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Diebold names new CEO

June 6, 2013

Diebold Inc. has announced the appointment of Andy W. Mattes as the company's new president, chief executive officer, and member of the board of directors. He assumes his new role with the company immediately.

Henry D.G. Wallace, Diebold executive chairman of the board, will assume the non-executive chairman role effective August 15. Wallace took charge of company oversight after the ouster of previous CEO Thomas Swidarski in late January amid disappointing results for Q4 2012 and flat projections for growth in 2013.

Mattes, 52, has spent more than 25 years in the information technology and telecommunications industries, primarily with Hewlett-Packard Co. and Siemens AG. Most recently, he was senior vice president of global strategic partnerships at Violin Memory, a manufacturer of flash memory computer storage systems. 

Diebold chose its new CEO following a four-month nationwide search led by executive search firm, Korn/Ferry International. In an announcement, the company said that Mattes has a strong record of driving growth and profitability in large, global businesses. 

"We are very pleased to have Andy on board to lead Diebold as we work to transform the company to one driven by software and services-oriented technology," said Wallace. "He has the right combination of knowledge and experience at the major corporate level to lead our company during this period of swift change in the industries we serve." 

"I am excited to join Diebold and lead the company at such a critical time," Mattes said. "The company has taken a number of significant steps to help rejuvenate its business, and I look forward to continuing this work as well as implementing new approaches to strengthen our profile as a technology and service leader."

Born in Nuremberg, Germany, Mattes studied business management science at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. He, his wife Andrea and their three children currently reside in Atherton, Calif., and plan to relocate to Ohio.

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