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Felix Lenhard is an engineer, builder and author from Graz, Austria. This page has bios, photos and facts about him for articles, event programmes and introductions. Everything on this page may be used; please credit photos “© Felix Lenhard”.
Bio
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Felix Lenhard takes products from idea to market. He commissioned more than 350 industrial automation systems, was Managing Director of 360 Innovation Lab, co-built Startup Burgenland as Programme Manager and launched 12 physical and more than 30 digital products in 50+ countries with his company Vulpine Creations. His three books, published in 2026, are all Amazon bestsellers.
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Felix Lenhard is an engineer and builder from Graz, Austria. After starting out at ams, he worked as an application engineer at Lenze, developing and commissioning more than 350 automation systems for clients including voestalpine, Magna, ZF and Porsche. After sales management for special machinery at Benninghoven (Wirtgen Group), he became Innovation Manager at RHI Magnesita, responsible for designing and rolling out the company's global Stage-Gate process. He then became Managing Director of 360 Innovation Lab, with locations in Graz, Warsaw and San Francisco. In 2020 he founded Vulpine, whose product business, Vulpine Creations, launched 12 physical and more than 30 digital products in over 50 countries before it was sold in 2024. Since 2021 he has co-built Startup Burgenland as Programme Manager; Burgenland now has Austria's highest share of profitable startups (Austrian Startup Monitor 2025). He is the author of Late to the Table, Back at the Table and, with Tibor Zechmeister, Subtract to Ship: MDR, all Amazon bestsellers.
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All photos © Felix Lenhard. Free to use with credit.
Fact sheet
- Name
- Felix Lenhard
- Based in
- Graz, Austria
- Work
- Keynotes, workshops and audits; author
- Method
- Subtract to Ship
- Products
- 12 physical and 30+ digital products in 50+ countries, Vulpine Creations, 2020–2024; product business sold in 2024
- Startup Burgenland
- Co-built as Programme Manager since 2021; 50+ startups in six rounds. Region: 60.9% of Burgenland startups profitable, Austria's highest share (ASM 2025)
- Earlier roles
- Managing Director, 360 Innovation Lab · Innovation Manager, RHI Magnesita · sales management, Wirtgen Group · application engineer, Lenze
- Books
- Subtract to Ship: MDR (with Tibor Zechmeister) · Late to the Table · Back at the Table, all 2026, all Amazon bestsellers
- Languages
- German and English
- Press contact
- felix@felixlenhard.com