Karl-Heinz Streibich

Karl-Heinz Streibich (born 1952) is a German manager who served as chairman of the executive board and chief executive officer of the Germany-based software company Software AG from 2003 until 2018. Prior to that he was deputy chairman and deputy chief executive officer of T-Systems

Early life and education
Streibich was born in Germany. He holds a degree in communications engineering from the Offenburg University, Germany.

Career
Streibich started his career in 1981 at Dow Chemical Company in Rheinmünster, Germany, as a software development engineer. Three years later he joined ITT Industries as product marketing manager then moved to ITT-SEL AG now Alcatel-Lucent as managing director of the PC business. He joined Daimler Benz AG in 1989, where he served several IT-related executive positions before serving as deputy chairman and deputy chief executive officer of Debis Systemhaus facilitating the merger with T-Systems between 2000 and 2002. He is a member of the supervisory board (Aufsichtsrat) at Deutsche Messe AG, and holds several honorary positions, including member of the presidency of the German IT Association BITKOM, co-chairman of the platform “Digital administration and public IT“ within the framework of the German Chancellor's IT summit, and he is a co-founder of the German Software Cluster of Excellence.

From 2003 until 2018 Streibich served as chairman of the executive board and chief executive officer of the Germany-based software company Software AG. In this capacity, he was also responsible for the company's corporate marketing, audit, processes & quality, legal affairs, and corporate communications. Under his leadership, Software AG acquired webMethods for $546 million in cash to add networking software to its product line.

Streibich is the author of the book entitled The Digital Enterprise, published in 2014.

Corporate boards

 * Software AG, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2020)
 * Munich Re, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2019)
 * Siemens Healthineers, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2018)
 * Deutsche Telekom, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2013)
 * Dürr AG, Member of the Supervisory Board (2011-2020), Chairman of the Supervisory Board (2018-2020)
 * Wittenstein, Member of the Supervisory Board (2017-2019)
 * Deutsche Messe, Member of the Supervisory Board (2013-2017)

Non-profit organizations

 * German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Member of the Advisory Council
 * Senckenberg Nature Research Society, Member of the Board of Trustees