 In 1982, he took his first job in Stuttgart as a manager, where he worked as Sales Manager in charge of the Baden-Württemberg customers in the areas of Financial Management, Social and Energy Supply.Later he held the positions of Head of Marketing in the head office as well as the Assistant Director of Marketing and Services.1986 Staudt became head of the Berlin branch of IBM, 1989, he took over as Executive Vice President as Head of Communications / Public Relations at the headquarters of IBM Germany.