Johannes Hotz is Business Director of the Disto Division at Leica Geosystems, the industry leader in measurement and information technologies. In this role, he is responsible for product management, project management, and marketing. After graduating from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology with a master’s degree in geodesy, he worked as a surveyor in Karlsruhe, where he focused on building construction and utility surveys. He then joined Leica Geosystems in Switzerland, where he served as an application engineer and then project manager. Throughout his career, he has successfully managed various product lines, business partnerships, product launches, and other key initiatives. Hotz is married, has two children, and is an enthusiastic youth football coach.