Rüdiger Skrzipietz strengthens Mehler Protection Platform Armour leadership as CSO

People and appointments at Mehler Protection Platform Armour, where the leadership is being reorganised: with effect from 1 July 2026, Rüdiger Skrzipietz joins the management as Managing Director and Chief Sales Officer (CSO). Together with Christian Vahldiek from the existing management, he will thus lead the company.

Mehler Protection Platform Armour is behind the platform protection solutions of Mehler Systems. With this appointment, the company is responding to the continuing growth in demand from international defence programmes for advanced protection systems. According to a press release, the main aim is to cooperate even more closely with vehicle manufacturers and strategic partners and to expand further internationally.

For his new role, Skrzipietz can draw on more than two decades in leadership and management positions in the security and defence industry. Most recently, as President Optics and Optoelectronics at GuS glass + safety GmbH & Co. KG, he was responsible for strategic direction and business development in the GUS Group, including product innovation. Before that, he headed the Vehicle Solution business unit of Autoflug GmbH, where he expanded and internationalised the business with military safety seat systems.

Division of tasks at Mehler Protection Platform Armour

In his dual role as Managing Director and CSO, Skrzipietz is responsible for sales and business development. This also includes expanding strategic customer relationships, broadening international business opportunities and the company's further growth. Research and development remain with Christian Vahldiek, who will continue to bear overall technical responsibility for production and scaling.

“I am confident that the success story of Mehler Protection can be continued through the further expansion of cooperation and a higher speed of implementation”— Rüdiger Skrzipietz

His work is to focus on further developing the sales orientation in order to market the company's security technology capabilities in platform protection. He intends to contribute his network and experience to this end, in order to “bring innovative and competitive security solutions to the market” together with capable partners and the team.

Christian Vahldiek also regards the appointment as a clear reinforcement:

“Rüdiger combines extensive industry expertise with a deep understanding of our customers and the international defence market”— Christian Vahldiek

With his experience in building strategic partnerships and developing complex technology companies, Skrzipietz is an important addition to the leadership team, he said – and at a time when the company is further expanding its portfolio of platform protection solutions.