Thomas Runde

CEO of Tietjen

Thomas Runde is CEO and Sales Director of Tietjen Verfahrenstechnik GmbH since 2013. He combines a background from machine manufacturing and environmental technologies with a hands-on and result-driven approach to business and leadership. Before coming to Tietjen, he worked as managing director for several international companies from the machinery industry and renewables. He achieved a university degree from the University of Muenster in Germany and the University of Washington in Seattle in 1995. Thomas career started in telecommunication and consulting, before he focused on technology-driven medium sized companies like Tietjen in the early 2000 years. He worked on long-term projects in India, South East-Asia and Eastern Europe and served as a MD for a tech company in Belgium. Since 2013 he fully dedicated his management power and heart to the particle size reduction topic, leading the Tietjen company from a component manufacturer (with an excellent reputation for machine quality) to a complete solution provider in particle size reduction. Tietjen delivered more than 2,100 projects and corresponding services worldwide to nearly all countries of the world since 1959.