Alex Verl  is Full Professor and Head of the Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (ISW) at the University of Stuttgart since 2005.

Currently he is also Chairman of the Research Committee of the IFR (International Federation of Robotics) and Member of the Board of MHI (German Academic Society for Assembly and Industrial Robots)

He also served as a former Member of the Board, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, (2014-2016); former Head of Institute, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, (2006-2014); and was Founder and Managing Director of AMATEC Robotics GmbH (1997-2005, part of KUKA Roboter GmbH since 2005)