Personnel announcements September 2015
NTT Data gets new Germany CEO
The IT consulting and services company NTT Data is under new management in Germany. Swen Rehders is also taking over responsibility for the national companies in Austria, Romania and Denmark.
Rehders has over 30 years of experience in the IT sector and has held various management positions at IBM and EDS, for example. Before joining NTT Data, he was responsible for global megadeals at Atos and most recently for the Manufacturing, Retail and Transport business unit.
In addition, Rehders has been on the board of the Cloud Computing & Outsourcing working group at the ITC industry association Bitkom for years.
"For me, NTT Data has the potential globally and especially in Germany to become one of the most important IT service providers"
says Rehders about his change. Patrizio Mapelli, previously in the dual role of CEO for Germany and EMEA, will now focus on his EMEA role.
"We are delighted to have Swen Rehders as our charismatic, sales-oriented CEO, who will drive forward the growth course we have embarked on in Germany. Germany is one of the most important markets for us globally and expanding our market position is a key success factor.
In particular, his extensive experience in sales and in supporting large, internationally active customers is an important lever for this. His experience in the field of inorganic growth (M&A) will also be of great benefit to our further expansion plans.
Mapelli explains the decision.
Microsoft manager joins All for One Steeb
Kai Göttmann, Microsoft Senior Director Partner Sales, joins the management team at All for One Steeb. After ten years in various management positions at Oracle, Göttmann joined Microsoft Germany in 2005.
There, he is considered one of the key architects of the Microsoft partner and cloud business. As sales director for medium-sized businesses and partners, Göttmann was initially responsible for all Microsoft sales across all co-selling channels.
During his time as Director of the Server, Tools & Cloud Business unit, he introduced new products such as SQL Server 2012, System Center 2012, Windows Server 2012 and the further development of the Azure cloud platform. As Senior Director Partner Sales, Göttmann is currently responsible for the Microsoft partner business with a strong focus on medium-sized businesses.
"After ten successful and exciting years at Microsoft, it is not easy for me to say goodbye. However, as the company responsible for the Microsoft partner business, All for One Steeb has always impressed me with its great development.
For me personally, it is therefore a very special challenge and pleasure to deepen the partnership with Microsoft and SAP together with my new colleagues and to push the business with managed private and public cloud services from All for One Steeb".
says Göttmann.
"With Kai and his network we gain a great reinforcement for our team, with whom we want to form the most powerful cloud services provider for medium-sized businesses in the German-speaking region."
Lars Landwehrkamp, Spokesman of the Board of Management, is pleased.
Thorsten Dirks elected new Bitkom President
Thorsten Dirks is the new president of the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (Bitkom). He was elected unanimously at the Bitkom annual conference in Berlin. He succeeds Prof.
Dieter Kempf, who is retiring by rotation after two terms. In the next two years, the graduate engineer in electrical engineering and communications engineering will speak on behalf of the approximately 1,500 members from the digital economy represented in Bitkom.
Thorsten Dirks is CEO of Telefónica Deutschland. Previously, Dirks spent seven years as CEO of the E-Plus Group, which is now part of Telefónica Deutschland. From 2011, he was also responsible for the international mobile communications business of the former E-Plus parent company KPN.
Jörg Dietmann succeeds Secude founder as CEO
Secude, a company specializing in data security solutions in the SAP environment, has appointed Jörg Dietmann as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The experienced manager and SAP expert has taken over day-to-day operational management from company founder Dr. Heiner Kromer, who remains active in the company's management as Chairman.
Secude was founded in 1996 as a joint venture between SAP and the Fraunhofer Institute to develop SAP-related security software and is now a global software provider for SAP customers. Dietmann has extensive experience in the analysis of IT solutions and their integration, as well as expertise in SAP-related software and system integration.
Alegri appoints technical manager of SAP team
The Alegri International Group, Microsoft and SAP partner DACH region, has appointed a new technical manager for its SAP team. Timo Hübner, a long-time SAP manager, will be responsible for SAP technology consulting at Alegri.
The business information scientist previously worked in the Hana area, NetWeaver and SAP Cloud Solutions as a manager at Accenture in Australia. There he managed several large SAP implementation projects in the oil & gas, utilities, retail and telecommunications sectors. Prior to that, he was Manager Business and IT Consulting Q_Perior in Munich.
"I am looking forward to the new challenge and assess the approach of the dual-platform strategy with the integration of Microsoft and SAP as absolutely forward-looking"
Hübner explains.
Change of management at Profi AG
Manfred Lackner has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Management Board of Profi Engineering Systems. Frimen founder Dr. Udo Hamm moves to the supervisory board as chairman. Lackner has been on the Executive Board of Profi AG for almost 15 years.
He intends to continue Hamm's strategy and drive the company's transformation from a systems integrator to a cloud integrator. Lutz Hohmann remains the member of the Executive Board responsible for Finance and Human Resources.
Hamm founded the IT company more than 31 years ago in Darmstadt and built it together with his wife. Today, the company employs 350 people at 15 locations. These support more than 2,000 customers with individual IT solutions for optimizing IT processes and system landscapes.
Maihiro is looking to expand its consulting expertise for Hybris and, as a first step, has appointed Dominic Veit to the leadership team as a director in the Hybris commerce environment. Veit is familiar with the organization and the ecosystem as a former Hybris consulting leader.
Victor Leuenberger has been Head of Global Service and Support (GSS) and a member of the Executive Board of SAP Switzerland since July 1, 2015. He has been with SAP for around six years. In his previous role, he led the Consulting Delivery Team in Switzerland since 2013.
At the 36th General Assembly of the Business Forum of Executives (WdF), Gerhard Zeiner, SAP Austria COO (Chief Operating Officer), was unanimously elected Federal Chairman. The WdF was founded in 1979 and is Austria's largest independent network of executives. It represents just under 3,000 managers.
Atos has appointed Ursula Morgenstern as Head of Global Consulting and Systems Integration. She was previously CEO for the UK and Ireland. Atos is a leading digital business provider with pro forma annual revenues for 2014 of €9.1 billion and 86,000 employees in 66 countries.
Daniel Meier is EMC's new Director Channel and Service Providers in Switzerland. He reports to Managing Director Frank Thonüs and is responsible for driving the implementation of EMC's channel strategy and further developing the cooperation with service providers.
Reno Staschinski joined the management team of Cideon, an SAP PLM solution provider, on August 1, 2015. For the past six years, Staschinski has headed Mehrwerk, a provider of enterprise software and business processes, as managing partner.
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