Dirk Bilgram is an experienced professional in business development and technical marketing, currently serving as Manager of Business Development and Technical Marketing at HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH since 2012, focusing on functional safety applications. Previously, Dirk held various roles at Microtune/ZORAN from 2005 to 2011, including Director of European Sales and Director of Product Marketing, with responsibilities spanning sales, marketing, and product management for RF and digital semiconductors in EMEA and Asia. Dirk's earlier career includes roles in technical marketing and account management at ATI (2000-2004) and product marketing at Diamond Multimedia (1995-2000), where the focus included semiconductors for digital TV and pioneering products like the world's first MP3 player. Dirk's career began as an IT Consultant at Bilgram from 1991 to 1994, after completing education at Deutsche Telekom between 1990 and 1994.
HIMA Group
The HIMA Group is the world’s leading independent provider of safety-related automation solutions for the process and railway industries to protect people, the environment and assets. HIMA solutions help increase functional safety, strengthen automation security and boost plant profitability. For over 50 years, HIMA has been a trusted partner to the world's largest companies in the process industry (including chemical, petrochemicals, oil, gas, and energy-producing companies). With more than 50,000 TÜV-certified safety systems (SIL 3 and SIL 4) installed worldwide, HIMA qualifies as the technology leader in this sector. As a safety expert, HIMA provides the safety technology as well as consulting, engineering, services, and training to best assist the customers throughout the entire safety lifecycle. With the world's first CENELEC SIL 4-certified programmable safety controller, HIMA has revolutionized the railway industry. The commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products are open safety controllers that ensure end users and integrators independence, flexibility and cost savings, and can be easily integrated and maintained in a wide variety of solutions. As the core element, HIMA systems provide functional safety and IT security in applications such as level crossings, interlockings and rolling stocks, Subscribe for HIMA-newsletter: www.hima.com/updates Legal Notice: https://www.hima.com/en/legal-notice/