Citrix appoints new Regional Director for Eastern Europe
29.01.2013Company: Amcham
Citrix Systems, the leading provider of virtualization, networking and cloud computing technologies that let people work anywhere on any device, has announced that it has appointed Detlev Knierim as new Regional Director for Eastern Europe. He will be responsible for the overall sales and marketing business of Citrix in Czech Republic & Slovakia and Poland. He reports to Guenther Brand, Area Vice President Russia, CIS, Eastern and Southeast Europe at Citrix.
“Over the last few years Citrix achieved significant growth, gained market share against its competitors and became a key player in virtualization, networking and cloud technologies in Eastern Europe”, said Detlev Knierim. “It is a distinct honour for me to support Citrix further growth initiatives in the region and to ensure that our customer and partner benefit fully from our Citrix cutting-edge technologies.”
Detlev Knierim, who brings nearly 20 years’ experience in the IT and Telecommunications industry, joins Citrix from Hewlett Packard (HP) where he was responsible for global accounts and networking sales in Russia and CIS. Prior to that he held several sales executive positions at CISCO, COLT Telecom and Vodafone. Detlev Knierim is German national and holds a Master in Mechanical Engineering at University Hannover and Master of Economy (Dipl.-Wirt. Ing.) at RWTH Aachen (Germany).
Guenther Brand, Area Vice President Russia, CIS, Eastern and Southeast Europe at Citrix said: “I’m delighted that Detlev Knierim has joined the Citrix Eastern European management team. He has an impressive track record in the ITC industry and in Eastern Europe. Together with the local teams he will develop and implement sales strategies to meet the requirements of Citrix customers and partners and to strength Citrix position in the region.”
