Dirk Hauke

Dirk Hauke has extensive work experience in the IT field, spanning multiple roles and companies. Dirk most recently worked at STIHL as the Vice President - IT Applications. Prior to that, they served as the Vice President IT / CIO Global at Kautex Textron, where they had global oversight of IT Services. Dirk also held the position of Director IT Europe & South America at Kautex Textron. Before joining Kautex Textron, Hauke worked at LyondellBasell as the Global Process and Technology Architect in the Supply Chain Domain and as the Global IT Manager & Architect for Business Solutions. Dirk also served as the Global Service Delivery Manager for Core Systems at LyondellBasell. Prior to that, they worked at Basell Polyolefine GmbH as the Global e-Business Manager. Hauke began their career at Targor GmbH as an SAP Specialist in Sales and Logistics and at Hoechst as an SAP SD Analyst.

Dirk Hauke obtained a Diplom degree in Techn. Chemistry + Information Retrieval (Dipl. Chemie-Informationswirt) from Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences in the years 1992-1996. In 2014, they completed the Textron-University: Senior Executive Leadership Program at Duke University. In 2015, they attended the Deloitte Academy for the Next Generation CIO Academy. Dirk also holds additional certifications, including PRINCE2® Foundation from AXELOS Global Best Practice in 2015, TOGAF 9 Certified (Part 1 Exam + Part 2 Exam) from The Open Group in 2011, and ITIL v3 - Foundation Examination from APMG-International in 2011.