Bob Fischer Email & Phone Number

The World Affairs Council of St. Louis connects citizens of the Saint Louis region with the world. The Council’s mission is to promote understanding, engagement, develop relationships and inspire leadership in World Affairs. As Executive Director, I have general management responsibility for all of the Council's activities.

• COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION (CSC) - Columbia, SC 1995 – 2001At the end of 2000, Mynd Corporation was acquired by Computer Sciences Corporation and now operates as a subsidiary of CSC. When I joined the company in.
• Primarily focused on international business development to include expansion of businesses in existing markets and entry into new markets with a particular focus on Japan, China, India and Korea. 1999 - 2000
• Responsible for providing marketing and technical support to Mynd’s international business which produces over $200 million in annual revenues, employs 1,500 people, and operates in thirty plus countries. 1997 - 1998
• General Manager of Mynd’s operations in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the Asia Region (ten countries); this high growth segment produced $75 million in annual revenue and employed 500 people. 1995 - 1996
• Conducted market research, established investment banking, consultant, and partner relationships, and authored a business plan for Mynd’s entry into the deregulated Japanese insurance market (the world’s largest life.
• Consummated long-term distribution agreements with three Japanese companies willing to make substantive investments in preparing US developed software for the Asian market; expect initial sales in 2001.

• STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION (SDRC) - Milford, OH 1991 - 1994 Corporate Vice President. Member of Executive Committee and Senior Vice President & General Manager. Software Products DivisionProfit and loss.
• Worldwide Sales & Support
• Market and Product Management
• Distribution Channels
• Major Accounts
• Marketing Communications

• PRIME COMPUTER, INC./COMPUTERVISION, INC. - Natick, MA 1986 - 1990Corporate Vice President. Member of Corporate Operating Committee 1986 -1990President and General Manager, Computervision - 1990Vice President of.
• General Manager having P&L responsibility for Prime’s CAD/CAM business which included sales, support, software development, marketing, finance, legal and human resources. Revenues were approximately $200 million in.
• Successfully integrated Prime’s software business with Computervision (acquired February, 1988) and Calma (acquired December 1988) to become world’s second largest CAE/CAD/CAM company.
• Organized the CAD/CAM business into five strategic product business units that shared a worldwide sales and support organization. There were more than 900 people involved in software development of world-class products.
• Built and maintained close personal relationships with executives of major customers located around

MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION (MDC) - St. Louis, MO 1982 - 1986Corporate Vice President. and Member. Corporate Operating Committee 1982 - 1986Chairman/Group Executive Officer (CEO), Information Systems Group 1985 - 1986Member of Executive Board, Information Systems Group 1984 - 1985President, McDonnell Douglas Automation Company (MCAUTO) 1982 - 1985Hired.

DUN & BRADSTREET, INC. - Wilton, CT 1979 - 1982Senior Vice President. Dun & Bradstreet Computing Services1981 - 1982President. Remote Computer Services Division 1979 - 1982General Manager with P&L responsibility for worldwide remote computer services, and application software product sales and support. This division grew revenues an average of 19% per year.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (IBM) - Armonk, NY 1961 - 1979Industry Director. Insurance Industry - Princeton, NJ 1973 - 1979Executive level staff manager responsible for maximizing IBM’s worldwide growth within the insurance industry. Third largest industry which accounted for more than 10% of IBM’s data processing revenues. This was one of.

I was Commissioned as an Army 2nd Lieutenant in June 1959 after completing the ROTC program at Washington University in St. Louis. I was stationed, as one of the three commissioned officers, at a Nike Hercules Missile Base in Chestertown, Maryland; the Eastern most location in the Washington Baltimore Defense. Following my two years of active duty, I spent.

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration And Management, General

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