Michael Kleinhagauer is appointed Kapsch CarrierComs Chief Technical Officer

Prior to joining Kapsch CarrierCom, Michael Kleinhagauer was Nokia Siemens Networks Country Director in Switzerland. He brings more than 15 years of international management leadership experience to Kapsch CarrierCom. As the new CTO, Kleinhagauer is responsible for Operations, Development and Product Support.

"With the acquisition of parts of Nortels Carrier Networks Division, Kapsch CarrierCom has become a global GSM supplier and the world leader in GSM-R. The global strength of our company is also reflected in our strengthened Management Board. With the addition of Michael Kleinhagauer, our management team is now complete. With his comprehensive international industry sector experience, Kleinhagauer will support and move the company forward on its growth trajectory", said Kari ,Kapsch, Kapsch CarrierComs CEO.

Prior to joining Kapsch CarrierCom, Kleinhagauer was the Country Director of Nokia Siemens Networks in Switzerland where he successfully managed the merger of the Nokia Net and Siemens Com business units. Since NSNs creation in April 2007, Kleinhagauer also led the service department for Central and Eastern Europe. Most recently he was responsible for the direction of Customer Service in West South Europe as Head of NSNs Transformation Office. Prior to Nokia Siemens Networks, Kleinhagauer held various management positions at Siemens Schweiz AG from 1997 to 2007. Before moving to Switzerland, Kleinhagauer worked on a variety of projects in Latin America and Asia on behalf of Siemens AG Munich. Michael Kleinhagauer studied at the HTL Vienna engineering school and later completed a post-graduate degree in Business Studies with special focus on Service Marketing at the College of Engineering and Architecture in Bern.

Michael Kleinhagauer is married and has one daughter. In his leisure time, he enjoys spending time with his family and travelling to Latin America. He also supports the SOS Children's village in Honduras.

About Kapsch TrafficCom

Kapsch CarrierCom AG is a global manufacturer and independent system integrator of telecommunication solutions for railway operators and providers of fixed, mobile, transportation and access networks. In addition to applications and services for next generation networks and innovative OSS/BSS solutions Kapsch CarrierCom provides an end-to-end service spectrum: from consulting, design and product development, installation and integration, to maintenance and support, as well as the operation of complete networks. Kapsch CarrierCom develops and sells products such as its own service delivery framework with convergent centrex, fraud management systems, as well as the business & service assurance system DataXtender. Among others, Kapsch CarrierComs customer list includes service providers such as Bouygues Telecom (France), Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan) and the companies of the Telekom Austria Group. Railway operators in important markets such as France also rely on Kapsch CarrierCom as does the operator of the largest GSM-R network in the world in Germany. Kapsch CarrierCom - a company of the Kapsch Group - maintains its headquarters facilities in Vienna, Austria.