* 1966
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), responsible for Strategy, Internal Audit, Method and Product Development, Corporate Communications and IT Services
since December 2011 CEO of GfK SE, Nuremberg
2010 – 2011 Global Head of Strategy and Industries, IBM Global Business Services, New York, USA
2005 – 2009 General Manager and Managing Director IBM Deutschland GmbH and General Manager of IBM Global Business Services in Germany
2004 – 2005 Vice President, IBM Corporate Strategy, USA
2003 – 2004 Vice President IBM Strategy & Change Consulting responsible for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
2002 global responsibility for Change Management and Communication during the integration of Pricewaterhouse Coopers Consulting (PwCC)
2002 – 2004 Category Executive IBM Strategy & Change EMEA
1993 – 2002 various functions with IBM Unternehmensberatung GmbH (UBG), Frankfurt and Hamburg, Managing Director since 2000
1988 – 1993 various functions with IBM in Germany, USA, Belgium and Ireland
1988 Graduated in Business Administration specializing in Information Technology, Berufsakademie (University of Cooperative Education) Stuttgart, Germany