DR. GERD WOLFRAM
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"Implications of a Changing Economic Environment on IT / IM Activities within Metro Group"
Dr. Gerd Wolfram, Head of CIO-office, Metro Group
Dr. Gerd Wolfram has been part of the METRO Group for the past 20 years and during this time has held several executive management positions before becoming Head of CIO-Office in June 2009. In this central function he is responsible for IT Governance, IT Transparency, IT Compliance and the alignment of the different IT systems and solutions for the whole METRO Group.
His career at METRO Group, one of the most important international retailing companies, began at Galeria Kaufhof, the department stores of the Group, where he was responsible for the IT operations.
He then moved on to MGI METRO Group Information Technology GmbH, the group’s IT service provider, where he first was in charge of IT Strategy & IT Buying before then becoming Member of the Board being responsible for Advanced Technologies & Finance.
Further, he was also a key driver and promoter of the Future Store Initiative, one of the most innovative projects of the Group. With renowned partner companies this initiative drives the development of modern technologies and systems in the retailing sector and offers a platform for testing under real-live conditions.
He is also member of national and international committees which promote the standardisation of logistics and merchandise management processes in retail in the context of radio frequency identification (RFID), for example EPCglobal and GS1 Germany.
METRO Group is one of the most important international retailing companies: Some 300,000 employees from 150 nations are working at over 2,100 outlets in 33 countries in Europe, Africa and Asia. The portfolio of our strong sales brands offers a wide range of services for private and commercial customers: Metro Cash & Carry (the world’s market leader in cash & carry), Real hypermarkets, Media Markt and Saturn (Europe’s leader in consumer electronic retailing) and Galeria Kaufhof (the system leader in the department store business). All sales brands of the METRO Group take leading market positions in their respective segment and demonstrate their competence in trade and retail on a daily basis.
Presentations
The presentations that are allowed to be shared with the delegates are now accessible via this website, in PDF format. All delegates have received a thank-you e-greeting announcing the password. Please note that the password is case sensitive! Unfortunately, some presenters do not want to share their presentation. The presentation by Stephen Brobst - “The Science of Analysis” (Wednesday April 14) - is only available in hard copy. Please send an e-mail to scarlett.vandermeulen@teradata.com
if you want a copy.
Automotive Day
For the first time this year, we organised a special track for the Automotive Industry which proved to be very successful.The presentations of this one-day session are available here.
