Michael A. Maier

Vice President, Public Sector Germany,
International Business Machines Corporation

Michael A. Maier joined IBM in January 1986. In his current responsiblity he is leading the IBM Public Sector in Germany, which covers customers in Government, Social Security, Life Sciences, Healthcare and Education. Michael has been in various sales and marketing positions in Germany, France and the US. His areas of expertise are industry knowledge in Distribution, Manufacturing and Public Sector.

Prior to his current responsibility he led the Cluster Public Services, which comprises Federal Government, State Government and Social Security Services in Germany for 2 years. From 1999 to 2002 Michael worked in Somers, NY as Business Development Manager for IBM Server Group covering the Major Independent Software Vendors and IBM Global Partner Alliances. In 1997 and 1998 Michael was leading the German sales organization for the IBM AS/400 and RS/6000 product line. In 1995 and 1996 he worked at the European IBM Headquarters in Paris as segment marketing manager for the AS/400 install base in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). Between 1986 to 1994 Michael held various management positions in marketing and sales in IBM Germany.

Michael graduated in Industrial Management from the University of Regensburg, Germany (1985) with majors in management science, computer science and operations research. He also attended the University of Colorado, USA for two semesters (1981/82).