Dr. Didascalou, the new CTO of Siemens DI
Dr. Dirk Didascalou will become Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Siemens Digital Industries (DI), effective September 1, 2021.
“We are very excited to welcome Dirk — an accomplished technology executive and exceptional leader — to the Siemens team,” said Cedrik Neike, member of the managing board of Siemens AG and CEO Digital Industries. “With two decades of experience in R&D, deep technology expertise in mobile communications, cloud computing and hyperscale architecture, software-as-a-service (SaaS) and IoT solutions, he is the right leader to further accelerate our strategy of merging the digital and the physical worlds.”
Didascalou joins Siemens from Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he was vice president for the Internet of Things, based in Seattle, Washington. In his new role at Siemens Digital Industries, he will report directly to CEO Cedrik Neike. The CTO function will be leading the overall technology and architecture strategy for DI. Based in Germany, he will have global responsibility and a strong presence in all major regions.