Personnel announcements May 2021

Jesus Martinez joins Syntax team

Jesus Martinez is the new Vice President Operations and member of the European management team at IT service provider Syntax. In his new role, Martinez is responsible for the smooth running of all operations activities in Europe and reports to European CEO Ralf Sürken.

He has a particular focus on adapting Syntax's product and service strategy to changing market and customer requirements and helping to shape the company's globally oriented growth path. The 54-year-old engineering graduate joins Syntax from KPN International, where he held various management positions over the past 18 years.

Most recently, as Vice President Operations International, General Manager Germany and Managing Director for the UK, France and Hong Kong, he had overall responsibility for the service, engineering and operations of the global ICT network. He was also involved as a member of the management team in the sale of KPN's international fixed network business to GTT Communications. Prior to joining KPN International, Martinez was Director Backbone Operations at Ebone/KPNQwest, responsible for network operations in the DACH region.