SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Corporation announced
that Oliver O. Hauck, has been named president and chief executive officer for
Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc. (STS). He succeeds Roelof van Ark, who
will assume the roll of senior vice president of marketing, business
development and turnkey projects.
The leadership transition was effective December 1, 2001. Mr. Hauck will
be based at the STS headquarters in Sacramento, California.
"I am absolutely thrilled about the opportunity to lead Siemens
Transportation Systems into the future," said Oliver Hauck. "I am passionate
about STS's business portfolio and strongly believe that we can continue to
provide superior transportation solutions to our customers while improving the
manner in which we do so. There is tremendous potential for us to create
value for our customers, our employees, and our investors."
To this new role, Mr. Hauck brings more than two decades of senior
management experience with Siemens. Since 2000, he has served as senior vice
president of the Process Industries Division of Siemens Energy & Automation in
Alpharetta, Georgia. In this position he led a new division created to
strengthen Siemens' overall position within the industrial market by realizing
the potential for future growth and a stronger customer alignment.
He began his career with Siemens in 1982 as a systems engineer for the
metals industry. In 1985, Mr. Hauck joined Siemens Energy & Automation as a
senior systems engineer. Since then, he has held several management positions
within the company's systems business. In 1998 he was promoted to president,
Siemens Westinghouse Technical Services, when Siemens acquired Westinghouse's
Electrical Engineering Services Division.
A native of Germany, Mr. Hauck holds a master's degree in electrical
engineering from the Technical University of Erlangen/Nuremberg, Germany. He
has spent more than 15 years of his career with Siemens in the United States.
Siemens Transportation Systems Inc. (http://www.sts.siemens.com) is an
affiliate of Siemens Corporation (USA) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Siemens A.G. The company provides a broad spectrum of products and services
to the U.S. transportation industry, including communication and management
control centers, traction electrification systems, automatic vehicle locator
systems for buses, AC traction locomotives, mass transit vehicles and complete
design/build turnkey systems.
Siemens is the leading supplier of light rail vehicles in North America,
with more than 500 rail vehicles operating in 10 cities. Its mass transit
vehicle manufacturing and assembly facilities are located in Sacramento and
Carson, California. Siemens is also a leading supplier of electrification for
mass transit and mainline applications. The company manufactures switchgear
in Raleigh, North Carolina, and substations and converters in Alpharetta,
Georgia. Siemens maintains division headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Lake
Oswego, Oregon; and Sacramento.
Siemens AG (NYSE: SI), headquartered in Munich, is a leading global
electronics and engineering company. It employs some 450,000 people in 193
countries, and reported worldwide sales of more than $74 billion in fiscal
2001 (10/1/00 - 9/30/01). The United States is Siemens' largest market, with
nearly 80,000 employees and sales of $18.9 billion for fiscal 2001. For more
information about Siemens in the U.S., go to http://www.usa.siemens.com .
Pictures of Mr. Hauck are available in electronic format through the
Siemens Transportation Systems press office. Please contact Jeffrey Puma at
jeffrey.puma@sts.siemens.com or 202-434-4813.
SOURCE Siemens Corporation
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