NEW YORK, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Siemens Corporation, the U.S.
arm of Siemens AG (NYSE: SI), has named Jan D. Dressel vice president and
chief information officer, effective November 1, 2003. Dressel, age 43, will
be responsible for the company's U.S. IT and e-business strategies and will be
based at the company's U.S. headquarters in New York City. He will report to
Klaus Kleinfeld, president and CEO of Siemens Corporation.
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Dressel, who has worked for Siemens for more than 20 years, previously
served as vice president and chief information officer for Siemens Asia
Pacific in Singapore where he played a key role in building the technology
infrastructure for the growth of Siemens' businesses in China and throughout
the region. Prior to his assignment in Asia, Dressel served the company in a
diversified career and held several key positions in IT, operations management
and finance in Canada and the U.S. His extensive experience and passion for
information technology will contribute to the organization.
"Jan's high degree of expertise in information technology and his
understanding of how to use IT to fuel a company's growth are two qualities
that will add significant value to our operations in the U.S.," said Klaus
Kleinfeld. "We are confident that Jan's experience at Siemens and his skills
and talents will benefit the entire organization."
Dressel, a Canadian from Dutch decent, graduated from McGill University in
Montreal, Canada with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Information
Technology.
About Siemens
Siemens AG, headquartered in Munich, is a leading global electronics and
engineering company. Siemens and its subsidiaries employ 426,000 people in
190 countries and reported worldwide sales of $77.8 billion in fiscal 2002
(10/1/01 - 9/30/02). The United States is Siemens' largest market in the
world, with 11 of Siemens' worldwide businesses headquartered here and annual
sales of $21.5 billion in fiscal 2002. The Siemens companies in the U.S.
employ approximately 70,000 people in all 50 states. Corporate headquarters
for Siemens' U.S. businesses are located in New York City. For more
information: http://www.usa.siemens.com.
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