Bechtle with new IT E-Commerce Executive Vice President

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

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Bechtle AG has announced the promotion of John Malone to its team of Executive Vice Presidents. The 48-year-old Irishman has been at the helm of Bechtle direct Ireland since 2010, and, effective on 1 March 2022, will take on the newly created role of EVP IT E-commerce, overseeing the direct sales segment’s activities in Ireland and across southern and eastern Europe.

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.

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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Bechtle will send off two of its long-standing Executive Vice Presidents to retirement at the turn of the year. Gerhard Marz, Bechtle AG, who as EVP has been overseeing the group’s Public Sector division, is set to pass the baton on to Steven Handgrätinger, head of Public Sector, after 26 years with the company. Elmar König, Bechtle Systemhaus Holding AG, will step down from the helm of the Cluster North/East division after 16 years according to plan. He will be succeeded by Frank Diers, Managing Director, Bechtle IT System House Bielefeld.

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.

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.

Diana Hirsch has been working for Stemmer since 2000 and since 2008 as Account Manager at Stemmer GmbH in the Karlsruhe branch. The focus of her work is the manufacturer Cisco.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I joined Bechtle in July 2018 as a System Engineer and since then I have been able to gain experience in both deployment planning and administration. In my current position, my organisational talent and curiosity are an absolute asset. Through the newly acquired tasks of marketing and event management, I always try to keep in close contact with our initiators in order to work out ideas and current topics.

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The Supervisory Board of Bechtle AG today approved the proposal submitted by the Executive Board to suspend the intended re-registration of the company under the corporate form of a Societas Europaea (SE), or European Company, and terminate any efforts in this regard.

Dr. Thomas Olemotz, Michael Guschlbauer and Jürgen Schäfer have decisively shaped the Vision 2030. In an interview, the Bechtle Executive Board members explain the future draft in detail.

Richard Einstmann is Managing Director at the Bechtle IT System House in Karlsruhe.

“Keep moving”—this could be the catchphrase of Diana Langer, who started at Bechtle over 21 years ago as the first dual student in Logistics & Service GmbH. Today, the enthusiastic endurance athlete is a member of the Executive Board of Bechtle E-Commerce Holding AG in Neckarsulm.

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.

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.