Former Elgato chief to head Apple Germany

Geier will replace Frank Steinhoff, who departed from the company nine months ago, macnews.de reported on its website on Tuesday.

Since July of 2003, Geier was CEO of Munich, Germany-based Elgato, a privately held company that specializes in products that enable Mac users to watch, record, edit and share video and TV within the digital home.

This won't be the first time that Geier has accepted a position with Apple. From April 2000 to June 2003 he was a member of the company's Cupertino, Calif.-based Applications Division where he held the title of Senior Director.

Geier's resume also includes stints at DVD specialist Astarte and distributor ComLine.