Management
Amir Kleiner appointed COO at Stratasys
Stratasys has appointed Amir Kleiner as Chief Operating Officer. He will lead the company's Global Operations, MIS and Quality teams while continuing to lead the Customer Success team.
The appointment is intended to strengthen the link between the Customer Success organization and the Operations and Supply Chain departments. Kleiner has held numerous leadership positions during his Stratasys career to date. He previously served as VP of Global Operations and for the past three and a half years as Global VP of Customer Success, where he led improvements in the customer experience.
"This is an opportunity to structurally connect our Customer Success with our operations and supply chain infrastructures, improve our offering and meet our customers' production requirements end-to-end," says Kleiner. He will succeed Yossi Azarzar, who is leaving the company to pursue his family interests. He has been instrumental in leading Stratasys' Global Operations, Quality, Facilities & Real Estate and MIS teams and preparing the company for the transition to providing manufacturing quality solutions. A gradual handover of responsibilities will begin immediately, Stratasys announced.
"After many years in the field, Amir brings a customer perspective to our operations, strategically in the areas of data security, e-commerce, quality, product risk assessment and physical asset management to optimize our manufacturing and operations for the benefit of our global installed base," said Dr. Yoav Zeif, CEO of Stratasys. "I would like to thank Yossi for his leadership and hard work in improving our operations during a critical period of business transformation and wish him the best of luck in the future."
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