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  Klaus Kleinfeld Biography
Kleinfeld's leadership, the Siemens Management Consulting Group was transformed from a small corporate cost center to a sizeable, highly profitable and renowned consulting business.
Kleinfeld is credited with establishing important cutting-edge practices in benchmarking, business re-engineering and innovation.
Kleinfeld began his career with Siemens in 1987 in the Corporate Sales and Marketing group, and moved to Siemens Corporate Planning and Strategy in 1988.
www.uri.edu /iep/colloquia/bios/bio_kleinfeld.htm   (410 words)

  
  Klaus Kleinfeld - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Klaus Christian Kleinfeld (born November 6, 1957 in Bremen, Germany) is a German manager and has been President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Siemens AG since 2005.
Kleinfeld assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG on January 27, 2005, succeeding the company’s long-serving CEO, Dr. Heinrich von Pierer.
Kleinfeld is a member of the board of directors of Alcoa Inc., of Bayer AG and of Citigroup Inc. He also serves as a director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York and belongs to the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Klaus_Kleinfeld   (710 words)

  
 AICGS: ABOUT : Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld - AICGS Board of Trustees   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Klaus Kleinfeld, 44, became Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Corporation on January 1, 2002, after serving one year as the Chief Operating Officer of the New York-based company.
Klaus was Executive Vice President and a member of the Executive Board of the Siemens AG Medical Engineering Group prior to his US appointment.
Klaus is a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, The Business Roundtable and the NY City Partnership.
www.aicgs.org /about/board/kleinfeld.aspx   (381 words)

  
 GPL Replay Analyser Export   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Klaus Kleinfeld
Klaus Kleinfeld (born November 6 1957 in Bremen, Germany) is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Siemens AG since 2005.
Kleinfeld was appointed Vice President of Siemens AG in the middle of 2004 and Chief Executive Officer on January 27, 2005, succeeding Dr. Heinrich von Pierer.
Kleinfeld is a member of the board of directors of Alcoa Inc., of Bayer AG and of Citigroup Inc. He is also one of 53 advisory directors of the Metropolitan Opera in New York and belongs to the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Klaus_Kleinfeld   (615 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - CEO of U.S. unit made Siemens' profile sing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Kleinfeld arrived in New York in 2001 to take a job that had no formal operating responsibility or authority over Siemens' grab bag of businesses, which include mobile phones and telecom networks, power systems, industrial automation, lighting, auto parts, building systems, medical technology and consulting services.
Kleinfeld says the units are on board because "performance dialogues" got them to focus sharply on what they needed to do to succeed.
Kleinfeld committed Siemens to making a financial pledge to aid New York's effort to win the 2012 Summer Olympics — even after learning Leipzig, Germany, was also a contender, says Dan Doctoroff, New York's deputy mayor.
www.usatoday.com /money/companies/management/2004-01-25-exec-klaus_x.htm   (1821 words)

  
 Klaus Kleinfeld at AllExperts
Klaus Christian Kleinfeld (born November 6 1957 in Bremen, Germany) is a German manager and has been President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Siemens AG since 2005.
Kleinfeld is a member of the board of directors of Alcoa Inc., of Bayer AG and of Citigroup Inc. He also serves as a director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York and belongs to the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum.
Kleinfeld, who is married and has two daughters, is considered to be a performance-oriented, pragmatic and socially concerned manager and an excellent communicator.
en.allexperts.com /e/k/kl/klaus_kleinfeld.htm   (730 words)

  
 Euro2day :: Siemens chief bullish in spite of bribery scandal
Klaus Kleinfeld, chief executive of Siemens, says he sympathises with the Queen Elizabeth II's complaint at Christmas in 1992 of having suffered an annus horribilis.
Mr Kleinfeld says he is determined not only that the truth comes out about what happened but that "five years down the road I want people to say that Siemens [sets] an example for a transparent company".
Mr Kleinfeld was briefly responsible in 2004 for the telecoms division where the slush funds for the alleged bribery originated.
www.euro2day.gr /articlesfna/25928345   (1410 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Business
Klaus Kleinfeld (left), president and CEO of Siemens AG, with Juergen Schubert, managing director of Siemens Ltd, in Mumbai on Thursday.
President and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld said with 13 manufacturing facilities spread across the country, Siemens India was positioned to play a larger role in the parent’s strategy for Asia.
Kleinfeld is on his second trip to India, but this time he is accompanied by the managing committee of Siemens AG, which underscores the importance of India.
www.telegraphindia.com /1051202/asp/business/story_5549298.asp   (307 words)

