Management & Corporate Structure

Camille Johnston

Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Siemens Corporation

Camille Johnston joined Siemens Corporation as Vice President, Corporate Affairs on September 7, 2010, and is responsible for developing, leading and implementing a comprehensive and integrated media plan for Siemens Corporation.

Camille came to Siemens from The White House, where she served as Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady.

Prior to the White House, she worked as a communications consultant for the Entertainment Industry Foundation on the Stand Up To Cancer campaign, the nationally televised fund-raising special that aired simultaneously on ABC, CBS and NBC and raised more than $100 million for cancer research.

From 2005 to 2008, Camille was the Senior Vice President of Communications for the Los Angeles Dodgers, overseeing corporate communications, media relations, internal communications, publications, and broadcasting.

A veteran of the 1992 and 1996 Clinton-Gore campaigns, Camille also served as Communications Director for Mrs. Tipper Gore from 1999 to 2001, Press Secretary for Labor Secretary Robert Reich and Education Secretary Richard Riley, and Communications Director for OSHA.

At the end of the Clinton Administration in 2001, Johnston joined Rodale Inc. the largest independent publisher in the U.S. as Vice President of Corporate Communications. From 1997 to 1999, Johnston was the Director of Communications for WBBM-TV in Chicago, Illinois.

Camille holds a B.A. in political science from UCLA, and is based in Washington, DC.

Kevin Rogan

Cluster Compliance Officer USA and Canada, U.S. Legal Management Committee

Kevin Rogan has been appointed Cluster Compliance Officer for the Clusters USA and Canada. Mr. Rogan will also assume the duties of Regional Compliance Officer (RCO) for the USA.  Kevin will be a member of the U.S. Legal Management Committee.

Kevin has over 30 years of corporate law and compliance experience.  He was most recently the Cluster Compliance Officer for the Siemens Africa Cluster located in Johannesburg, South Africa.  He has held senior legal and compliance positions with Celanese, PepsiCo and Diageo and was an equity partner at the Dallas office of Hunton & Williams, an international law firm.

He is a graduate of Yale University and Fordham University Law School.  Kevin has relocated to the Siemens Corporation offices in New York City.  His email is krogan@siemens.com.

Daniel J. Staudt

Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel

Daniel J. Staudt is Vice President and Chief IP Counsel of the Siemens Corporations Intellectual Property Department, covering all Intellectual Property Legal matters for the Siemens US Operating Companies including its Healthcare, Industry and Energy business sectors.  Mr. Staudt’s practice focuses upon managing all of Siemens Corporations IP attorneys for all areas of Intellectual Property Law, including U.S. and International Patent, Trademark, and Copyrights, Trade Secrets, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Patent, Trademark, and Technology Licensing.  Previous to his current position he was associate chief IP counsel responsible for the IP group supporting the Siemens Energy business sector in the US, located in Orlando, Florida.

He received his undergraduate degree in Electronic Engineering and his law degree from the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio.  Previous to his work at Siemens Corporation Mr. Staudt worked as an Intellectual Property Attorney at Harris Corporation in Melbourne Florida, in its Semiconductor and Communication Business Sectors and prior to that he work as IP Counsel in the patent law firm of Biebel & French, in Dayton, Ohio.

Mr. Staudt is a board member of the Intellectual Property Owners Association, a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and a member of the Association of Corporate Patent Counsels as well as the Florida Bar.  He is licensed as a Patent Attorney in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and in the States of Florida and Ohio.

Eric A. Spiegel

President and CEO Siemens Corporation

Eric Spiegel joined Siemens in January, 2010, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Corporation and CEO of the U.S. Region. As CEO of the global engineering and technology company's largest single market, Mr. Spiegel, 54, is responsible for growing the U.S. business in the Industry, Energy, Healthcare and Infrastructure and Cities sectors. Siemens had $22 billion in U.S. sales in FY 2011 and exported ~$5 billion in products from the U.S. With more than 60,000 American employees and over 130 manufacturing locations, Siemens is represented in all 50 states.

Mr. Spiegel brings to Siemens twenty-five years of global consulting experience with complex organizations in the energy, power, chemical, water, industrial and automotive fields. Prior to joining Siemens, Mr. Spiegel was at Booz Allen Hamilton from 1986-2008. From 2008-2010, Mr. Spiegel was a senior partner and served as the Managing Partner of Booz & Company's Global Energy, Chemicals and Power consulting practice and led the firm's Washington D.C. office.

From 1999-2003, he served as the Managing Director of Booz Allen Hamilton International while living in Tokyo. This role included managing the firm's business in Asia, South America and the Middle East. He was an original member of the Board of Directors for Booz & Company and was previously a member of the Board of Directors for Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Spiegel worked at Brown Boveri (now ABB) and Temple, Barker & Sloane, Inc. (now Oliver Wyman).

