Overvoltage protection
Thomas Schöpf is the new CTO at Dehn + Söhne
With the Managing Directors Dr. Philipp Dehn (CEO), Helmut Pusch (CSO) and Christian Köstler (COO), Dr. Thomas Schöpf is now at the helm of Dehn + Söhne as CTO. He takes over the position from Peter Zahlmann.
Since September 1, 2017, Dr. Thomas Schöpf has been working at Dehn in tandem with CTO Dr. Peter Zahlmann. The latter will retire on July 1, 2018. Thanks to his passion for technology, Zahlmann has contributed to Dehn's success, first as Head of Development and since 2004 as Managing Director in the Technology division, driving the development of lightning protection components and surge protection devices.
Schöpf was born in Austria in 1967 and studied electrical engineering at the Vienna University of Technology, where he also completed his doctorate at the Institute for Switchgear and High Voltage Technology at the end of 1994. He began his career as a development engineer and later as Manager Material Engineering at Siemens.
After holding positions at Delphi and Eaton - including 13 years in the USA - Schöpf was most recently Director Research & Development and Chairman of the Global Technology Council for Belden. In this position, he was responsible for the management and control of all research and development activities in the field of industrial connectivity.
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