  
 Linkage, Inc. - Link&Learn - Global Senior Leaders' Perspectives on Infrastructure, Risk, and the Challenges of ...
In this article, Kleinfeld states that many of his fellow business leaders who attended the WEF focused their concern on issues of security to which global companies are universally adapting, in light of the current challenging political atmosphere.
Kleinfeld's summary of the event points to a feeling of uncertainty about the future of how the world economy will unfold, based on the strength of its component parts.
Kleinfeld's discussions with fellow CEOs reveal a drive to eliminate future vulnerability by building infrastructures that function at least semi-independently: "Despite all the known shortfalls, most executives are still much in favor of an intelligent -- but resource-conserving -- liberalization and privatization of 'old infrastructures,' such as electricity and water.
www.linkageinc.com /company/news_events/link_learn_enewsletter/archive/2004/02_04_whatmore_senior_leaders.aspx   (815 words)

  
 SEOUL DIGITAL FORUM 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Klaus Kleinfeld assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG on January 27, 2005.
From 2002, Dr. Kleinfeld led the company’s U.S. region as President and CEO and was the Chief Operating Officer responsible for business in healthcare technology and information management, power generation and transmission, automation and controls, lighting, information and communications technology, transportation, and building technologies in 2001.
Kleinfeld was also the Executive Vice President and a member of the Executive Board of the Siemens AG Medical Engineering Group.
www.seouldigitalforum.org /2006/english/2005/speakers_view.jsp?number=811   (219 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide
Klaus Kleinfeld today completes his first year as chief executive officer of Siemens, which has 460,000 employees and businesses ranging from high-speed trains to airport-runway lights and submarine fuel cells.
Kleinfeld has cut 7,000 jobs, dissolved or given away some unprofitable businesses and made purchases as he aims to reach his profit goals by 2007.
Kleinfeld, 48, later today addresses investors at the annual general meeting, which will be chaired by his predecessor, Heinrich von Pierer.
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 Siemens Philippines - Managing Board - Klaus Kleinfeld
President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG Klaus Kleinfeld, 49, assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG on January 27, 2005.
Klaus led the company’s U.S.A. region as President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Corporation from 2002 to the end of 2003.
Klaus is a member of the Board of Directors of Alcoa Inc., Bayer AG, and Citigroup Inc. He also serves as a director of the New York Metropolitan Opera and the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum.
www.siemens.com /index.jsp?sdc_p=ft4mlsuo1042398ni1133948pc141z4&sdc_sid=27339092000&   (470 words)

  
 BW Online | July 26, 2004 | Can A U.S.-Style Boss Rev Up Siemens?
Kleinfeld soon won invitations to join the boards of a dozen prestigious organizations including the Metropolitan Opera and Alcoa Inc. (AA) He ran two New York marathons and frequented the city's jazz clubs.
By tapping Kleinfeld as his successor, von Pierer clearly hopes his young protégé will be more in the mold of Deutsche Telekom (DT) CEO Kai-Uwe Ricke, the 42-year-old who has led a turnaround at the telecom giant.
Kleinfeld focused on the intersection of psychology and economics.
www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/04_30/b3893079_mz054.htm   (1266 words)

  
 Alcoa: About Alcoa: Corporate Governance: Directors: Biographies
Kleinfeld served as Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board and Executive Vice President of Siemens AG from 2004 to January 2005.
Kleinfeld served as Chief Operating Officer of Siemens Corporation from January to December 2001.
Kleinfeld was Executive Vice President and a member of the Executive Board of the Siemens AG Medical Engineering Group in Germany.
www.alcoa.com /global/en/about_alcoa/corp_gov/directors/Kleinfeld.asp   (109 words)

  
 Siemens' New Boss
Kleinfeld's father, a shipyard laborer who became an engineer by studying nights, died when the boy was 10.
Under Kleinfeld, it grew to 170 operating under direct control of the management board, and was involved in turnarounds of divisions such as power generation.
Kleinfeld was one of the main inventors of One Siemens, a program designed to get company units to cooperate better to win business.
www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/05_04/b3917026.htm   (2270 words)

  
 Iceved
At 48, Kleinfeld, is a marathon runner who is viewed as a youthful and outspoken business leader in Germany and a person who is in touch with American business culture after a three-year stint in Siemens' U.S. headquarters in New York.
Kleinfeld noted that the firm was founded by an entrepreneur, Werner von Siemens, and is rooted in electrical technology.
He urged executives to work hard and play hard because "they are two sides of the same coin." Kleinfeld also said strong leaders need to maintain their personal independence, but at the same time they must be team players, leveraging the team's resources and information.
www.iceved.com /iceved3/information.nsf/fdetalle_noticia?OpenForm&id=339209B9364D3F99C125715C002696A0   (1491 words)

