complexity into a plan.
Workstreams, owners, decision points and the technical & legal preconditions for each.
03MOMENTUMExecute across boundaries.
Issues resolved at source. OEMs, MNOs, regulators and product kept aligned in delivery.

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