Mr. Dieter Manz has been Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer of Manz Automation AG since November 29, 2001. From 1986 until 1987, he worked in sales of industrial robots and technical consulting with IBM Germany. In July 1987, he founded Manz Automatisierungstechnik GmbH. From 1987 until 2001, he was Managing Director of Manz Automatisierungstechnik GmbH. In May 1993, he founded acs GmbH as Sole Shareholder. He has an engineering degree in fine mechanics.