Glaston Corporation announced the appointment of Dr. Uwe Schmid (Ph.D., Physics), to the position of senior vice president (SVP), Software Solutions.
He will start at Glaston in the middle of July and assume the full operational responsibility of the Software Solutions business area on September 1, 2011. He will be a member of Glaston Corporation's executive management group and report to Arto Metsänen, president and chief executive officer, Glaston Corporation.
The current SVP, Software Solutions Günter Befort continues at Glaston as senior industrial advisor and as a member of the executive management group and will support the new SVP in his taking on the new duties.
Schmid has broad IT and industry experience and served as senior expert at McKinsey & Company.