Al Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Wilton, Ct

Retired

Norwalk, Ct

Global responsibility for leadership, strategy, planning and execution of company-wide technology needs. 105 direct and indirect reports, $25M budget. Arch Chemicals created by spinoff from Olin Corporation.• Built a world class IT organization widely regarded as one of the company’s key assets.• Co-chaired a project to transform the global supply chain, achieving substantial improvements in working capital and customer satisfaction. Wal-Mart recently named Arch as a top 100 supplier.• Deployed tools that gave the businesses a detailed picture of profitability, contributing to a substantial improvement in profitability and cash flow.• Developed a business intelligence system that provided global consolidated sales, inventory and profitability reporting across SAP and non-SAP systems. Started project to deploy Business Objects.• Implemented a CRM system that significantly improved visibility into sales and improved management of customer issues.• Built process to link the IT roadmap with the business strategy, achieving consensus on the path forward• Deployed a document global control system for compliance management and responsible care.• Led a SAP Maturity project to help take full advantage of the power of SAP. • Led the IT part of a successful compliance with Sarbanes Oxley.• Led the IT due diligence and IT integration for all acquisitions and spinoffs.• Led a companywide IT security project that brought Arch into in full compliance with post 9/11 security mandates. PWC was unable to penetrate the Arch’s IT environment.• Led the Safe Harbor project that insured compliance with EU privacy regulations.• Interviewed by trade magazines such as Information Week and CIO Magazine. Widely cited reference.• Arch has been repeatedly cited by Information Week as one of the most innovative users of IT.• Named by eWeek and CIOInsight as one of the top 100 CIOs for 2007 -- ranked 26 out of 100.

Norwalk, Ct

Global responsibility for leadership, strategy, planning and execution of company-wide technology needs. 185 direct and indirect reports, $35M annual budget. Olin was a $2.5B Fortune 460 global diversified manufacturing company.• Turned around a poorly focused, over budget SAP program, improving transparency and management control. • Led the IT spinoff of Arch from Olin. Operated Olin’s systems under a services agreement for 2 ½ years.• Led the successful year 2000 remediation project for Olin and Arch Chemicals.

Shelton, Ct

Responsible for creating business growth, improving internal productivity, implementing world wide information system, and strategic planning. Awarded 15 patents.• Led international business alliance team that set the framework for an international partnership to automate the routing and distribution of mail and electronic messages.• Developed and began the implementation of a migration strategy into high growth imaging, document management and hybrid mail products. Initiated technology base for encrypted proof of payment.• Led a large scale reengineering project that reduced the product development cycle by 50%, resulting in productivity savings approaching $40 million annually.• Chaired a new business development team that produced three new products and services with sales potential in excess of $600 million.• Analyzed critical technologies, markets and processes as a member of, and major contributor to, the CEO’s Future Group. Participated in the development of new strategic directions.• Built corporate systems engineering, software, and exploratory organizations, recruiting key people from leading high tech companies and upgrading skills and converting attitudes.

• Led electrical engineering and system engineering teams on product development projects.• Invented and built prototypes of pioneering high speed digital facsimile and display systems.

National Institutes Of Health, Bethesda, Md

• Satisfied military obligation• Supervised Artificial Heart Program medical instrumentation contracts.

Program For Management Development, General Management

12 week General Management course

Phd, Applied Physics

Bs, Mechanical Engineeering