An expert on the global energy industry, Mr. Spiegel co-authored the 2009 book Energy Shift: Game-changing Options for Fueling the Future, which has been translated into Arabic, Spanish, Korean and Japanese.

Mr. Spiegel holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College where he was an Edward Tuck Scholar and received his A.B. with Honors in Economics from Harvard University. He is a member of the Executive Committee of Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. and The Board of Overseers at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business. He is also a member of the Business Roundtable, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Electrification Coalition.

Alison Taylor

Vice President, Sustainability - Americas, Siemens Corporation

Alison Taylor is Vice President, Sustainability-Americas.  In this position, she is responsible for driving the sustainability program for the Americas and acting as a resource for sustainability initiatives across Siemens’ business sectors.  As Siemens expands its sustainability initiatives and strives to improve consistent global implementation of environmental goals, Alison will also be creating and participating in sustainability initiatives to advance knowledge, skills, tools and capabilities company-wide.

In her previous role as Director, Government Affairs, Taylor represented Siemens' position on environmental issues with Congress and the Executive Branch.  She developed and promoted legislation and worked with various operating companies within Siemens to develop positions and projects on environmental topics like air quality, emissions, water quality, industrial pollution and climate change.

Prior to joining Siemens, Ms. Taylor was Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for five years, and counsel to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce for six years.  Ms. Taylor has been a member of the U.S. delegation to United Nations conferences on Climate Change, Biodiversity, Sustainability and Ozone Layer Depletion.

Prior to her service on Capitol Hill, Ms. Taylor was an equity partner in the Denver-based law firm Davis, Graham and Stubbs, LLC where she specialized in water law, mining law and environmental law.  She clerked for several Denver firms and completed an internship during law school for the Honorable John L. Kane, Jr. on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.  She has contributed to numerous environmental publications and has been a frequent speaker for American Bar Association courses on environmental subjects.

Ms. Taylor graduated from Duke University with an undergraduate degree in biology, and the University of Denver with a juris doctorate degree.  She was Managing Editor of the Denver University Law Review.  Ms. Taylor is admitted to the practice of law in the District of Columbia and Colorado.

Michael Kruklinski

Vice President, Corporate Development & Strategy, Siemens Corporation

Michael Kruklinski is Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Corporate Development for Siemens Corporation USA. In this role, he is responsible for cross-sector strategies, new business opportunities and portfolio management. Kruklinski has led the creation Siemens Industry Sector, as well as the Company’s SmartGrid business unit and eCar initiative. In addition he is Siemens’ NYC Ambassador.

With over 20 years experience at Siemens, Kruklinski has held a number of senior positions within the company. He has been involved with MIS and organizational development, benchmarking and business process reengineering, business process consulting and market intelligence and competitor analysis.

Prior to joining the company Kruklinski worked as a Senior Principal at A.T. Kearney Inc. in the firm’s financial institutions and high tech industry group. Further, he was Sr. VP and Director of Finance & Director of Business Process Innovations at First American Corporation.

Mr. Kruklinski is a frequent and popular speaker at strategic and M&A conferences, a business board member of American Council on Germany, a board member of NY/NJ/CT Regional Planning Association and a board member of Siemens Caring Foundation. Michael holds his Abitur from Hoelty Gymnasium, Germany with a specialization in physics and mathematics.

Kruklinski is married and has two children. He resides in Northern New Jersey.

Kathleen A. Ambrose

Senior Vice President, Siemens Government Affairs

Kathleen A. Ambrose joined Siemens in April 2009 as Senior Vice President, Government Affairs and head of the Washington Office.  She brings over 20 years of executive leadership experience in a wide variety of fields—corporate, legal, public policy, politics, communications, international, congressional and government relations.

She served in the White House for three presidents, with her last assignment as US lead for G-8 and US-EU Summits for President Clinton.  As Deputy General Counsel at the US Department of Commerce, she chaired the U S delegation for multilateral and bilateral talks. As a trade association executive, she represented the global chemical industry in international negotiations.

During four years on Capitol Hill as chief of staff to a Member of Congress, she handled legislation before the Banking, Judiciary and Ways & Means Committees. She has headed the Washington offices of a global plastics and chemicals company and the third largest global mining company prior to joining Siemens. She is married to Barry Carter, Professor of Law at Georgetown University, with a son and a daughter in college. The family lives in Washington, D.C.

