NORTH CANTON, Ohio,
Jan. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Diebold
Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), a world leader in driving connected
commerce, today announced three key appointments to strengthen its
senior leadership team. Jeffrey
Rutherford, who recently joined the company as interim chief
financial officer, will now fill that position on a permanent
basis. In addition, Julian Sparkes
has joined the company as senior vice president, chief digital
officer, and Hermann Wimmer has
joined Diebold Nixdorf as senior
vice president, global retail.
Rutherford, who was named Diebold
Nixdorf's interim chief financial officer Oct. 1, 2018,
now holds the role on a permanent basis. He joined the company
from Edgewater Technology (NASDAQ: EDGW), a leading
technology consulting firm. Prior to Edgewater, he held the
chief financial officer position at a number of companies,
including Ferro Corporation, Park-Ohio Holdings
Corp, UAP Holding, LESCO and Office Max. He has
extensive experience leading value-creating, transformational
initiatives.
Sparkes will be responsible for simplifying, streamlining and
further digitizing Diebold Nixdorf's
IT infrastructure to enhance both customer and employee
experiences. He brings more than 35 years of digital transformation
and IT outsourcing experience, as well as a decade in senior
leadership positions. He comes to Diebold
Nixdorf from PRGX Global, Inc., a leader in big-data
analytics. Prior to that, Sparkes worked at IBM and Accenture with
multinational companies to modernize their business applications
for the cloud, deploy new mobile, Internet of Things and big data
applications, consolidate data centers and automate supply chain
functions.
In leading Diebold Nixdorf's
global retail business, Wimmer will be responsible for the
company's retail strategy and operations, including business
development, customer relationship management and global sales.
Wimmer comes from ForgeRock, a digital identity and access
management company, where he served as chief revenue officer. He
has spent more than 20 years in leadership roles in the IT and data
analytics industries, mostly at NCR Corp. and Teradata Corp. At NCR
and Teradata, he held senior operating roles within EMEA and
Asia-Pacific. In those regions, he
led efforts to define growth strategies, operational, revenue and
profit goals for those companies' data analytics and big data
businesses. He replaces Mark Brewer,
who has departed the company to pursue other opportunities.
"I'm excited for Jeff to continue providing his expertise and
doing excellent work for the company as our CFO.
His leadership contributions over the past three months have
been extremely valuable to us, and we are fortunate to have him
aboard as we continue to execute our DN Now transformation
plan," said Gerrard Schmid,
Diebold Nixdorf president and chief
executive officer. "I am also excited to welcome Julian and
Hermann to Diebold Nixdorf. These
are strong, experienced leaders who will help execute DN Now,
strengthen our team and drive our connected commerce strategy
around the world. I am confident Julian will lead lasting
improvements to both our customers' and employees' digital
experiences as well as refine our long-term digitally-enabled
strategy. Hermann's extensive leadership experience will aid us in
capitalizing on important opportunities for our retail industry
customers while delivering software-driven services and solutions
that exceed consumer expectations."
About Diebold Nixdorf
Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD) is a world leader in enabling
connected commerce for millions of consumers each day across the
financial and retail industries. Its software-defined solutions
bridge the physical and digital worlds of cash and consumer
transactions conveniently, securely and efficiently. As an
innovation partner for nearly all of the world's top 100 financial
institutions and a majority of the top 25 global retailers,
Diebold Nixdorf delivers
unparalleled services and technology that are essential to evolve
in an 'always on' and changing consumer landscape.
Diebold Nixdorf has a presence in
more than 130 countries with approximately 23,000 employees
worldwide. The organization is headquartered in North
Canton, Ohio, USA.
Visit www.DieboldNixdorf.com for more information.
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