Ex-Sixt CTO moves to Mülheim
Turck expands management board with Michael Gürtner
On February 1, Dr. Michael Gürtner will take over the management of the Development & IT departments at Turck Holding GmbH. At the same time, the 46-year-old has also been appointed to the management board of Werner Turck GmbH & Co KG, which he will manage together with Michael Gröbner.
Gröbner is responsible for Production and Supply Chain Management (SCM) in the Holding Management Board, while the Managing Directors of Hans Turck GmbH & Co. KG, Christian Wolf and Christian Pauli, are responsible for Sales & Marketing and Finance, HR & Legal in the Holding.
Dr. Michael Gürtner studied electrical engineering at the Technical University of Munich, where he completed his doctorate at the Institute for Measurement System and Sensor Technology. He headed various development areas in the Bosch Group, specializing in IT-related topics such as IIoT ecosystems and cloud-based software as service solutions in addition to sensor technology. Most recently, as CTO at Sixt SE, Dr. Gürtner was responsible for the digital transformation of the company and its business processes.
"In addition to his impressive management expertise, Dr. Michael Gürtner brings with him comprehensive product and innovation expertise, particularly in the field of IIoT. With his experience in software and IT infrastructure projects, he is the ideal appointment for a company that is undergoing digital transformation together with its customers," says Hans Sondermann, Chairman of the Advisory Board of Turck Holding GmbH. "We are therefore convinced that we have found the right manager in Dr. Gürtner to take the Turck Group even further along its successful path."
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