Group Management
Klaus Schlichtherle, CEO
Klaus Schlichtherle is CEO of the Infinigate Group since April 2018. With 15 years of international management experience in distribution (Tech Data) and further 15 years with IT vendors (Nortel and Logitech) he has more than 30 years of experience in the IT channel overall. Prior to joining Infinigate he was responsible for EMEA sales management and operations with Logitech Europe. Klaus has a diploma in management engineering from the Polytechnic University in Munich.
Olaf Demuth, CFO/CIO
Olaf Demuth joined Infinigate as CFO/CIO in November 2018. He started his career in the transaction advisory services and auditing units of Arthur Andersen and KPMG. After eight years, he joined the SMT management team of Carl Zeiss serving the semiconductor market. Before joining Infinigate Olaf was a managing partner and the CFO of the TRANSPOREON group, a fast-growing, multinational company offering a cloud-based logistics platform. Olaf has degrees in economics, tax accounting and auditing from the University Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany and the École Supérieur de Commerce de Paris (ESCP) in France.
Andreas Bechtold, Chief Revenue Officer Infinigate Group
Andreas Bechtold is centrally responsible for sales management in the Infinigate Group since March 2021. Before that, from 2020-21 he headed EVP Vendor Management and Value Add Services for the development of MSSP and VAD services, manufacturer management and organizational development in the countries and was responsible for supporting the further geographic expansion of the Infinigate Group.
In 2017-20, Andreas headed the DACH region as Regional Vice President.
From 2003-2017 he was Managing Director of Infinigate Germany.
He joined Infinigate Germany in 2000 as Sales Manager. His distribution career started in 1998 as Business Development Manager and later as Key Account Manager at Workstation 2000 (today Tech Data).
Julien Antoine, Chief Business Development Officer
International entrepreneurial executive with 20 years of experience in building and growing organizations in the technology sector.
Julien Antoine started out as a telco engineer before going on to manage billion-euro businesses across EMEA and designing, implementing, and launching the first ever subscription-based model for distributors.
With experience in APAC, Europe and the Middle East, he is a leader that focuses on strategic vision, the recruitment of executives and business development.
He is specialise in creating partnerships, leading executive negotiations, driving organisational transformation and enabling post-merger integration. Julien is proud to have played a part in forging the future of his industry by developing a business model based around transcription and recurring revenue.
Richard Huth, EVP Compliance & Integration
After serving as Infinigate’s CFO from 2007 until end of 2018, Richard Huth is now responsible for Compliance & Integration. In this position he ensures the seamless integration of newly acquired companies and is coordinating all legal topics. During his term as Infinigate’s CFO the business grew from EUR 60 to EUR 500 million. Before joining Infinigate Richard Huth was a Partner at Epidos Consulting advising young technology companies from Europe and the US in fundraising and business development projects. Richard Huth (CEFA) holds a Master of Economics from the University Basel.
Stephan Hassenbach, SVP Strategic Projects
Stephan Hassenbach is currently responsible for the coordination and implementation of strategic, interdisciplinary projects. Before this, Stephan was CTO of the Infinigate Group for 12 years and responsible for the group’s IT infrastructure and technical integration of new Infinigate geographies. Between 2000 and 2007, Stephan managed the product marketing and professional services organizations of Infinigate Germany. Stephan studied Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo in Canada and the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany.
Patric Berger, SVP MSP Sales and Major Accounts
Patric Berger is Senior Vice President for MSP Sales and Major Accounts since October 2020 and Managing Director of our French entity since March 2021. Prior to that Patric was managing the Vendor Alliances of the Infinigate Group since April 2019 and acting as Interim Managing Director of our UK entity from April to October 2020. Patric has over 15 years of international management experience in IT distribution (Computerlinks, Nuvias). He founded and built Infinigate France back in 2014 to 2016. Prior to rejoining Infinigate he was Regional Vice President for Southern Europe at Nuvias. Patric holds a MBA in International economics.
Thomas Hagelid, VP Vendor Management
Thomas Hagelid has been the Manging Director of Infinigate Norway (former Nocom Security) since 2006. Prior to joining Infinigate he had been working in the IT-sector at Sybase, Software Innovation and Steria in sales, marketing and sales-management functions since 1993. Thomas Hagelid holds degrees in Information Technologies and Economics/Business Administrations.
Country Management
Germany
Robert Scicolone, MD Germany
Robert Scicolone, Managing Director of Infinigate Germany per June 2020, joined the company in 2015 as Sales Director. His IT Security Distribution career started already in 1998 as Key Account Manager and later as Authorized Officer and Manager Key Account Sales at Computerlinks/Arrow.
Switzerland
André Koitzsch, MD Switzerland
André Koitzsch has been the Managing Director of Infinigate Switzerland since April 2018. Since 1996 he is in local and international management positions in the IT distribution industry. Prior to join Infinigate he was Director Value Business at Ingram Micro Switzerland. André holds degrees in Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies from the Technical University Dresden in Germany.
Austria
Florian Jira, MD Austria
Florian Jira, Managing Director of Infinigate Austria per April 2019 joined the company in 2015 as Teamleader Business Development and Marketing. Early stages of his career, always in distribution, took place at CHS, Ingram Micro, Actebis/Also and as Head of Channel Marketing at Tech Data. Special competence in marketing, product management and sales.
Sweden
Peter Strand, MD Sweden
Peter Strand has been the Managing Director of Infinigate Sweden (former Nocom Security) since 2006. He joined the company in 2002 as Sales Manager. He started his career in the IT industry in 1994, moving to IT Security Distribution in 1998 when joining Swan Distribution.
Norway
Thomas Ludvik Næss, MD Norway
Thomas Ludvik Næss have been in Cyber Security industry since 1998, holding various sales and leadership positions over the years; Head of North Europe Security in Cisco, Nordic Security Sales Director at NTT Security and Country Manager at Trend Micro. Thomas holds degrees in Finance and Marketing from BI.United Kingdom
Justin Griffiths, MD UK
France
Patric Berger, MD France
Patric Berger is Senior Vice President for MSP Sales and Major Accounts since October 2020 and Managing Director of our French entity since March 2021. Prior to that Patric was managing the Vendor Alliances of the Infinigate Group since April 2019 and acting as Interim Managing Director of our UK entity from April to October 2020. Patric has over 15 years of international management experience in IT distribution (Computerlinks, Nuvias). He founded and built Infinigate France back in 2014 to 2016. Prior to rejoining Infinigate he was Regional Vice President for Southern Europe at Nuvias. Patric holds a MBA in International economics.
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