Personnel announcements July/August 2018
Christian Inzko heads Apsolut's Austria subsidiary
Christian Inzko has been Senior Partner and Member of the Executive Board of the newly founded Apsolut Consulting Austria GmbH, based in Vienna, since May 1, 2018.
Apsolut Consulting Austria is the group's sixth national company, following its subsidiaries in Germany, India, the United Kingdom, Spain and China.
Inzko previously held executive and management positions at various Austrian and German companies.
"I am very much looking forward to leading the development of the SAP Ariba and S/4 Hana business here in the domestic market as an employee from the very beginning. My team will focus on serving the Austrian market as well as addressing the Eastern European region."
says Inzko.
A native of Klagenfurt, he began his career in the Chamber of Commerce organization and continued it in the Raiffeisen banking sector, where he was entrusted with building up the IT corporate customer business.
During his professional career, he has implemented numerous SAP implementations in Austria and abroad for medium-sized and large companies as project manager, department head and chief operating officer.
Since 2005 he has been lecturing at the University of Klagenfurt and at the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg on the topics of applied computer science, business informatics, sustainability management and project management.
Industry 4.0. association with new managing director
Maria Christina Bienek is the new managing director of the SEF Smart Electronic Factory association. The central concern of the initiative is to pave the way for companies into the fourth industrial revolution.
At the Smart Electronic Factory, an electronics factory in Limburg a. d. Lahn, Industry 4.0 scenarios and applications are developed and tested under real production conditions. The association was founded in 2015 by seven from business and research.
Bienek has been involved with SEF Smart Electronic Factory since the beginning. In addition to this activity, she supports projects and activities of iTAC Software, a solution provider for Manufacturing Execution System (MES), as Industrie 4.0 special representative.
The association thus benefits from her market knowledge and wealth of experience with regard to digital transformation in factories. Bienek completed her professional training in 1995 as a graduate engineer in mechanical engineering, production and manufacturing technology.
After working as a consultant, she founded a company based on web technologies and digital photography. After selling the company, she held various consulting positions in companies and communication agencies.
With the appointment of Bienek as managing director, the association aims to further expand its business areas and implement new ideas and developments.
Bertelsmann Supervisory Board seat for Bernd Leukert
Bernd Leukert, Executive Board member for Products and Innovation at SAP, has been appointed to the Bertelsmann Supervisory Board. With this move, the international media, services and education company aims to further expand the digital expertise on its supervisory body.
In addition to his work on the SAP Executive Board, Leukert is also involved in the Supervisory Board of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, the Market Strategy Board of the International Electrotechnical Commission, and the German government's Industry 4.0 Steering Committee.
Bertelsmann Supervisory Board Chairman Christoph Mohn emphasized:
"I am very much looking forward to our collaboration on the Supervisory Board. Bernd Leukert is a digital thought leader with excellent expertise, particularly in the areas of innovation management, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things.
As a member of the Executive Board of a globally active and significant software group, he is in an excellent position to advise and support Bertelsmann in identifying new growth opportunities in the digital age.
With his expertise, he will greatly enrich the discussions in our supervisory body."
Ceyoniq fills management positions
SAP partner Ceyoniq Technology, a manufacturer of cross-industry software solutions in the areas of DMS, ECM & EIM, is reorganizing its personnel in two specialist areas:
As a long-time specialist for enterprise content management solutions, Thoralf Hellbach will head the newly created Expert Center Professional ECM with immediate effect.
He becomes branch manager in addition to his previous responsibilities in staff expansion. He previously worked at Hyland Software as a project manager.
Christian Burkamp is now in charge of research and development.
Burkamp has already been with the company for 20 years; most recently, the native of Bielefeld was responsible for the development of server components. He would like to place particular emphasis on the integration of new technologies.
"This is the key to successful information management in the future."
Both executives report directly to the management.
Thoralf Hellbach Division Manager Expert Center Profess.
Stefanie Naujoks has returned to the market analysis and consulting company PAC (CXP Group) as Research Director Manufacturing. In this position, she is responsible for PAC market research in the manufacturing industry throughout Europe.
The focus is on new technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR) and 3D printing, and in particular their impact on traditional processes and business models of manufacturing companies.
As a member of PAC's global Digital & IoT Practice, she will also contribute to related research areas and work closely with local teams. Naujoks has 20 years of industry experience on both the analyst (Gartner, IDC, PAC) and IT vendor side.
Her expertise covers a wide range of topics from Industry 4.0, digital factory, Industrial IoT and Supply Chain Management (SCM) to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
"With Stefanie, we have been able to win back an experienced IT market analyst and driving force"
says Klaus Holzhauser, Global Head of Digital & IoT.
Global ICT integrator Getronics has appointed Rogier Bronsgeest as its new Chief Operating Officer and Head of Global Service & Delivery. Bronsgeest began his career at Unisys. Most recently, he was Chief Customer Experience Officer at Colt Technology Services.
Friedrich Walker has been Channel Manager for the DACH region at low-code provider OutSystems since the beginning of April. As Channel Manager, Walker will expand and further develop the OutSystems Partner Eco-System in the German-speaking region.
Spinnaker Support, a provider of outsourced support for Oracle and SAP, has appointed Jae Sam Lee as vice president of Asia-Pacific support operations. Based in Seoul, Lee will be responsible for regional expansion and service delivery.
Dimension Data has a new regional manager for Salzburg and Upper Austria in Robert Leeb. In the role of Senior Sales Manager, Leeb leads the regional teams and will help to expand the ICT service provider's presence in Salzburg and Upper Austria in the future.
Riverbed, a provider of SAP-certified WAN optimization products, has appointed Paul Mountford as its new CEO. He succeeds Jerry M. Kennelly, who co-founded Riverbed in 2002 and subsequently served as CEO. Mountford previously served as SVP and chief sales officer at Riverbed.
Management and technology consultancy BearingPoint appoints Giso Hutschenreiter as a partner. The insurance and IT expert has more than
20 years of professional experience in consulting. Among others, the graduate engineer worked for SAP and KPMG.
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