07/14/2011

Joachim Trickl to leave QSC

Cologne, July 14th, 2011 - Joachim Trickl, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of QSC AG, will be leaving the company effective August 31, 2011, in order to pursue new challenges. Joachim Trickl joined QSC AG on February 1, 2009, to drive development of the operating and selling activities of the company's three business units, Managed Services, Products and Wholesale. He brought to a successful conclusion QSC AG's rigorous alignment toward the business customer market, expansion of the services portfolio to include offerings of value added services and the company's development into a solutions provider.

"Joachim Trickl played a very crucial role in driving QSC AG's transformation process from a pure network operator to become a provider of ICT services by restructuring selling operations and customer-related processes. Under his leadership, there has been a significant improvement in both the efficiency of selling operations as well as customer satisfaction in all areas. For this he deserves my very sincere thanks," notes QSC AG Chief Executive Officer Dr. Bernd Schlobohm.

For the time being, Joachim Trickl's responsibilities will be assumed by business unit heads Thomas Surwald (Managed Services) and Arnold Stender (Products and Wholesale).

About QSC

QSC - ICT solutions for small and mid-size enterprises

QSC AG, Cologne, is a service provider for voice and data communication, as well as the ICT services that build upon them. Established in 1997, the company has been focusing on small and mid-size business customers. QSC is the first provider to operate an Open Access platform, which unites a wide range of broadband technologies to offer national and international site networking, including Managed Services. QSC additionally supplies its customers and distribution partners with a comprehensive product portfolio that can be modularly adapted to every need. QSC was the first provider in Germany to build its own Next Generation Network (NGN), and therefore enjoys long years of experience in connection with IP-based telephony solutions, in particular. QSC AG has been listed on the TecDAX index since 2004. The QSC group employs a workforce of some 1,300 people.

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QSC AG
Claudia Isringhaus
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Email: presse@qsc.de