Top Management

Dr. Jochen Weyrauch
CEO of Dürr Systems AG
Born in 1966
Nationality: German
Study: Industrial Engineering and Management
since 2022 | CEO Dürr AG and CEO Dürr Systems AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen |
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2017 – 2021 | Member of the Board of Management of Dürr AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen |
2014 – 2016 |
Endurance Capital AG, Munich Senior Partner Independent Consultant |
2006 – 2014 |
Schenck Process Holding GmbH, Darmstadt President & CEO |
2003 – 2005 |
Carl Schenck AG, Darmstadt Member of the Management Board/COO |
1999 – 2003 |
Turbo-Lufttechnik GmbH (TLT), Zweibrücken & Cleveland, Ohio President & CEO |
1999 – 2002 | PhD (Dr.) |
1990 – 1999 |
Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG, Frankfurt am Main Various management positions Member of the Management Board |

Jaroslaw Baginski
CFO of Dürr Systems AG
- Born in 1968
- Nationality: German
- Study: Master in Business Administration and Engineering / Diploma - Industrial Engineer (TU)
since 2015 |
Member of the Board of Management and CFO of Dürr Systems AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen Additionally: Head of the Cross Functional Team Health & Safety at Dürr Group |
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2008 - 2015 |
Dürr Sytems GmbH Global CFO of the Division Paint and Final Assembly Systems |
2005 - 2008 |
Dürr Systems GmbH Controlling Business Unit Paint Systems |
2001 - 2005 |
Dürr Systems GmbH Controlling Manager |
1995 - 2001 |
ABB Group Several positions in Finance and Administration Head of Finance and Controlling |

Bruno Welsch
CEO Division Paint and Final Assembly Systems
Born in 1966
Nationality: German
Education: Electrician and Systems informatics technician
since August 2018 |
CEO of the Paint and Final Assembly Systems division and member of the Board of Management of Dürr Systems AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen |
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2010 – 2018 | President & CEO of Dürr Systems North America (Canada, USA, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador) |
2008 – 2010 |
President of Paint and Final Assembly Systems of Dürr de México S.A. de C.V. and Vice President of Paint and Final Assembly Systems North America |
2005 – 2008 | Managing Director of Dürr de México S.A. de C.V. |
2002 – 2005 | Project manager |
2000 – 2001 |
Team leader software development |
1996 – 2000 |
Career start at Dürr electrical hardware design and software development |
1985 – 1995 |
Various positions at Zertz + Scheid Ingenieurgesellschaft in electrical hardware design and software development, among others |

Dr. Lars Friedrich
CEO Division Application Technology
Born in 1971
Nationality: German
Study: Physics and Business Administration
from January 2019 | CEO Division Application Technology |
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since October 2018 | Member of the Board of Management Dürr Systems AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen |
2015 – 2018 |
Sick AG, Reute Chairman Division Identification & Measuring Member of the Sick Management Board Co Head Sick Industry 4.0 Initiative |
2009 – 2015 |
JDS Uniphase Corp., Milpitas, California, USA Vice President and General Manager in various business units |
2000 – 2008 |
Adva Optical Networking SE, Munich various management positions (incl. Vice President Technology/Strategy, Vice President Product Line) |
1999 – 2000 |
Ciena Corp, Hanover, Maryland, USA Lead Engineer |
1999 | Ph.D. Physics |
1996 – 1999 | CREOL Fellowship, University of Central Florida, USA |

Kenneth Zak
CEO Division Clean Technology Systems
Born in 1959
Nationality: American
Study/Education: Chemistry and Masters in Business Administration
since July 2021 |
Dürr Systems AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen CEO Clean Technology Systems division |
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2018 - 2021 |
Dürr Systems AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen Senior Vice-President: CTS America |
2015 - 2018 |
B&W MEGTEC, De Pere, Wisconsin, USA President |
2012 - 2015 |
MEGTEC/B&W MEGTEC, De Pere, Wisconsin, USA Senior Vice–President: Business Operations |
2003 - 2012 |
MEGTEC, De Pere, Wisconsin, USA Vice-President: Industrial & Environmental Products Group |
1992 – 2003 |
MEGTEC, De Pere, Wisconsin, USA Director of Marketing & Business Development |
1988 – 1992 |
W.R. Grace & Co., Columbia, Maryland, USA Development Manager; Columbia Research & Development Center |
1982 – 1988 |
Owens-Corning Fiberglass, Toledo, Ohio, USA Various positions in marketing research and commercialization of new technologies |