Burkhard Spiegel, President
As president and shareholder of B+S MULTIDATA Burkhard carries the prime responsibility for all operative and commercial processes. He is also in charge of supporting the international representatives with their sales activities.
Before joining B+S MULTIDATA in the beginning of 2003 Burkhard held positions as CFO in a new economy company and was co-founder and general manager of an IT company. Burkhard holds a diploma of electronics engineering from the Technical University of Munich but his job specialisation resulted predominantly from his activities in business management. Since 1985 he gained business & management experience in the fields of software development, information services, system integration, ecommerce and data acquisition. His entrepreneurial career includes activities like start-up, mergers, operations & purchasing, finance, restructuring & turnaround.
Horst Schwanke, Vice President R&D
Horst was a co-founder of B+S MULTIDATA in 1982 and is still a shareholder of the company today. In his function as vice president R&D he is responsible for new development strategies and the realisation of customer-specific applications and projects.
Horst holds a diploma of precision engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Munich. Since 1982, he has spent a lot of time and efforts with engineering and developing B+S products. Due to his long lasting experience he disposes of deep technical knowledge of automotive applications throughout the world.