Top IT manager for the strategic expansion of consulting and the SAP business
Vienna, 8 May 2017. With Dr. Georg Krause takes over the leadership of Plaut from one of the most experienced managers in the field of management consulting and IT. Dr. Georg Krause becomes CEO of Plaut AG and is together with Dr. Ing. Raimund Binder also CEO of Plaut Consulting Austria, which is part of msg group. Dr. Raimund Binder is also Managing Director of msg Austria. With this, important steps for the extension of the consultation and the SAP business are set.
Plaut has been a successful and established business partner in Austria since the beginning of the 90s in matters of process design and IT. Plaut combines business consulting and solution-oriented IT implementation and is considered as one of SAP's most experienced partners. Digitalization and the introduction of the innovative SAP solution S/4HANA will bring opportunities in the next few years to build new business models and establish IT as a digital core for the business in real time.
As a member of the executive board of SAP Austria from 2012 to2015, Dr. Georg Krause played a key role in the strategic realignment of the consulting business and made a significant contribution to the sustainable increase in earnings. He also was a partner at Deloitte Consulting. As Managing Partner of Public Interest Consultants, he was responsible for the IT topics of the Austrian internet offensive. Dr. Since 2015, Georg Krause has also been responsible for the conception, construction and scientific management of the course "IT Governance and Strategy" at the Danube University Krems and is intensively involved with the trends and framework conditions for the development of digital business models.
"With its consulting services, Plaut uniquely combines the tradition of highest business competence with the innovations that SAP and other providers offer with their solutions. Plaut's strengths are the professional and experienced team of consultants and the integration in a dynamic msg group. This brings us in an ideal position to successfully support our customers in the challenges of digital transformation." says Georg Krause.
"We aim for a lasting leadership of Plaut with Georg Krause as member of the Plaut AG board and Dr. Ing. Raimund Binder and dr. Georg Krause as Managing Directors at Plaut Consulting Austria GmbH This will enable us to combine the services provided by Plaut and msg in the Austrian market even better for the benefit of our customers." (Hans Zehetmaier, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Plaut AG and CEO of msg systems ag).
Mag. Johann Grafl, former board member of Plaut AG, and Mag. Alfred Hofmann, managing director of Plaut Consulting Austria GmbH, will be leaving the company at their own request. They have contributed significantly to the growth of the group and the success of Plaut in Austria.