Albert Hilber
Dipl. El. Ing HTL
General Manager / CEO
Project Manager
Programme Manager
Member of the top management team with global Sales, Project, Marketing and Business responsibilities. Sustainable success in the area of IT as well as in High-Tech investment products. Above average results in Key Account management, Direct- and Indirect sales, International Alliance Management and Business Management. Successful management of large international ITC projects for the FIFA World Championship 2002 in Korea and Japan as well as for other soccer World Championships in Finland, France, USA, Germany and United Arab Emirates. Independent consultant for Swisscom, Organizing Committee for the World Cup 2006 in Germany, UNILABS, Project Competence, Hoeft & Wessel Hanover, Ansutel, HP Switzerland.
2014 – Today mr2c GmbH / IT company for outsourcing and white label solutions for payment processing and issuing products Munich
Mandate Senior consultant
Responsible for the evaluation of mobile ticketing solutions.
2012 – Today mr2c GmbH / Elektra Oberrohrdorf
Head of Fiber Data Network (part time)
Responsible for the business development, sales and marketing for the implementation of the fiber data network.
2011 – 2012 Albert Hilber Consulting / HP Switzerland
Mandate Senior Program Manager
Program Manager for the consolidation oft he Swiss HP Data centers. Managing the different projects like DC infrastructure, Telecommunication, Customer migration, decommissioning of old DC. Responsible for the implementation of program structure and organization. DC consolidation single point contact for the HP international organization. Handling key accounts, organizational change management.
2009 – 2014 Albert Hilber Consulting / Höeft & Wessel Hanover
Mandate Senior Project / Program Manager
Responsible for the implementation of a large TVM solution for the public transportation in the French part of Switzerland; Project revenue 19 Mio. CHF. Elements of the project are TVM, Application SW, Network and integration into SAP environment of the customer DC. Delivery and service process.
2008 – 2009 Project Competence AG
CEO and Senior Project Manager
Responsible for all business activities of Project Competence AG. Business development within the markets Government, Defense and IT/TELCO.
2004 – today Albert Hilber Consulting / mr2c GmbH
Managing Director
2007 – 2008 Albert Hilber Consulting / Unilabs Geneva
Mandate: CIO
IT/IS Manager for the companywide IT and Telco Infrastructure in Switzerland. Responsible for restructuring, streamlining and merge different company IT operations, setup of IT Help Desk, replacement of outdated IT platforms and telephony systems. Service management.
2005 – 2006 Albert Hilber Consulting / Organizing Committee for the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006
Mandate: Senior Program Manager
Senior Project Manager for ITC solution in Accreditation and Security, responsible for definition of ITC concepts and requirements, setup and manage the project plans, cooperate with the different suppliers and security authorities. Managed the implementation of ITC solution in 13 different locations. Trained over 700 users.
2004 Albert Hilber Consulting / Swisscom Bern
Mandate: Regional Sales Manager West
Structure and manage the Swisscom Systems Sales Operation in Suisse Romande
Key account management
Cooperate with Swisscom partners (Siemens, Nortel, Alcatel)
Tripled the volume of sales leads
Won major Swisscom projects in the Suisse Romande
Other work experience:
2001 – 2004 Fédération Internationale de Football Association FIFA
Head of IT Projects World Cup
Project responsibilities for IT and Telco infrastructure for FIFA World Championships:
Design, plan and implement IT solutions for the different world championships.
Co-operate with the different solution providers (AVAYA, SchlumbergerSema, NTT, Toshiba, Xerox, etc.) as well as with Local Organizing Committees.
Managed project volume of up to CHF 150 million ($ 125 million.)
Managed large international project teams (300+) with more than seven different nationalities.
Successful Installation/De-Installation and Operation of more than 3,500 PCs, 180 Servers and 1,000 Printers, 2,000 miles of cabling with communication equipment.
1998 – 2001 ESEC Europe SA
Managing Director (EMEA), Vice President
Management responsibilities for ESEC Europe (Semiconductor Industry) including Sales, Marketing, Service and Support. 47 Employees, Key Account Management, Revenue CHF 110 million ($ 90 million) per annum. Chairman of SEMICON Europa Exhibitors Committee.
Revenue growth of 300% over three years with an average market growth of 25% per annum.
Turnaround in double digit millions and ISO 9001 certification.
1976 –1998 Compaq Computer AG (Previous DEC Digital Equipment Corporation AG)
1996 – 1998 Compaq Alliance Manager
Business Development Manager, responsible for implementation of the strategic alliance of Digital and Compaq. Close co-operation with Compaq and their distribution partners in order to define and implement service offerings, which met the end customer’s needs. Responsible for joint marketing activities and exhibitions.
1994 – 1996Sales Manager Switzerland Multivendor Customer Services
Sales Director, responsible for the entire service sales business in Switzerland. Over 30 sales employees. Revenue > CHF 250 million per annum ($ 210 million). Member of the service management team, Switzerland, and the European management team.
1991 – 1994Customer Service Manager Swiss German
Service Manager, responsible for the service organization in the German part of Switzerland. Over 200 Employees and Service revenue > CHF 80 million p.a. ($ 65 million). Representative of the country group CH, B, NL in the European service management team.
1988 – 1991Service Operations Manager Swiss German
Service Manager, responsible for the customer service organization in the German part of Switzerland. P/L responsibility, 140 employees. Member of the management team D, A, CH.
1985 –1988 Branch Manager Zürich
Full business responsibility for the Zurich sales territory. 45 Employees and service revenue of
> CHF 60 Mio. p.a. ($ 50 million)
1981 – 1985Field Service Support Manager
Responsible for the development and management of the Support Organization Switzerland.
15 Employees.
1976 –1981 System Engineer, Support Engineer
Responsible for the technical support to be provided to large accounts in the markets of Banking, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Industry and Research/Education.
Education
1973 –1976 Technical high school Bienne. Diploma: Dipl. El. Ing. HTL (Bachelor Degree of Engineering)
1976 –Present Continuing education in Management, Business, Project Management, Negotiation skills and sales.
In particular:
1991 – 1992 IMD Lausanne, International Advanced Management Program
1992 MZSG St. Gallen: System Oriented Management
Schweizerischer Kurs für Unternehmensführung SKU
2001 International Leadership Forum in Zermatt
Ongoing Project management and leadership
Languages
German, French, English
Interests and private activities
2000 – 2001 Chairman of SEMICON Europa Exhibitors Committee
1995 – 1998 Member of AFSMI (Ass. Field Service Mgmt Int.)
1993 – 2005 Expert for Economical Supply for Switzerland, Section Industrial Production
1990 – 2001 President of Financial commission of the community of Oberrohrdorf
2014 – today Insurance Expert for evaluation of technical damages (in particular Industry and ITC)
Hobbies: Skiing, Reading, World history, Politics, Economics
Personal data
Date of birth: 8.10.1952
Nationality: Swiss