Mr. Pirthauer was named Vice President & President of Allied Dynamos Group in July 2020. He joined Allied Motion as Chief Executive Officer of the Heidrive Group after its acquisition by the Company in January 2016. Mr. Pirthauer progressed to the position of Chief Executive Officer of Heidrive GmbH in January 2013. Previously he held several positions in Heidrive GmbH including the position as Director of Sales and Technical Development since 2007 and Leader of the Sales Department since 2003. Prior to joining Heidrive GmbH, Mr. Pirthauer was the group leader of customer applications in the Heidolph GmbH & Co KG. Prior to that Mr. Pirthauer founded his own engineering consulting company IHP in August 1996 and served for the Heidolph GmbH & Co. KG since January 1997 as a consultant.