  
 Siemens AG - Vorstand - Klaus Kleinfeld
Vorsitzender des Vorstands der Siemens AG Klaus Kleinfeld (49) ist seit dem 27.
Kleinfeld ist Mitglied des Aufsichtsrats der Alcoa Inc., der Bayer AG sowie der Citigroup Inc..
Klaus Kleinfeld ist verheiratet und hat zwei Töchter.
www.siemens.com /index.jsp?sdc_p=t4cs6uo1042398d1032553pn1030112fl0m&sdc_sid=10718902854&   (398 words)

  
 Siemens CEO resigns, leadership vacuum grows
Kleinfeld said he was unwilling to tolerate further uncertainty about his and the company's future after divisions among Siemens board members about whether to renew his contract became public in the last few days.
Von Pierer, who was CEO until Kleinfeld took over just two years ago, said last week he was quitting for the good of the company, hoping to stem the widening effects of corruption allegations that have rocked the group, which manufactures everything from trains to light bulbs.
Siemens is due to present detailed second-quarter results on Thursday, when Kleinfeld had also been expected to announce new targets for the group after achieving mid-term goals this quarter, as promised shortly after he became CEO.
www.earthtimes.org /articles/show/55889.html   (853 words)

  
 NEWSMAKER-Siemens CEO Kleinfeld jumps before being pushed | News | Mergers/Acquisitions | Reuters
Despite his widely acknowledged achievements in heaving the 160-year-old German conglomerate into the 21st century, Kleinfeld was in the end unable to obtain a clear endorsement from the Siemens (SIEGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research supervisory board and said he would go.
Kleinfeld's contract is due to expire at the end of September and had until a few days ago been expected to be renewed for a further five years.
Some board members had publicly said they were hesitant to extend Kleinfeld's contract, even though a web of corruption investigations closing in on the turbines-to-lighbulbs group had so far left him untouched.
www.reuters.com /article/mergersNews/idUSL2568194420070425   (481 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Bloomberg Columnists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Yet, the most intriguing aspect of Kleinfeld, 47, is the parallel with another leader of a giant electronic engineering company: Jack Welch, who led General Electric Co. through two decades of transformation.
Yet, Kleinfeld's Siemens is similar to Welch's GE in another way: Its finest days appear to be in the past, not the future.
Kleinfeld's reputation is based on his success in running Siemens's U.S. unit, which had a loss of $553 million in 2001, the year he was appointed chief operating officer.
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 Euro2day :: Kleinfeld relishes his dual role under fire
Klaus Kleinfeld is having to simultaneously play two very different roles.
Many in the company have grown nervous at Mr Kleinfeld's use of the word "responsibility", seeing it as an attempt to point people in the direction of his predecessor, Heinrich von Pierer, currently supervisory board chairman.
But as the scandals grow, Mr Kleinfeld is also trying to push on with his operational strategy.
www.euro2day.gr /articlesfna/31870769   (1367 words)

  
 Klaus Kleinfeld: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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 USATODAY.com - CEO of U.S. unit made Siemens' profile sing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
"Klaus is outstanding at getting people together, setting clear goals, executing tasks and communicating his and our vision," von Pierer says.
So Kleinfeld knows he will be under close scrutiny.
Kleinfeld gives copies to visitors and colleagues with small children.
usatoday.com /money/companies/management/2004-01-25-exec-klaus_x.htm   (1860 words)

  
 Klaus Kleinfeld - Parteibuch Lexikon
Klaus Christian Kleinfeld, meist Klaus Kleinfeld genannt, ist ein 1957 in Bremen geborener deutscher Manager.
Klaus Kleinfeld ist verheiratet und Vater von zwei Töchtern.
Klaus Kleinfeld studierte Betriebswirtschaftslehre und Wirtschaftspädagogik an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen und schloss die Universität mit dem Grad des Diplom-Kaufmanns ab.
www.mein-parteibuch.de /wiki/Klaus_Kleinfeld   (805 words)

  
 Siemens Appoints Klaus Kleinfeld to the Managing Board of Siemens Medical Engineering Group
Kleinfeld joined Siemens AG (Munich) in 1987 and was most recently in charge of the Med Division for Angiography, Fluoroscopy and Radiography Systems, Erlangen, Germany.
Prior to joining Siemens, Kleinfeld was employed by a renowned consulting company, which afforded him the opportunity to gain knowledge of a variety of business sectors.
Kleinfeld was born in 1957 in Bremen and is married and has two daughters.
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