T-Systems people moves, February 2020

By Deutsche Telekomwatch2020-02-12T00:29:00+00:00

Source: Swisscom

Company	Executive	Activity	Details
T‑Systems	Maximilian Ahrens	New role	Maximilian Ahrens, formerly Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and VP of Cloud Strategy at T‑Systems (T‑Sys), was promoted to become the division’s new CTO. He ostensibly replaces Axel Clauberg, following the latter’s recent exit to join Amazon Web Services (Deutsche Telekomwatch, #90).
	Steffen Bernhardt	New role	Steffen Bernhardt was promoted to become Head of the high-profile Daimler Customer Segment and Portfolio Unit Managed Infrastructure Services & Private Cloud at T‑Sys, having formerly acted as Squad Leader, Engineering, Production & Group Functions in the account unit. Andres Scholl joined the same team as VP, having transferred from T‑Sys’ BMW segment.
	Andres Scholl	New role
	Mehmet Solak	New role	Mehmet Solak was appointed Head of the Global Automation Centre of Excellence (CoE) at T‑Sys. He was previously the CoE’s Engagement Leader.
T‑Systems Mexico	Federico Casas Alatriste	Departure	Alejandro López De la Peña (left) was promoted to become the new General Director of T‑Systems Mexico (T‑Sys ME), replacing Federico Casas Alatriste. Casas will remain on the unit’s Board of Directors during a transition period. His reasons for stepping down were not disclosed. López — a former IBM executive — was previously T‑Sys ME’s Director of Sales, Marketing & Business Development.

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