Karl-Heinz Streibich

Karl-Heinz Streibich
Born	1952 (age 72–73) Germany
Nationality	German
Alma mater	Communications Engineering from Offenburg University
Occupation(s)	Chairman & CEO Software AG (2003- 31 July 2018)

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

Early life and education

Streibich was born in Germany. He holds a degree in communications engineering from the Offenburg University, Germany.

Career

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]

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

1. "Executive Profile Karl-Heinz Streibich". businessweek.
2. "KARL-HEINZ STREIBICH - SOFTWARE AG (SOW:FWB): 2005-02-14". www.twst.com. Archived from the original on 2005-02-20.
3. "Management - Software AG's senior executives". www.softwareag.com. Archived from the original on 2008-02-08.
4. Software AG to acquire webMethods New York Times , April 5, 2007.
5. The Digital Enterprise - The Moves and Motives of the Digital Leaders
6. Christof Kerkman (February 24, 2020), Posten als Chefaufseher: Karl-Heinz Streibich soll zur Software AG zurückkehren Handelsblatt .
7. Christian Schnell (October 18, 2018), Rückversicherer: Nikolaus von Bomhard soll Aufsichtsratschef von Munich Re werden Handelsblatt .
8. Supervisory Board Siemens Healthineers.
9. Wachwechsel: Xing-Gründer Hinrichs wird Telekom-Aufsichtsrat Spiegel Online , 26 September 2013.
10. Anlagenbauer Dürr bekommt neuen Aufsichtsratschef Wirtschaftswoche , April 20, 2020.
11. 2018 Annual Report: Supervisory Board Deutsche Telekom.
12. Advisory Council Archived 2016-10-27 at the Wayback Machine German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ).