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Coffee With Developers • Jul 2, 2025

Inside Mercedes-Benz: How CIO Katrin Lehmann is Empowering 5,000 Developers and Driving Digital Change

Katrin Lehmann , Sead Ahmetovic

Mercedes-Benz CIO Katrin Lehmann argues that AI will not kill coding jobs, but instead skyrocket developer demand. Discover how she empowers 5,000 engineers to drive digital innovation.

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