MARTIN HOFSTAETTER joined Linde Engineering in 2014 and has more than 10 years of experience in olefin technologies as a process engineer for large olefin plants with a focus on the furnace section (Email: martin.hofstaetter@linde.com). Projects include design of new plants as well as complex revamp projects and start-up support. Since 2018, he has been closely involved in the conceptual design and development of the electric cracking furnace, starting from the initial development phase and accompanying the project as technology implementation manager toward the design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up of the world’s first demonstration plant. He is co-inventor of several patents in the field of electric cracking furnaces, as well as coauthor of numerous publications and conference contributions in that field. Hofstaetter graduated with a master’s degree in energy and process engineering from the Technical Univ. of Munich.