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Karl-Heinz Streibich
German manager (born 1952) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Karl-Heinz Streibich (born 1952) is a German manager who served as chairman of the executive board and chief executive officer of the Germany-based software company Software AG from 2003 until 2018. Prior to that he was deputy chairman and deputy chief executive officer of T-Systems
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Early life and education
Streibich was born in Germany. He holds a degree in communications engineering from the Offenburg University, Germany.
Career
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Streibich started his career in 1981 at Dow Chemical Company in Rheinmünster, Germany, as a software development engineer. Three years later he joined ITT Industries as product marketing manager then moved to ITT-SEL AG now Alcatel-Lucent as managing director of the PC business. He joined Daimler Benz AG in 1989, where he served several IT-related executive positions before serving as deputy chairman and deputy chief executive officer of Debis Systemhaus facilitating the merger with T-Systems between 2000 and 2002.[1][2] He is a member of the supervisory board (Aufsichtsrat) at Deutsche Messe AG, and holds several honorary positions, including member of the presidency of the German IT Association BITKOM, co-chairman of the platform “Digital administration and public IT“ within the framework of the German Chancellor's IT summit, and he is a co-founder of the German Software Cluster of Excellence.
From 2003 until 2018 Streibich served as chairman of the executive board and chief executive officer of the Germany-based software company Software AG. In this capacity, he was also responsible for the company's corporate marketing, audit, processes & quality, legal affairs, and corporate communications.[3] Under his leadership, Software AG acquired webMethods for $546 million in cash to add networking software to its product line.[4]
Streibich is the author of the book entitled The Digital Enterprise, published in 2014.[5]
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Other activities
Corporate boards
- Software AG, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2020)[6]
- Munich Re, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2019)[7]
- Siemens Healthineers, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2018)[8]
- Deutsche Telekom, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2013)[9]
- Dürr AG, Member of the Supervisory Board (2011-2020), Chairman of the Supervisory Board (2018-2020)[10]
- Wittenstein, Member of the Supervisory Board (2017-2019)[11]
- Deutsche Messe, Member of the Supervisory Board (2013-2017)[11]
Non-profit organizations
- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Member of the Advisory Council[12]
- Senckenberg Nature Research Society, Member of the Board of Trustees
References
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