Oliver Schmidt

Experience

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  Travel agency Schnieder

  Feb 1991 - Jul 1993

  Travel Agent Apprentice
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  DB Bahn Sales, Deutsche Bahn AG

  Jun 1999 - Aug 2013

  Area Sales Manager for British Isles and Northern Europe.Managing 40 million € of revenues and leading several teams of a total of 20 employees in London and Copenhagen. Developing and implementing distribution and marketing strategies to extend market reach. Heading all distribution channels in this area: 2 call centres, 3 local web sites (bahn.com) and 35 travel agencies. Concept development for UK ticket distribution of direct high-speed rail service Frankfurt - London and UK ticketing website for Arriva Group. Lobbying, partner management and official representation of DB’s passenger division.Company Director of German Rail UK Ltd. Show less

  • Director Int'l Sales UK, Ireland & Northern Europe

    Sept 2008 - Aug 2013

  • Project Manager Domestic and International Distribution

    Apr 2003 - Aug 2008

  • Project Manager Sales Channels (Online, Agencies)

    Jun 1999 - Mar 2003
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  Amadeus IT Group

  Sept 2013 - Sept 2015

  Key Accounts Manager Rail

  Sales and Account Management for Travel IT Solutions for Railways in Central Europe and UK.Key Account Management of Deutsche Bahn.

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  METRIC mobility solutions AG (former Höft & Wessel)

  Oct 2015 - Nov 2016

  Area Sales Manager Public Transport Nordic & Baltic States

  Key-Account Management for public transport providers and technology partners on stationary and mobile ticketing solutions for public transport in Northern Europe and the Baltic States.Key Account Management of Danske Statsbaner (DSB) and Midtrafik.

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  Tick-on Ticketing Consulting Oliver Schmidt

  Dec 2016 - Jan 2017

  Freelance Management Consultant

  Consulting on public transport ticketing solutions and technologies: - Distribution strategy and channels for public transport providers (domestic and international) - Market entry to the public transport-IT market in the DEATCH region

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  DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH

  Feb 2017 - now

  Senior Manager Business Consulting

  Senior Manager Business Consulting for international Railways and Public Transport ProvidersProject leader for the following exemplary projects:- Capability Reviews of two passenger rail providers (Australia)- Business Transformation Programs for Eastern European, Middle Eastern and two Central Asian State Railways- Development of a fare policy and revenue collection strategies for new high-speed rail provider (USA)- Reorganisation of regional offices of rail infrastructure service provider (Germany)- Design of central Services and Logistic Hub for Entertainment city (Saudi-Arabia)- Shadow operator for customer service and automated fare collection (AFC) for public transport provider (Near East)- Keynote Speaker at rail engineering seminar of Technology University (Malaysia) Show less