Citrix appoints Ralph Schmidt as Director System Engineering for Eastern Europe
4.07.2013Company: Amcham
Citrix announced that it has appointed a Director System Engineering for Eastern Europe: Ralph Schmidt. He is responsible for the management of the Pre-Sales and Solutions activities of Citrix in Eastern and Southeast Europe. Ralph Schmidt reports to Guenther Brand, Area Vice President Russia, CIS, Eastern and Southeast Europe at Citrix.
“I’m very excited to join Citrix,” says Ralph Schmidt. “As the leading provider of virtualization, networking and cloud computing technologies, Citrix is helping companies to change the workday of end users dramatically by enabling them to access their data and applications securely from any location and any device. I’m looking forward to accompany the regional and global growth journey.”
Ralph Schmidt has more than 25 years experience in the ICT industry. He is joining Citrix from Huawei where he was Director UC&C in the Western European Enterprise Organization. Prior to that he spent 14 years with Cisco in various leading positions – his last role at Cisco was to lead the business transformation & optimization in the Emerging Markets. Ralph has worked internationally for almost fifteen years, including stations in the Middle East and the UK, and has a strong leadership experience in multicultural environments.
“Ralph’s extensive background in System Engineering and Consulting in international markets is ideally suited to support Citrix’s positioning in Eastern Europe”, said Guenther Brand, Area Vice President Russia, CIS, Eastern and Southeast Europe at Citrix. “I’m confident that he, together with his team, will provide the needed technical resources to continue the expansion and growth of Citrix in the region.“
