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Dr.
Ferri Abolhassan is a member of the T-Systems Board of Management, responsible
for the IT Division and Telekom Security. From 1985 to 1988, Dr. Ferri
Abolhassan completed a bachelor’s degree in computer science at Saarland
University in Saarbrücken, Germany. After graduating, he worked at Siemens and
IBM prior to completing his doctorate in 1992. He held various senior positions
at SAP and IDS Scheer, before joining T-Systems in September 2008 as Head of
Systems Integration and a member of the Board of Management. In late 2010, Abolhassan
took on the role of Head of Production, before becoming Director of Delivery in
2013. In January 2015, Abolhassan was appointed Director of the T-Systems IT
Division, with responsibility for approximately 30,000 employees and some 6,000
customers. Moreover, to address new IT imperatives, Deutsche Telekom has
created an organizational unit for security solutions, to be headed up by
Abolhassan. The new business will combine all of Deutsche Telekom’s security
activities, and will market its cyber security offerings.