asknet AG has retained Jens Weckbach, the experienced IBM expert, as Head of International Business Development Academics as of March 2018. Mr. Weckbach will be employed at asknet as part of IBM's "Champions for Growth" program for a period of 18 months. During the past ten years, Mr. Jens Weckbach held various sales and management roles at IBM. Most recently, he was responsible for serving the Analytics and Cloud sales partners (system integrators), including asknet, in the DACH region. In the next 18 months, Mr. Weckbach will spearhead the global business development of asknet's Academics Business Unit. His tasks include pushing forward the Academics business internationally and expanding the cooperation with IBM to include topics such as blockchain and AI technology applications.