Horst Bliedung has 20 years of extensive experience in sales, partner management, product management, marketing, and technology in the fields of application software, communications, and security. He has vertical market experience in enterprise, healthcare, and government. Horst is an effective team leader, communicator, creative strategist, and technology visionary.

Horst Bliedung is currently a director international sales management at Siemens IT Solutions and Services (SIS) and responsible for the international security and identity management business. In particular, he is also responsible for the business development in the region Austria / Central East Europe (CEE) thru Siemens direct sales and indirect sales channels. The product and solution portfolio comprise security and identity solutions including the following major product suites:
DirX Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Siemens ID Center (Biometrics)

Horst Bliedung received a diploma in computer science form the University of Paderborn, Germany. He started his professional carrier in 1982 at Nixdorf Computer AG to manage two international research projects (funded by the European Commission) with partners in UK, France, Holland, and Italy to develop a broadband communication system. During the following years he was responsible for international marketing, consulting, market research, and sales / partner management in the field of application software.