Board of Management

Curriculum Vitae

• born in the city of Singen / Baden-Wuerttemberg on August 14, 1950
• Technical apprenticeship, EDP vocational training
• Studies: Business Economics (graduate Bachelor of Business Administration / UAS)
• Studies: Business Informatics (graduate Economist)

• 1978
  Sales assistant at IBM Deutschland GmbH, Stuttgart (Germany)
  
• 1979
  Sales representative for production companies of IBM Deutschland GmbH, Villingen (Germany)
  
• 1984
  Sales Manager at IBM Deutschland GmbH, Stuttgart (Germany)
  
• 1987
  Branch Manager at IBM Deutschland GmbH, Würzburg (Germany)
  
• 1990
  IBM Europe, Paris (France)
  
• 1992
  Assistant Regional Manager for Region North of IBM Deutschland GmbH, Hamburg (Germany)
  
• 1993
  Sectional Manager for Software and Services of IBM Deutschland GmbH, Stuttgart / power of procuration (Germany)
  
• 1994
  General Manager, Head of Global Services of IBM Deutschland GmbH (Germany)
  
• 1995
  Managing Director of IBM Deutschland GmbH, (Germany)
  
• 1997
  additional: GM Global SVC Central Region
  
• October 1998
  Chairman of the Board of Management of Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Munich (Germany)
  Chairman of the Supervisor Board of Secunet AG
  
• Since April 2005
  Executive Vice President of ZF Friedrichshafen AG
  Finance, Controlling and Information Technology
  
• External Mandates:
  Member of the Supervisory Board of Lufthansa Systems Group
  Member of the Supervisory Board of Software AG