The management team of DEG, the parent company of Ergosign and SMAL, led by Dr. Marcus Plach, Sahar Azghandi-Daoutis, and Dr. Jan Schlesner, will now include Oliver Kulpi.
Together with Markus Kühner, he will simultaneously take over the management of Ergosign GmbH, completing the management team with Dr. Marcus Plach and Dr. Jan Schlesner, who will assume power of attorney.
Dr. Marcus Plach will oversee the transition to the new management and is expected to leave the group in the fourth quarter of this year.
Professor Dr. Dieter Wallach notes the strategy behind the change in management as follows: “With the appointment of Markus Kühner and Oliver Kulpi, the management teams of the Digital Experiences Group and Ergosign GmbH are receiving new strategic impetus, while at the same time we are focusing on reliable continuity in our collaboration. I wish my successors continued success and would like to thank my colleagues for a formative time over the past 25 years.” Dr. Marcus Plach adds: “Their extensive experience in digital transformation and user experience design, along with their strategic vision, make the new management team ideal for realizing our future ambitions. I am very much looking forward to working with them and wish them every success in their new role.”
With over 25 years of experience as a customer experience strategist in digital business, Oliver Kulpi will bring new insights to the Digital Experiences Group. Before joining DEG, he was most recently Senior Vice President Strategy and Growth at Valtech international.
Markus Kühner brings over 20 years of experience in user experience design. At Ergosign, he has supported numerous clients from various industries in complex projects and, as Head of the Saarbrücken site, significantly contributed to its success.
The Digital Experiences Group and its subsidiaries, Ergosign GmbH and SMAL GmbH, look forward to a successful future under the new management and will continue to expand their expertise and market leadership in user experience design to advance their clients' strategies and innovations.