Bechtle appoints new executive in the IT e-commerce segment.

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Martin Kaloudis is to assume the position of Executive Vice President for Bechtle’s Cluster West, joining the company from BWI GmbH.

Samuel Castano has been with Bechtle for 13 years as Head of Sales within PP 2000 Business Integration AG, responsible for the Managed Print Services division.

Bechtle's systems integrator in Austria is a strong partner for IT infrastructure and solutions for commercial SMEs and public-sector customers.

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For the first time in the company’s history, Bechtle will appoint a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) from 01 January 2023, with the position being filled from within its own ranks by Dirk Müller-Niessner, who will take on responsibility for all Bechtle Group platform activities.

Rene Strackerjan has held his position as an Account Manager in the field for Bechtle Solingen since 2014. His tasks include the acquisition of new customers and the strategic development and expansion of a partnership for IT solutions for SMEs.

Ralf Beck began his Bechtle career as a product manager for Samsung monitors in April 2000. Since 2007, he has been Head of Bechtle Software Product Management which at first included Microsoft.

Helge Höhn studied business informatics and worked as a consultant with a focus on collaboration and business intelligence in Frankfurt. As Senior Consultant he is responsible for the Microsoft Competence Center at Bechtle Mannheim. His focus topics are Modern Workplace with M365 and Security.

Michael Möllers works as a consultant in the Bechtle Competence Center Digital Solutions. His focus is on business model innovation and digitalisation. Previously, he completed his M.Sc. in Strategic Entrepreneurship at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and studied during his bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences at Maastricht University and University of California, Santa Cruz.

Christopher Diederich is a trained computer scientist and worked as a software developer and later for a management consultancy in the banking and energy sector before joining Bechtle. Since 2014, he has headed the DMS Competence Centre at Bechtle.

Marius König has been working as a Senior System Engineer in the Security Competence Team since May 2018. He is a trained IT specialist for system integration and has focused on security solutions for the past six years. His focus is on the products of the manufacturer Sophos. In this area he has implemented numerous security projects.

Jochen Müller ist a digital native. Not entirely uncritical. At Bechtle since 2002. Developed content systems and frontends. My first computer had a 4 kB memory. Degree: Computer science and media designer.

In my role as team leader and senior sales consultant for VMware Software Solutions, I am responsible for Bechtle's operative VMware business from the Lead Competence Center & Cloud Transformation. I have been working in IT since my studies and work at the Westphalian Wilhelm University of Münster, where I was responsible for the HPC and HTC systems as well as the virtual infrastructure. Based on this technical background I have built up my presales role. Since 2013, I have been supporting Bechtle's sales units on all strategic, sales and commercial topics relating to VMware.