Personnel news April 2018
Ariane Busse new HR Business Partner at Leogistics
Since the beginning of 2018, Ariane Busse has been responsible for the HR agenda of Leogistics, global SAP logistics partner in the area of SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM), specializing in Transportation Management, Warehouse Management and Yard Management.
In cooperation with the management, she is responsible for setting up the HR department with a focus on personnel and management development. In addition, as the new HR Business Partner, she advises on all HR-related issues.
Busse studied psychology, art history and general management with a focus on leadership and has several years of experience in HR work. Born in Leipzig, she worked as a personnel officer at Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity. There, she looked after employee groups in the area of software development and sales from various subsidiaries, among other things.
At Leogistics, Busse sees itself as a trustworthy partner for all employees as well as a driving force in shaping the corporate culture based on the corporate values of courage, responsibility, quality, freedom, passion and cooperation.
"With Ariane Busse, we were able to gain a competent HR manager who will help us to carry the values of Leogistics both internally and externally and position us more strongly in recruiting the best employees in the SAP environment"
says Leogistics Managing Director André Käber.
Mario Maier becomes Country Manager Austria at Snow
Mario Maier takes over the management of Snow Software's activities in Austria as Country Manager Austria with immediate effect. Maier has already been working for Snow Software as Sales & Channel Manager since February 2016.
Now, as Country Manager Austria, he plays an important role in the Central and Eastern European strategy of the manufacturer specializing in Software Asset Management (SAM).
In his new role, he will focus more on building and maintaining customer relationships and partnerships and further expanding Snow's market presence in Austria.
With the increase in personnel, Snow Software underlines the importance of the Austrian market. Maier works from Vienna and reports to Jan-Erik Bätz, Director Sales DACH at Snow Software. Maier has already been working in the software industry since 2011, where he held various sales and management positions.
Before joining Snow in 2016, Maier led the software asset management consulting team at Comparex Austria. He has in-depth market knowledge and special expertise in customer-specific IT solutions.
"With Mario Maier we gain an experienced SAM expert for our market. We are pleased that he is now overseeing our activities in Austria."
says Benedict Geissler, Managing Director and Regional Business Manager at Snow Software.
"As an excellent industry professional, he will support our leadership team in further expanding Snow's market position in Austria."
Software AG appoints new Chief Executive Officer
Software AG's Supervisory Board has appointed Sanjay Brahmawar as CEO of Software AG for five years effective August 1, 2018. Brahmawar succeeds Karl-Heinz Streibich, who will retire by rotation after reaching the age limit after more than 14 years at the helm of the company.
Brahmawar is currently active as Managing Director at IBM Watson Internet of Things in Munich. There, he is responsible for global software sales with a focus on data analysis and artificial intelligence.
Previously, he was Managing Director of IBM Consulting Services in London, where he was responsible for the business with all mandates in the European industrial sector. In the past, he has impressively demonstrated several times that he can increase the company's activities both in terms of sales and margins.
He has an international and multicultural background with life stations in Germany, England, Holland, Belgium, Finland and India. Brahmawar was born in India and has Belgian citizenship.
He lives with his family near Munich and is an avid runner and cyclist in his spare time.
Ansgar Eickeler becomes General Manager of Board CEE
Board International, a provider of the all-in-one business intelligence, corporate performance management and advanced analytics platform headquartered in Chiasso, Switzerland, has appointed Ansgar Eickeler as General Manager Central & Eastern Europe.
In this position, Eickeler is responsible for Board's business in Germany, Austria and Eastern Europe. Eickeler will thus succeed Jessica Venturini, who will take over tasks in the international organization as Chief Revenue Officer.
Board already knows Eickeler very well: Here, he has been the sales director responsible for the DACH region since the beginning of 2016 and turned this area into one of the leading sales regions within just two years.
The business graduate can look back on more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry. He has held operational and strategic management positions with steadily increasing responsibility at leading US software manufacturers.
Among others, he has already been able to realize sustainable success for companies at Platinum Technology, Business Objects, Kofax and Powa Technologies.
Thomas Weber heads the new Ikor Assurance division
Ikor expands its consulting services for standardized insurance IT. The know-how on core insurance systems is now complemented by consulting services on downstream processes.
A qualified team of consultants implements processes and selected SAP modules that are particularly suitable for insurers and financial service providers.
For the first time, insurers in the DACH region have access to support for the entire process chain from a single source. The new division is headed by an SAP expert.
"With Thomas Weber, we have been able to bring a proven specialist for insurance IT on board."
Ikor board member Lars Ackermann is pleased to introduce the division manager.
Weber has been an SAP consultant since 2001, with a focus on the insurance industry since 2004. After working for SAP SI and SAP Germany, he joined an international consulting group in 2011, where he played a leading role in setting up the SAP division for the entire DACH region.
The new consulting service is bundled in a separate subsidiary, Ikor Assurance GmbH, with Weber as managing director.
Ephesoft, a provider of intelligent input management solutions and document analytics based on supervised machine learning, has appointed Naren Goel as CFO. His role is to prepare the company financially for scalable, global growth.
SAP Switzerland has created the new position of CTO. It will be filled by René Fitterer, an experienced strategist and SAP expert. Since joining SAP in 2010, he has held various positions, most recently Head of Business Development & Value Engineering.
Oliver Klaus has been supporting T-Systems Switzerland in the role of Strategic Deal & Business Development Executive since February 1, 2018. The position has been newly created within the company and reports directly to Managing Director Stefano Camuso.
Former SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe is the new chairman of Siemens' Supervisory Board. At the end of January, he was elected to succeed Gerhard Cromme at the constituent meeting of the new Supervisory Board. Cromme's mandate ended at the close of the 2018 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
SAP Austria has appointed Sabine Pfriemer-Zenz as Head of General Business & Global Channels. After graduating with a degree in business informatics, she started her career at SAP, where she worked in the Financials and Treasury departments, among others.
Herbert Bürger took over as Head of Cloud Services and Operations at Axians ICT Austria in January. He is responsible for operations management, 1st and 2nd level support and the further development of strategic platforms.
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