Paul Warrenfelt Named Managing Director at T-Systems in North America

NEW YORK, April 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- T-Systems appointed Paul Warrenfelt as the new Managing Director of T-Systems in North America effective April 15, 2014.   He will assume responsibility for leading T-Systems' North America's business in its next phase of development.  Warrenfelt will retain his current responsibilities as Senior Vice President Sales Americas Region. The Managing Director of T-Systems North America position was previously held by Heike Auerbach, who left the company upon her own request to pursue new challenges outside the Deutsche Telekom Group.

Using a global infrastructure of data centers and networks, T-Systems operates information and communication technology systems for multinational corporations in the automotive, healthcare, energy, finance, retail, and manufacturing industries.  As the global leader in SAP services worldwide, and the experience of more than a decade in North America, T-Systems enables customers to conduct business with great efficiency and effectiveness, both nationally and internationally.

"The US market is strategic and critical to our Americas region," said Warrenfelt.  "Our IT services portfolio aligns well to the needs of multi-national companies with US operations.  To successfully drive their businesses, IT leaders need the right partner for IT transformation," added Warrenfelt.  "I am very excited about the opportunity of working with clients to discuss how T-Systems is the right IT transformation partner."

Paul joined T-Systems through the acquisition of gedas which was fully integrated into T-Systems International in April 2006. He has more than 25 years of industry experience and over 10 years of international senior leadership experience.

Prior to gedas and T-systems, Warrenfelt served in a number of senior positions in the consulting, information technology and manufacturing industries, supporting major client accounts.  He has extensive experience in managing diagnostic and system development projects; implementation of SAP applications; and data center management.  Warrenfelt has had a great deal of experience in the development and sponsorship of customer relationship and leadership programs throughout his career.

Warrenfelt received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1978 from Purdue University and a Master of Science degree in Computer Aided Manufacturing in 1983 from Brigham Young University.  He went on to achieve a Master of Business Administration with specialization in Information Systems from Indiana University in 1987.

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Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies with over 142 million mobile customers, 31 million fixed-network lines and more than 17 million broadband lines (as of December 31, 2013). The Group provides fixed network, mobile communications, Internet and IPTV products and services for consumers and ICT solutions for business customers and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in around 50 countries and has approximately 229,000 employees worldwide. The Group generated revenues of EUR 60,1 billion in the 2013 financial year – more than half of it outside Germany.

About T-Systems
Drawing on a global infrastructure of data centers and networks, T-Systems operates information and communication technology (ICT) systems for multinational corporations and public sector institutions. T-Systems provides integrated solutions for the networked future of business and society. Some 50,000 employees at T-Systems combine industry expertise and ICT innovations to add significant value to the digitization strategies and core business of customers all over the world. T-Systems generated revenue of around EUR 9,5 billion in the 2013 financial year.

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