Personnel announcements October 2017
NTT Security hires Christian Koch
NTT Security has hired Christian Koch as senior manager GRC and IoT/OT. He takes over the management of the GRC and IoT/OT Competence Centers.
The focus is on expanding the existing GRC consulting team in order to advise companies even more flexibly and with a broader portfolio. Koch is responsible for the further development of current core topics such as information security management systems, risk management, business continuity management or data protection and GDPR as well as the expansion of the existing tool and service portfolio around GRC.
Koch also focuses on IoT (Internet of Things) and OT (Operational Technology). In doing so, he expands NTT Security's extensive expertise in areas such as car security, securing production networks and managing device identities.
The focus is also on building an industry-specific consulting team for these technologies, with the task of expanding the consulting portfolio from risk assessment to the implementation of complex IoT/OT solutions.
"Especially in the wake of the General Data Protection Regulation coming into force in 2018, all aspects of GRC are gaining relevance for many companies"
Koch explains.
Koch holds a degree in information technology and has more than sixteen years of experience in information security. In addition to his many years at the IT security service provider Secaron, he worked at TÜV Rheinland.
cbs expands management
Since a few weeks Markus Geib strengthens the management of the Heidelberg management consultancy cbs Corporate Business Solutions.
Alongside founder and CEO Harald Sulovsky, Rainer Wittwen (Consulting Director Landscape Transformation/Financials), Stefan Risse (International Rollouts) and Holger Scheel (Director Sales & Marketing), he is the fifth member of the cbs management team.
Geib has been with cbs since 2005 and, as Consulting Director, is responsible for Global ERP Solutions, Logistics/Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, Customer Development, Sales & Distribution, Master Data Management, and Internet of Things (IoT) & Industry 4.0.
In addition, he has implemented pioneering S/4 projects at major corporations. He has also managed SAP rollouts in the areas of mechanical and plant engineering, pharmaceuticals & healthcare, medical technology, automotive and high-tech. Geib also heads cbs Labs, where consultants and software engineers develop the digital end-to-end business processes of the future.
Geib is also responsible for cbs' own technology center in Kuala Lumpur, which opened in June 2017. Geib graduated with a degree in industrial engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Karlsruhe until 1999. He then joined Gesis (IT consulting for Salzgitter AG), where he later worked as a consultant and project manager. In 2005, the SAP expert moved to cbs.
Holger Mönius new Sales Director DACH at Eperi
Eperi, a provider of cloud data protection (CDP) solutions, has a new Sales Director DACH in Holger Mönius. The experienced cloud security executive supports Eperi in the sales of the Gateway encryption solution.
Mönius joins Eperi from CipherCloud, where he was responsible for sales of cloud security, privacy and compliance solutions. There, he served customers in financial services, insurance, healthcare, telecommunications and gaming, among others. He also worked with leading cloud service providers such as Salesforce, SAP and ServiceNow.
Previously, he successfully sold IT and security solutions for Secure Islands Technologies, Websense and Trustwave. In total, he brings more than 23 years of sales experience, during which he won major customers such as the German Federal Employment Agency, Kirch Media, Siemens, T-Systems and Deutsche Börse.
"I am very much looking forward to the challenge at Eperi. 2018 will be an important year for enterprise data protection, and Eperi Gateway will be at the center of it," he explains.
Friedrich Winter becomes Managing Partner at Mayato
The business intelligence and analytics consulting company Mayato has expanded the management team of its Austrian subsidiary. In the future, Friedrich Winter will play a key role in the strategic development of Mayato AT as Managing Partner.
The manager has more than 18 years of experience in management consulting and the areas of business intelligence and analytics. Before joining Mayato, he was a senior industry consultant at Teradata, responsible for the Austrian and Eastern European markets.
Previously, Friedrich Winter was Vice President of Proposition Management at T-Mobile Austria, where he was in charge of offering management for the second brand tele.ring. Nils-Henrik Wolf, Managing Director of Mayato AT, is delighted about the new partner:
"His extensive experience in the business intelligence and analytics environment, coupled with deep knowledge of the telecommunications market, is an excellent fit for our portfolio."
He has proven his ability as a "link" between business and IT, particularly in international projects.
Questback brings in salesperson with SAP background
Questback, a provider of software-based survey solutions, is expanding its Swiss sales team. With Michael Langenbach as Enterprise Account Executive, an expert with many years of SAP sales experience is also looking after the Swiss enterprise market.
Born in Baden, Germany, and a graduate in business informatics, Langenbach focuses on customers from the finance and insurance industries as well as from the consumer goods and retail sectors. Langenbach can look back on 18 years of experience in software sales; in addition to SAP, he has also worked in sales for Sage and Oracle.
With the team expansion, Questback meets the growing demand for survey management in Switzerland and intensifies on-site support. With Nora Sells as Account Manager and Philippe Dupont as Enterprise Account Executive, two more experts in software sales are joining Questback.
"Our activities in Switzerland to date show that more and more companies are placing great value on effective employee and customer surveys in order to secure long-term competitive advantages"
says Matthias Frye, Regional Manager Central Europe at Questback.
Avaloq has appointed Stefan Benz as Head of Digital & Front. With this appointment, the banking software provider aims to drive forward the implementation of its digitalization strategy. Benz looks back on more than 20 years of experience in the financial services sector, such as Lotus/IBM or Credit Suisse.
SugarCRM has appointed longtime SAP executive Kai Petzelt as vice president of product marketing. Petzelt joins SugarCRM from SuccessFactors, where he served as vice president of product marketing. In this position, he was responsible for the content marketing strategy.
The city council of St. Gallen has hired a Chief Digital Officer in the person of Christian Geiger. The political and administrative scientist is currently an academic employee of the city of Ulm. He supports the city in implementing the strategic field of action "Smart City".
Omada, a leading provider in the field of identity governance and administration, has appointed Lars Freund as its new Vice President Consulting for the DACH region. Freund, who holds a doctorate in chemistry, is responsible for consulting in Omada's Germany, Austria and Switzerland region.
Kudelski Security is strengthening its presence in the German-speaking region: IT and technology specialist Geert Houben will be responsible for the expansion of its DACH sales team as Senior Key Account Executive. In his previous positions, he worked for Qualys, Ispin and Nexthink.
KeyIdentity, a provider of highly scalable and rapidly deployable multi-factor authentication (MFA) solutions with an open source core, has appointed Manuela Kohlhas as Head of Marketing. Kohlhas joins from IT systems house Proact Germany.
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