The company has been managed by CEO Michael Eicher since 2007. His education and professional experience as a surveyor ensure that he really understands the needs of our users at first hand, and his extensive programming skills allow him to also implement such requirements in the software and provide advice and guidance to the programming team.
The company founder and former CEO, Dr. Konrad Cremer, retired from the business at the end of 2011.
Tobias Schudt has been a member of our team since 2010. He has a degree in surveying from the Würzburg Technical University of Applied Sciences in Germany. He first encountered CAPLAN while studying at university and now works with programming as well as with the full range of support services. These include interacting with and assisting customers on the telephone, by email, and in person on training courses and at trade fairs. In April 2025, he became an authorized signatory of the company.
Werner Liebhart also has a degree in surveying and joined the company in 2012, having previously worked as a research assistant at the Technical University of Munich. He works with software development, as well as the provision of support and training, and also represents the company at trade fairs. In April 2025, he became an authorized signatory of the company.
Jochen Eisemann graduated with a master's degree in geoinformatics and surveying from the Mainz University of Applied Sciences in 2018 and joined our team later that year. His main areas of responsibility at the company are programming, support and customer contact at training sessions and trade fairs.
Heidi Eckstein joined the company in 2020 and works with office management, documentation, and accounting. She has a master’s degree in languages and therefore has no problem communicating with our international customers. Her wide range of tasks means she comes into contact with all our customers, and her soft skills are an invaluable element in our team.
Nicholas Butler is originally from the UK, where he studied geomatics at Newcastle University and GIS at Edinburgh University. He now lives near Stockholm, where he represents our company in the Nordic countries. He is in particular responsible for translating all our text resources and documentation into English.
Ioan Costea comes from Spain and studied surveying at the University of Jaén. After previously working as a surveyor in Germany for a number of years, he now works in Switzerland and translates our programs and associated documentation into Spanish.