Hartmut Wagner appointed new CEO of software provider Collenda

Hartmut Wagner most recently worked at Micro Focus and HPE Software, where he managed up to 1,000 staff. As General Manager and Vice President EMEA, he was responsible for the entire solution and service business, with revenue of over EUR 100 million.

Prior to that, Wagner was a Director of the Dutch Exact Group, managing its global cloud business. In his last role at Iron Mountain, he led the global sales and marketing of the company’s online and software business from its headquarters in Boston (Massachusetts). Hartmut Wagner is a Business Administration graduate with a degree in Business, IT and Leadership from Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University in Mannheim.

Hartmut Wagner succeeds Christian U. Haas in his role as CEO at Collenda. He will continue the innovation and expansion strategy of recent years and increasingly focus on the use of new technologies for credit management and collections software. “Thanks to its consistent research and development work, Collenda finds itself in an excellent starting position for the coming years: we’re one of Europe’s pioneers in the use of groundbreaking technologies, from artificial intelligence (AI) to cloud applications. We’ll continue to pursue this strategy hand-in-hand with our long-standing customers and partners, in order to set new standards in terms of efficiency, effectiveness and ease of use. I’m looking forward to pushing ahead with new solutions and technologies, together with our strong team.”