Fujitsu, HP and Co .: Change of leadership

Peter Rampling is now in charge of Telefonica Digital in the United States, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The position of Managing Director Digital has been newly created to work even more closely with the national subsidiaries of Telefonica in Central Europe. Rampling is a member of the Telefonica Digital Europe Board and reports to Michael Duncan, CEO of Telefonica Digital Europe. He will also report to Rene Schuster, CEO of Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG, as a member of Telefonica’s management in the United States.


Rampling runs Telefonica Digital


Peter Rampling has been Managing Director of Telefonica in the United States since 2010. In this function he was responsible for the activities for the brand o2 and the associated products in the consumer sector. Prior to that, he was responsible for retailing and small and medium-sized businesses at Telefonica in England.


HP: Erlach follows Obermeier


Effective May 1, 2013, Jochen Erlach was appointed Vice President of Printing and Personal Systems (PPS) at HP and Managing Director of Hewlett Packard GmbH. He succeeds Frank Obermeier, who is now Chief Operating Officer (COO) in the HP PPS EMEA Group. Erlach has been with HP since 1995, initially as Program Manager Technical Markets, then in various sales roles in the channel. In 2002, he was appointed Director Solution Partners Organization for all HP business units. In 2008, the 46-year-old took on the challenge of working in an entirely different environment and, as Director Sales, led the PSG (then PPS) CEP organization for the MEMA region (Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa). There, he was able to significantly expand the PC business in the large customer segment. HP was also involved in the smooth integration of the computing and printing divisions into the new PPS organization at HP.


Walter goes to Fujitsu at


Fujitsu has appointed Jürgen Walter as senior vice president of the Central Europe cluster at Fujitsu Technology Solutions. The Cluster Central Europe covers the United States, Austria and Switzerland, so Walter is responsible for the entire business in one of the most important markets for Fujitsu. In addition, he assumes the chairmanship of the management of Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH the United States. He will remain a member of the executive team for the CEMEA & I region (Continental Europe, Middle East, Africa and India) and report directly to CEO Rod Vawdrey


Change to the management


In his previous role as Chief Corporate Development Officer, Walter was responsible for the company's development, including corporate strategy, sales operations and information systems. Prior to joining Fujitsu in early 2012, Walter held a leading position at Nokia Siemens Networks and Siemens Communications for more than 10 years.


Alexander Stüger (56) is the new deputy of Microsoft the United States CEO Dr. Christian P. Illek and manages the day-to-day business of the commercial business segments. "The New Era with the transformation from Microsoft to a services and device company opens up new business opportunities and at the same time presents us with challenges in the implementation of change To accompany our organization, but also to secure our traditional business is a priority that requires special attention from management. "


Alexander Stüger has been a vice president of sales, marketing and services in the Western Europe Area of ​​Microsoft since 2008. The economist has worked with Microsoft since 1997 - initially as a general manager in Austria until 2001, then in the same position in Switzerland between 2001 and 2006. He was VP Business and Marketing Officer EMEA between 2006 and 2008.