CAS Board Member Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Bullinger Voted “Manager of the Year 2009”
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
KAISERSLAUTERN, GERMANY – January 07, 2010 - CAS AG, the leading global provider of customer management and mobility solutions for the Consumer Products industry, today announced that Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Bullinger, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board for CAS AG and President of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Europe’s largest institute for applied research, has been voted Manager of the Year by Germany’s prestigious Manager Magazin, which published its decision in its November 20 issue. The magazine said it honored Bullinger for his determination in driving the Fraunhofer’s technological innovations in a year marked by the economic crisis, making him a key figure for Germany’s future competitiveness.
The jury members praised Bullinger’s achievement because under his leadership the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (FhG) has contributed to technological innovation and economic growth by its own efforts, and more intensively than it ever has before. The jury added that these efforts deserve special praise in 2009, a year marked by the financial crisis, and make Hans-Jörg Bullinger a key representative of the stability and attractiveness of Germany as a business location. Manager Magazin paid particular tribute to Bullinger’s management performance in terms of the FhG’s growth. The organization’s business volume (cash basis) has grown in the current financial year by 16 percent to €1.6 billion and earnings from contract research, which makes up two thirds of the FhG’s earnings, increased by 12 percent. With Bullinger’s impetus, the FhG has also started its own electromobility research association.
“Like most other enterprises, our business success as a software company is based on knowledge,” said Stefan Joneck, Founder and CEO of CAS. “This is why we’re very proud to have Prof. Dr. Bullinger as the Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board at CAS, we have realized significant benefits from his advice and broad-based expertise.”
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Bullinger has been a board member of CAS AG since it changed from a limited liability company to a corporation. As the Professor of Industrial Science and Technology Management at the University of Stuttgart, his activities are focused on leveraging the targeted business benefits of innovation. Prof. Bullinger is a recognized thought leader and has been President of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft since 2002. In addition to being Europe’s largest research institution, the FhG is also an innovation driver behind private and public sector organizations.
The “Manager of the Year” award is based on a scorecard containing nine categories, ranging from company development to management style. This year’s jury comprised management consultants, investment bankers and lawyers as well as Manager Magazin’s editor-in-chief. The title has been awarded 13 times, with the last two winners being the then chairman of Evonik, Werner Müller, and Bayer chairman Werner Wenning.
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