Diebold Nixdorf (DBD) today announced that Murat Ekinci has been named chief information officer (CIO). In this role, Ekinci will be responsible for leading and overseeing Diebold Nixdorf's corporate information technology (IT) organization.
With more than 20 years of experience in the IT sector, Ekinci most recently served as executive vice president for managed services at Freudenberg IT, a global provider of managed IT services, where he was responsible for the organization's managed services business in Europe. Ekinci also held various management positions with T-Systems, a German global IT services and consulting company. He will be based in Paderborn, Germany and report to Dr. Juergen Wunram, chief operating officer. Ekinci holds a degree in telecommunications engineering.
"We are pleased to welcome Murat into our newly combined company," Wunram said. "His experience and successful track record as an IT leader will be valuable to our organization as we further our leadership role in connected commerce for the financial and retail industries."