Joerg Wirthmann joined CTE as part of the recent acquisition of smartShift along with Stefan. At smartShift, Joerg was responsible for all worldwide sales as well as channel partnership establishment and management. Prior to smartShift, Joerg held senior sales positions at PeopleSoft, later acquired by Oracle, where he was in charge of Oracle’s Application Business Unit. Joerg has over 15 years of experience in sales and management, with past positions at leading IT enterprises, including IDS Scheer, PeopleSoft, Unisys and Vantive. Joerg holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Technical University, Darmstadt and a Master’s in Business Administration from Schiller International University, Florida.

Sudip Kar joined CTE in 2003 to lead and implement enterprise software and cloud development projects using global delivery model. He heads the delivery from various CTE locations in the world, servicing the Company’s U.S, EU and India based customers. He also heads the PMO - the quality and delivery monitoring unit of CTE. He is the head of CTE’s BPO division as well. Prior to joining CTE, he was a founding member of a U.S. based startup in San Francisco Bay Area, and successfully merged its technology with a French conglomerate. Over his 17 years of experience in IT industry, Sudip worked in both India and the U.S. for various companies like HCL HP, Delsoft, etc. Sudip holds a degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Jadavpur University.

Nitin Tyagi is the Vice President of Enterprise Solutions for Cambridge Technology Enterprises, and heads the technical delivery in North America for Cloud Computing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Business Intelligence, and Data Warehousing, with a focus in delivery of enterprise products. Nitin oversees global delivery teams, works with global business teams, and the Client Partner of large strategic accounts. He has over 15 years of professional global experience in the software industry and successfully led multiple consulting, client services, sales and delivery roles across companies. Prior to joining CTE, Nitin led engineering, development, and commercial production efforts of ZDK-7100 Series Irdeto set-top boxes for Zintech Holding, B.V., Netherlands, a consumer electronic solution provider. Tyagi holds Masters and Bachelors in Computer Sciences.

Arndt Hoffmann is responsible for smartShift’s SAP Delivery Organization. Arndt started his career as Consultant and Project Manager for Coopers & Lybrand’s (PricewaterhouseCoopers) Financial Services Unit in Germany- responsible for major SAP Implementation projects in Europe. In 1998 Arndt joined i-Cube as a Project Manager and Client Partner, leading complex legacy transformation projects.  Later he accompanied CTE’S CEO, Stefan Hetges, in building today’s smartShift. Arndt hast over 18 years of experience in IT transformation and SAP implementation, Upgrade and SLO-Projects. Arndt holds a Masters in Business Administration from University of Marburg with specialization in Business Computing.