Manfred Weigler has been working for the Dieter Schwarz Foundation (DSS) as a Project Manager, Science since 2015. He oversees various funding projects, including research work on personalised medicine/nutrition and endowed professorships at universities in Germany and abroad. In addition to 42 Heilbronn, he is responsible for the two research institutions Fraunhofer Institute and Ferdinand Steinbeis Institute on the Heilbronn education campus for the DSS. His current focus areas are "Digitalisation of the public sector" with GovTech Campus Deutschland e.V. and quantum computing. Manfred Weigler studied physical engineering at Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences and later worked at the Steinbeis Foundation. Before joining DSS, he held senior positions in higher education for over 12 years.

Bernd Bienzeisler is a Senior Manager at the Dieter Schwarz Foundation on the Education Campus in Heilbronn. He first completed vocational training as an industrial clerk and went on to study organisational sciences at the University of Duisburg-Essen, where he later earned a PhD in economics. After holding positions at the University of Stuttgart and the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO), he most recently served as Department Director responsible for establishing the Fraunhofer IAO research site on the Education Campus in Heilbronn. His professional interests focus on digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and human–technology interaction.