Deutsche Telekom has named Christian von Reventlow as the new Chief Product & Innovation Officer (CPIO), succeeding Thomas Kiessling, who is leaving the company as of March 15 to join Securitas Direct. Christian will be focusing on the development of new products and software solutions for the areas of cloud computing, mobile applications and hardware. He will also become a member of Deutsche Telekom’s extended board of management, the Executive Committee (ExCom).
Fifty four years old Christian von Reventlow, who hails from TU Berlin and who has a doctorate in electrical engineering, was previously Senior Vice President for Core platform at Nokia's map service and navigation system subsidiary, Here.com in Chicago. At Here.com, he supervised the development of the first real-time cloud backbone for high-resolution maps in connected vehicles. He has also worked at Siemens, Bosch, Avaya and Intel.
Christan's work willl continue from products and solutions created under Kiessling's leadership including the machine-to-machine (M2M) industry platform, Qivicon – the platform for connected home applications and a number of cloud platforms, including "next-generation TV", the Business Marketplace – an app store for the SME segment – and the Publishing Platform, the technical foundation for the tolino e-reader, which Deutsche Telekom successfully launched with German book retailers.
Telekom CEO Tim Höttges
Thomas established a strong culture of innovation in the Group for our customers and our partners. He played a key role in simplifying our customers’ product experience. Thomas and his team implemented one of the best partner programs in the industry. He was the driving force behind Telekom's open platform strategy.
Christian von Reventlow, new Chief Product & Innovation Officer (CPIO)
I'm happy that things are finally getting started. Deutsche Telekom is an exciting company with the right approach to innovation. The company has an ideal position at the interface between information technology and engineering. The employees have a vast treasure trove of personal experience. Betting on open platforms and the right partners in the Internet industry is the right way to go. My international experience will be a good fit here. I look forward to working together with the team.