Kurt D. Bettenhausen

Head CT US in Princeton

Kurt D. Bettenhausen has been appointed the new head of Corporate Technology in Princeton, New Jersey, as well as the head of the IAT Cluster. He will start in his new position on October 1. Bettenhausen is currently a manager in the Industrial Automation Division, where he is in charge of the Engineering and Consulting Business sub segment at Process Automation in the Industrial Automation Business Unit in Frankfurt. "I am delighted to have recruited a proven automation expert for the Information & Automation Technologies Cluster," said Reinhold Achatz, head of Corporate Technology Research and Technologies. "Research is a crucial aspect of the work conducted by Siemens USA; it helps make us more competitive in all of our areas of business," said Eric Spiegel, President and CEO of Siemens USA. "Corporate Technology makes valuable contributions to this goal. It is important that an experienced manager from the operating business will now take on this responsibility."

Bettenhausen attained a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Darmstadt. He began his career in the research and technology department of Hoechst. Later, he held senior positions in marketing, sales and product management at Axiva. After Axiva was acquired by Siemens in 2003, he worked on strategic planning of process automation and industrial software at Automation & Drives and eventually headed a research department focused on those areas. Since 2007, Bettenhausen has headed up the Engineering and Consulting Business sub segment of I IA. Bettenhausen is Chairman of the Association of German Engineers’ measurement and automation technology organization. "At CT in Princeton, I will be able to put both my operational experience and my research and development background to good use. I look forward to this exciting task," Bettenhausen said.

Jim Whaley

Sr. Vice President, Communications & Marketing
Siemens Corporation

As Sr. Vice President of Communications and Marketing for Siemens Corporation, Jim Whaley is responsible for the strategy, direction and management of this global technology company’s corporate communications in the United States.  Ranked 30th on the Fortune Global 500, Siemens has more than $22 billion in annual U.S. sales, exports $2.1 billion from the U.S. and employs over 60,000 employees in all 50 states.

Jim is currently leading the execution of the U.S. Answers Campaign, the largest marketing investment in the company’s history.  This includes the next phase of the Answers advertising campaign that will run in all major media outlets.  It positions Siemens as the leader in environmental and sustainable technologies such as renewable energy, healthcare IT, energy efficient buildings and Smart Grid.

Jim joined Siemens in 2004 as Vice President of the Siemens Foundation. He became President of the Siemens Foundation in June 2006 and continued to serve in that position until March of 2010 when he became the Foundation’s Vice Chairman.

Under his tenure, the Foundation expanded its Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement program to all fifty states, recognizing students, teachers and schools for exceptional achievement in AP math and science courses nationally.  The Foundation also launched Siemens Teacher Scholarships in collaboration with the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund and United Negro College Fund.  This initiative awards college scholarships to encourage minority students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities to pursue teaching careers in science and math.  He also initiated Siemens Science Day, a national program created to captivate young students’ interest in math, science and technology.

Previously, Jim served as Director of Communications at the United States Military Academy at West Point.  In that position he executed an innovative communications plan in celebration of West Point’s 200th anniversary.  This plan resulted in 24 books, eight network television documentaries, and won the 2003 Public Relations Society of America Award of Excellence and the 2003 PR Week Public Campaign of the Year.

Jim has more than 20 years of management experience that includes integrated marketing, strategic communications, media relations, internal communications, crisis communications, and community relations. He is a graduate of Lock Haven University where he received his undergraduate degree.   He completed his MBA at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.   He also attended the Defense Information School (graduate level management), Ft. Meade, MD, and completed the U.S. Army Helicopter Instructor Pilot Course at Fort Rucker, AL.  He was a Master Aviator and was awarded the Legion of Merit as well as numerous other awards.

He serves on the boards of the New York American Heart Association, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, The New York Hall of Science and the US Chamber of Commerce’s Business Civic Leadership Center.

E. Robert Lupone

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Siemens Corporation

E. Robert Lupone, 48, became Vice President and General Counsel of Siemens Corporation in 1999 and was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2000.

Bob is responsible for the legal and compliance functions of Siemens USA.  He manages the Siemens U.S. Legal Department, which provides a broad array of U.S. legal services to Siemens management and Siemens operating groups in areas including litigation, M&A, corporate law, commercial and finance law, compliance and regulatory matters, technology licensing, employment/ benefits, and real estate/ environmental matters.

Since 1992, Bob has held other positions in the Siemens U.S. Legal Department, including Senior Counsel, Corporate Transactions and General Counsel, Siemens Medical.

Prior to joining Siemens, Bob was Vice President and General Counsel of Price Communications Corporation (AMEX) and before that he was an M&A/securities/corporate lawyer at the New York law firms of Fried, Frank, Harris Shriver & Jacobson and Rogers & Wells.

He is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Corporate Counsel Association; American Bar Association – Sections of Business Law, International Law, Law Department Management and Committee of Corporate General Counsel; and Corporate Executive Board – General Counsel Roundtable. He is also on the Board of Advisors of the Georgetown Law Corporate Counsel Institute, and serves as a Director of the Brown University Club of Fairfield County.

Bob is a graduate of Brown University and Georgetown Law School, where he served on the Editorial Board of The Tax Lawyer.

