Bechtle acquires Microsoft Analytics and cloud specialist Evolusys

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.

I have more than 25 years of experience in data center projects in various positions and have been involved with the topic of cloud computing for 10 years. In addition to my specialist sales role, I work in business development for the cloud computing division at the Bechtle IT system house in Bonn/Cologne and as Solution Architect AWS.

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.

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As of 01 January 2022, all further activities of Bechtle subsidiary ARP in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France will continue under the umbrella of the respective Bechtle direct branches in these countries, with the aim of harnessing synergies within the thriving IT e-commerce business and streamlining services. The companies also intend to strengthen their collaboration across the two business segments, IT E-Commerce and IT System House, in the region.

Henning Herzog founded Common Sense Solutions AG (CSS) in 2011. In 2015, CSS was incorporated into the Bechtle Group. A qualified economist, Henning Herzog previously headed his own companies specialising in organisational consulting and corporate finance.

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The Supervisory Board of Bechtle AG has extended the contract of CEO Dr Thomas Olemotz early. The extension is for an additional five years and runs until 31/12/2026. The current contract will run until the end of December 2021. It is the third time his contract has been ex-tended early during his tenure as CEO.

Die Finanzierungsgesellschaft Bechtle Financial Services unterstützt Kunden in Form von Beratung, Strukturierung und Finanzierung.

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Armando Seixas will be the new managing director of IT e-commerce provider Bechtle direct Switzerland effective on 1 April 2021. He has previously held the same position at Bechtle direct Portugal, which he has developed since its inception in 2009 and successfully embedded in the SME and public-sector market.

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.

True to the motto "On a mission to bring Bechtle Cloud services to the local market", I have been supporting Bechtle Clouds since June 2020 and, as Expert Sales, have the exciting task of positioning the multi-cloud strategy within the company.

Christian Malzacher is responsible for the strategic business segment Modern Workplace at Bechtle AG.

After working for 12 years as an account manager at Bechtle Karlsruhe, where I was able to gain some experience in sales, I have been dedicating myself to my new task since this year and am responsible for the Managed Service division in the IT system house in Karlsruhe.

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.

Mathias Schick organises the cyber-security portfolio for Bechtle Logistik & Service GmbH. He began his Bechtle after studying philosophy, computer science and history, taking on a variety of roles in business development and product management.

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When Bechtle acquired Linz-based dataformers GmbH in September 2020, it was the one hundredth time the IT company would incorporate another. A nice, round number that underscores just how crucial a role acquisitions play in Bechtle’s success.

Jens Käsbauer was bitten by the IT bug as youngster. His first steps were taken on the Atari 800 XL and 130 XE micro computers before moving into the professional world of application development and network technology. Later, he started in the marketing team at the Bechtle subsidiary ARP. Since 2019, he has been located at the Bechtle headquarters in Neckarsulm.

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.

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.

Michael Mayer has gathered experience in the hardware sector after working as a product manager and pre-sales consultant for HPE Sever & Storage. He became part of the SW360 team in the software unit in 2017, und now is portfolio manager for security software.

After studying political economics in Tübingen and Long Beach, Christian Hövekamp collected his first IT experience at Hewlett-Packard in the business development department. He has been a product manager and consultant for HP Networking Solutions at Bechtle since 2010.

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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.