Born in Munich Dr. Jens Henkner was studying Aerospace Engineering at the Technical University Munich. After his studies completed, he served as assistant professor and finished his PhD thesis in aerospace engineering in 1999.
Jens served since then more than 20 years as senior technology executive with influential leadership in different areas.
He was starting his professional career at Fairchild Dornier as head of the flight physics team and later on as chief engineer of the Do 728 70-seater jet aircraft program.
He joined Airbus in 2003 as VP and chief engineer for the A330/340 program ensuring the safety of the flying fleet. Further positions at Airbus included the program management for the A350 and as SVP for freighter conversion centre at the Airbus subsidiary EFW in Dresden.
Jens Henkner joined Suzlon in 2010 as VP for Program Management and Product Policy and as of 2012 as President Technology heading the technology and the program management teams of the Indian wind turbine OEM in India, Germany, The Netherlands and Denmark.
In 2018 he co-created CertX the first Swiss certification body for functional safety, artificial intelligence and cyber security located in the canton of Freiburg (Fribourg) close to Bern.
Jens is 56 years old and in his free time he enjoys all kind of mountain sports.

CertX is the first Swiss certification body for functional safety, artificial intelligence, and cyber security. We provide inspections and certifications of products, AI based systems as well as management processes and systems. We share our knowledge in trainings and certify your staff for engagement in safety and security critical developments. We are among the very few accredited certification bodies for operational cybersecurity and we are as well recognized in the EU for independent safety assessments in the railway domain and type approvals for CE conformity of industrial machinery. Our certificates are recognized worldwide based on the accreditation by the governmental Swiss Accreditation Services. We are the Swiss delegates active in various standardization committees for safety, security and artificial intelligence defining upcoming new regulations and standards. CertX is providing certification services with Swiss quality, pragmatism, confidentiality and neutrality. CertX clients benefit worldwide from the know-how of our experts on safety and security thus demonstrating legal compliance and minimizing product liability internationally.