Mike Panigel

SVP and CHRO, Siemens Corporate Human Resources U.S./Americas,
member of the Board of Siemens Corporation U.S.

As Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Mike Panigel is responsible for the strategic direction, design and governance of human resources policies and practices for Siemens U.S. and the Americas. Mike also serves on the Corporate Human Resources Leadership Board responsible for setting global HR Strategy and Policy.

Previously, Mike served as Vice President, Human Resources of Siemens Healthcare based in Malvern, Pennsylvania. He led the integration of significant healthcare businesses acquired during the last several years and played a key role in designing and implementing a coordinated human resource strategy across Healthcare located throughout the U.S.

Prior to his assignment with Siemens Healthcare, Mike served as Vice President, Global Compensation & Benefits at Siemens AG in Munich. Before moving to Siemens’ headquarters in Munich, Mike led the human resources function in a number of different regions, including South Africa and 14 other neighboring countries earlier in his career.

Mike is a board member of the Siemens Foundation, which provides more than $4.5 million annually in grants and other financial support towards science, technology, engineering and math education initiatives. He is also a board member of Siemens Caring Hands Foundation, a not-for-profit organization organized by Siemens to receive and disburse funds to charitable institutions, and mobilize Siemens employees to donate their time and talents for worthy causes that impact the communities in which we live and work.

Mike has a degree in Industrial Psychology from the University of Pretoria and postgraduate qualifications in Labor Law and General Management from the University of South Africa.

Ken Cornelius

President and CEO, Siemens One
A Division of Siemens Corporation

Ken Cornelius leads the Siemens One division of Siemens Corporation.  In this role, Cornelius helps Siemens develop business opportunities that involve multiple Siemens business units focused in the key areas of Energy, Industry and Healthcare.  By leveraging the breadth of Siemens portfolio of companies, innovations and global financial strength, the Siemens One team provides customers with tailored solutions that improve their performance and bolster their competitive position in the marketplace.

Siemens One clients represent a broad mix of industry sectors including healthcare, airport, pharmaceutical, data centers, transportation, construction as well as U.S. Federal Government initiatives.

Ken began his Siemens career as a sales representative in 1977 and has held numerous sales, marketing and senior management positions; most recently Vice President of Sales for Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. He was named to his current position in 2001.

Cornelius currently serves on the board of directors with the Metro-Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. As Chairman of the Metro Atlanta Global Commerce Council, Ken works to increase the number of international companies locating to the metro Atlanta area to increase job growth and investments. Cornelius was appointed by Governor Sonny Purdue to the Board of Governors of the Geo. L. Smith, II Georgia World Congress Center Authority.

As the Siemens City Ambassador for Atlanta, he regularly meets with leaders in the civic, governmental and non-profit sectors and has been featured in USA Today, CNBC’s Morning Call and Time Magazine as well as Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Georgia Business and the Knowledge@Emory interview series.  He and his wife have two daughters and reside in Alpharetta, Georgia.

Klaus P. Stegemann

Chief Financial Officer Siemens Corporation
Cluster CFO, Siemens USA

Klaus P. Stegemann, 54, was named Chief Financial Officer of Siemens Corporation in June 2009 - a position he previously held from 2002 to 2005.  He additionally serves as Cluster CFO for the Americas and coordinates CFOs throughout the Western Hemisphere, including the Clusters of Brazil, Canada, Meso-America and Austral-Andina.

Prior to returning to the United States, he served from 2005 to 2008 as CFO of Siemens Medical Solutions/Siemens’ Healthcare Sector in Erlangen, Germany, where he oversaw all financial matters for this nearly $15 billion business with 48,000 employees worldwide.

In 2004, while previously serving as CFO of Siemens Corporation in New York, he also assumed responsibility for coaching Siemens’ CIO Americas organization, signaling information management’s importance as a key driver for business success.

Prior to joining Siemens Corporation, he was the CFO since 1999 of the worldwide Angiography, Fluoroscopy and Radiographic Systems Business of Siemens AG Medical Solutions (Forcheim, Germany), where he applied the financial strategies and tools that ultimately turned the business around in less than two years.

Klaus has had an exceptional 36-year career in financial operations at Siemens, both in the U.S. and in Germany.  He has taken on a variety of important global challenges, in each case making a major contribution to Siemens’ business performance.

Before he joined Siemens Medical, Klaus cultivated a unique array of business unit experience in the U.S. and Germany, including projects at the Company’s Transportation Systems, Automation & Drives, Power Generation, Industrial Solutions & Services Groups, and at the Siemens AG Corporate headquarters, where he helped solve the tough business challenges associated with restructuring, integration and profitability.

A fisherman who also enjoys hiking, traveling and art, Klaus resides in New York City with his wife. They have one daughter.