Oliver Fischer-Samano

 

Current Job and Functions

 

IT/IS Director Baerlocher USA

 

Responsibilities:

All Baerlocher NAFTA region IT/IS activities including 2 production sites in Ohio and 6 sales offices in the US and Canada.

 

-          Implementation and operation of SAP ERP system in the US

-          Computer driven production with ABB Freelance

-          Wireless WMS system

-          Communication infrastructure

-          Network infrastructure NAFTA region

-          User support

-          US It operation center

 

About Baerlocher:

 

The Baerlocher group of companies is one of the world's leading additive suppliers, drawing on its experience from more than 175 years of company history. Our expertise in the production and use of plastic additives is closely linked to the success story of plastic materials. Our global presence and more than 800 employees around the world make sure we stay close to our customers. 13 production sites in Germany, Italy, France, Great Britain, the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, India, Korea and Malaysia as well as a sales network covering more than 40 countries make us a strong partner.

 

Accomplishments

 

-          Design and realization of the wireless office. (All of our offices are completely wireless including data and VoIP phones)

-          Newly implemented wireless WMS system

-          Terminal Services with ‘Thin clients’

-          Worldwide use of VPN networks

-          Cost reduction with new technologies 25% per year

 

Job Experience

 

2004 – present IT/IS Director Baerlocher USA

2001 – 2004  IT/IS Manager Baerlocher USA Cincinnati, OH

1998 – 2001 Founder and CEO ProBiz GmbH Munich/Germany

2000 – 2001 Principal Consultant and Senior Trainer Microsoft Europe

1996 – 2000 Senior Consultant and Trainer Microsoft Europe

1994 – 1996 Consultant and Trainer Microsoft Munich/Germany

1992 – 1994 IT – Manager Personal Computer and LAN Baerlocher GmbH Munich/Germany

1990 – 1992 Scholarship with internship at Baerlocher GmbH Munich/Germany

 

Education

 

1994 – 1996 ‚Hochschule fuer Politik’, Munich/Germany Major: political science

1990 – 1993University of Bayreuth’, Bayreuth/Germany Majors: economics and computer science

1980 – 1990 High school Louise Schroeder Gymnasium Munich/Germany

1976 – 1980 Elementary school