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Mr. Wels has more than 20 years’ experience in the bus and coach industry. He has been Managing Director of DRI’s Mobitec AB subsidiary in Sweden since July 2007. Previously he served as Managing Director of the Company’s Mobitec GmbH subsidiary in Germany from March 2005 to July 2007.
Prior to joining the Company Mr. Wels held key positions at Carrier Sütrak a wholly owned subsidiary of Carrier Corporation/United Technologies in Syracuse N.Y. that provides air conditioning products for buses coaches and rail cars in Europe the Middle East and Africa. While there he served as Sales Director from 2001 to 2005 and managed the marketing and distribution network development program from 1998 to 2001.
From 1995 to 1998 Mr. Wels served as Product Manager for Mobitec® products in Germany under an agreement between Mobitec AB and Carrier Sütrak.
From 1986 to 1995 Mr. Wels was Bus and Coach Sales Manager for Western Europe at Ortner and Gollmann a sales and distribution company based in Germany. From 1983 to 1986 Mr. Wels served that organization as a trainee.
Mr. Wels holds an MBA in General Management from Sankt Gallen University in Switzerland.
Mr. Wels and his wife Monika reside in Aichtal Germany. They have one daughter Annalena. The family enjoys sports the cinema reading books and vacationing in the Tuscany region of Italy. Mr. Wels also enjoys working in his garden and practicing archery. | 