KuppingerCole Analysts AG
Berthold Kerl began their work experience at Siemens as a Student Worker in 1985. Berthold then moved on to work as a Project Manager at EDV Studio Ploenzke from 1988 to 1990. After that, they became a Project Manager at Deutsche Bank Life Insurance from 1990 to 1993. Berthold joined CSC in 1993 and took on roles such as Manager, Director Business Area SAP Financial Services, and Head of European SAP Practice Financial Services. In 2002, Kerl started working at Deutsche Bank where they held several positions including Global Head of Access Systems, Head of IT Transformation, Global Head of Information & Technology Risk Governance, and Global Head of Identity and Access / CISO EMEA. Finally, in 2020, they became the CEO of KuppingerCole Analysts AG.
Berthold Kerl attended FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg from 1983 to 1988, earning a degree in Wirtschaftsinformatik, specifically a Dipl. Kfm.
KuppingerCole Analysts AG
KuppingerCole, founded in 2004, is a European analyst company focusing on identities and access management, their governance, and risk management to facilitate innovation- and corporate-value oriented, secure, privacy-maintaining information management in businesses, in the cloud, in mobile and social computing. KuppingerCole stands for expertise, thought leadership, neutrality and outstanding practical relevance, and supports corporate users, integrators and software manufacturers in meeting both tactical and strategic challenges. Maintaining a balance between immediate implementability and long-term viability is at the heart of KuppingerCole’s philosophy. Together with founder Martin Kuppinger, KuppingerCole’s highly qualified and globally recognized analysts make their expertise available to KuppingerCole clients in the form of research notes and manufacturer-independent consulting (trusted advisory services). As an independent analyst group, KuppingerCole organises conferences, seminars, workshops, management briefings, webcasts and online training in the fields of information security and IAM, and hosts the European Identity & Cloud Conference, which has established itself as Europe’s leading event for opinion leadership and best practices in identity management, cloud security and GRC. IMPRINT KuppingerCole Analysts AG Wilhelmstr. 20-22 65185 Wiesbaden Germany Board of Management: Berthold Kerl (CEO) Bettina Buthmann Supervisory Board: Michel Roux (Chairman) Marion Ulmschneider Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Bruder Contact: Phone: +49 (211) 2370 77-0 Fax: +49 (211) 2370 77-11 E-Mail: info@kuppingercole.com Registration: Registration court: Amtsgericht Wiesbaden, Germany Registration number: HRB 29536 VAT-ID: DE315646962 Responsible for content according to § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Joerg Resch Martin Kuppinger