Dr. Uwe Schmid

As an expert principal for IT and digital, I am supporting Bain's clients in EMEA, helping companies through major business transformations or re-inventions of their technology organizations to become more nimble and agile. https://www.bain.com/de/our-team/uwe-schmid/ Areas of expertise: - IT strategy - IT architecture - IT performance improvement - IT M&A - IT project effectiveness - Digital transformations

A+W is the leading software vendor for business applications (ERP, PPS systems) in the glass and fenestration industry Overall responsibility for global business (represented in 21 countries with 6 own offices) Instrumental in selling A+W from its former owner, Glaston Oyi to Constellation Softwarer for €18 Million in 2012 Substantially improving EBITA Expanding the product range by launching next generation products

Member of the global leadership teams of Business Technology Office (BTO) • Building the industrial BTO practice by creating service lines along IT strategy, as well as IT enablement in operations (ERP, PLM, SCM, Business Intelligence, Service Management,) o Co-leading the global PLM practice and developing several clients in the aerospace and automotive industry (extended enterprise, CAD/CAM & PLM architecture) • Serving a wide range of senior IT executives / CIOs across various industries

Established SUSE as a major player in the Enterprise Linux market through leading SUSE's product strategy, marketing & communication. Instrumental in preparing SUSE for the acquisition by Novell for $210 Million.

Directing Mentor Graphics’ Data Management Business with a budget of $5 Million and revenue of $10 Million through an international team of 50 employees. (www.mentor.com/dms)

Instrumental in repositioning i2 from a player in Supply Chain into a provider of value-chain solutions, resulting in a five-fold increase in revenue in just 3 years.

Semiconductor Physics

Computational Physics

Solid State Physics, Computer Science