Dr.-Ing. Peter Kytka, born 15 April 1976 in Hanau/Germany, is married, and has a 7y old son, lives near the headquarters of B&K Vibro in Darmstadt/Germany. He speaks fluent German, English, and Czech. After graduating from high school in 1996, Peter studied electrical engineering at the Technical University (TU) of Darmstadt. During his studies, he completed a 6-month internship in Prague/CZ in the automotive industry. In 2003, Peter obtained his Ph.D in mechanical engineering in "Robust Control for milling machine axes in active hydrostatic bearings" at the TU Darmstadt. During his doctoral thesis, he published several papers at international conferences (IEEE, IFAC, etc.) and completed a two-month internship at the University of Campinas/Brazil. Dr.-Ing. Peter Kytka has been with B&K Vibro since 2009. He has been working in the fields of prescriptive/predictive maintenance, asset management, strategic market analysis, and condition monitoring for over 14 years. After almost a decade as a product manager for portable instruments, Peter is working as the Global Sales Specialist, currently focusing on the pharmaceutical sector. He combines strategic and technological expertise and a customer-centric mindset when advising customers, sales, and other stakeholders.

Brüel & Kjær Vibro (B&K Vibro) is one of the world‘s largest suppliers of machinery protection and condition monitoring systems for rotating and reciprocating industrial machinery, such as pumps, turbines, compressors, motors, generators and gearboxes. Our offering comprises hardware, software, sensors and all of the required services, training, and consulting to install, use, and apply our solutions. With more than 80 years experience in vibration monitoring, we have helped our customers protect their assets from catastrophic failure as well as help them in planning maintenance based on actual mechanical condition.