Bechtle and Freudenberg IT Sign Cooperation Agreement.

Heiko Faure, Head of "Digital Solutions" at Bechtle GmbH, has been active in the ITC industry since 1990 and, after 14 years in various management and project management roles in telecommunications, worked for 12 years as a consultant in organisational development and IT management consulting. His holistic view of ITC, organization and people is also a key success factor in his roles as business unit manager.

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.

I am originally trained as a power system electronics technician and have completed a course of study as a technical computer scientist via the second educational path. I have been working in the computer industry for almost 38 years. Whether as a digital electronics engineer, networker, programmer, system specialist for network & security or in consulting - almost 38 years in the computer industry shape my experience and form the supporting pillars in my customer projects with a goal and success-oriented approach.

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.

Birgit Merschmann joined MODUS Consult GmbH ten years ago and has since put a focus on developing the company’s various business units. Project management has been a staple in her career for 20 years. A certified business coach with a background in economics, she is renowned for successfully navigating struggling projects through crises. In January, she took the helm of MODUS Consult GmbH and is now in charge of the company’s entire project portfolio. A member of the Bechtle family since 2015, MODUS Consult GmbH creates tailored solutions for the manufacturing industry, blending ERP, BI, ECM, CRM and system technology into future-driven IT landscapes.

Founded in 1982, the IT system house in Duisburg joined the Bechtle Group in 2008. In addition to IT solutions in client management, server & storage, networking solutions, virtualisation, IT security and software, the system house also provides printer asset management services, IBM point-of-sale systems and solutions for academic institutions. It features an in-house Acer demo classroom, in which customers an explore possible solutions live, as well as a Bechtle training centre.

Bernd Heinrich has been heading the Central Services unit of Bechtle Onsite Services GmbH in Neckarsulm since 1 January 2020. He leads a team that tackles everything from the vehicle fleet, telecommunication and master data management, to recruiting and software development. He joined Bechtle Onsite Services on 1 January 2018 as site manager in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. Bernd Heinrich has held leadership positions since 2005, taking the helm of teams in quality management, IT infrastructure, technical support and professional services before joining Bechtle.

With more than 16 years of experience across continents, 10 of which were spent at Microsoft in various roles, William Heurdier has joined Bechtle in 2019. Tasked with setting up the Azure Competence Center for Switzerland.

Christian Kaiser's role at MODUS Consult is to make strong companies even stronger through intelligent networking with their customers and partners. My focus is on customer service and marketing. Microsoft Dynamics 365 combined with hundreds of Azure services makes it possible even for SMEs to drive digitalisation to the highest level.

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.

Andre Schmitz works at Bechtle Konstanz as a senior consultant and systems engineer. In this role, he collaborates with the sales team to understand customer issues and suggest innovative solutions that support them in their business. As a member if the NetApp A-Team, he is also an active member of the global tech community.

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Germany is a land of digital dinosaurs—a source of shame for Achim Berg, president of the country’s largest digital association, Bitkom, who didn’t mince words in his keynote at Bechtle Competence Day 2020. In his brutally honest analysis of the state of digitalisation in administration, businesses and in our private lives, Achim Berg stresses how digitalisation is a matter for each and every one of us. Find out why Germany has been struggling to find enough IT experts for the last 25 years, what key elements exemplify digital expertise and why now is the perfect time to invest in digital skills and infrastructures.

Before starting at Bechtle, Renata Ana Avlas was responsible for the Baltic region as a Microsoft licensing sales specialist for enterprise accounts. Ana is passionate about helping customers with their digital transformation, leading them through the jungle of Microsoft licensing rules and explaining the opportunities provided by IT solutions.

The IT systems integrator in Hamburg, boasting several branches, provides Bechtle IT solutions in client management, server and storage, networking solutions, virtualisation, IT security and software.

Julian Rojer has been working at Bechtle Onsite Services in Neckarsulm since September 2015. She started off in controlling before taking part in JuMP in 2017 to meet her need and desire for more responsibility. Since then she has become Head of Project Office & Project Management Office and is responsible for 10 employees.

My name is Lee Schlipphak. After my dual studies in business informatics, I have now been working as an IT consultant at the Bechtle IT system house in Rottenburg for half a year.

Since the end of 2012, Christian Behma has been advising his customers as a Solution Architect, specializing in the areas of virtualization solutions in the data center and cloud computing. With innovative ideas and a focus on a holistic approach, he develops future-proof data center architectures for his customers.

Christian Heckmann began his career at Bechtle in 2001 with a three-year dual-study programme in business information systems and hasn’t looked back since. He has worked in a variety of departments and subsidiaries and is currently responsible for the development and expansion of the portfolio and provider management.

Michael Stachowski has been Business Development Manager for Microsoft Security since October 2019. In this position, he is primarily responsible for security and compliance from a modern workplace perspective.

The Bechtle IT systems integrator in Ober-Mörlen has focused on supporting the Hessian state administration in the IT workplace environment for more than 20 years.

Press release

By receiving Cisco’s Master Collaboration Specialisation, Bechtle has achieved another great milestone in their flourishing partnership with the technology conglomerate. Bechtle, already a Cisco Gold Integrator and Master-certified in the fields of networking and security as well as a Gold Provider for cloud and managed services, hence demonstrates not only its extensive knowledge of products and solutions, but also its outstanding competence in the delivery and implementation of professional services for Cisco collaboration solutions.

Since 1999, his main focus has been on consulting and configuration of IT security systems. Shortly before the outbreak of the "I Love You" virus on 4 May 2000, Michael Tegtmeier started in the IT security world. Since then he has gained experience in many projects and has always been involved with new technologies. He advises and supports customers in choosing the right security products and accompanies projects up to implementation.

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The Federal Network Agency last week announced the winners of the GAIA-X funding competition run by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy with a Bechtle consortium among them. The winning submissions are intended to serve as flagship projects to highlight the technological and economic benefits of GAIA-X.

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HPC AG’s environmental experts are shaping the future of entire regions as consultants and planners. Located in Harburg, Bavaria and active throughout the world, the engineering company works with both public and private sector customers to develop land, locations and buildings in an environmentally-friendly manner. Through a comprehensive digitalisation strategy, the company is strengthening its competitiveness in key areas and, supported by MODUS Consult and Bechtle Comsoft, is developing the future of application landscapes.