Gerd Niehage Email Address

Chief Information Officer

Hella is an internationally operating German automotive part supplier. Hella develops and manufactures lighting and electronic components and systems for the automotive industry.

Experiences as CIO in an automotive and retail environment. Work experiences abroad in Asia/Pacific and North-America. Achievements as Group CIO and regional IT head for Asia/Pacific*IT Strategy / Digitization Strategy (Mobility, Big Data Analytics, Cloud, Industry 4.0)*Globalization of the IT organization (global functional organization, working in virtual teams)*Outsourcing (Near-/Offshoring, Czech Republic, Romania, India, Vietnam)*Introduction of IT service management (ITIL)*Communication/Collaboration (Office365/Sharepoint/Skype4B, Unify Openscape, Polycom)*Standardization and Harmonization of Processes (SAP, MS Dynamics, Salesforce, Sharepoint)*E-Commerce (B2B, B2C)*Improving global infrastructures and IT operations (Data center as a service/Co-Locations, monitoring, introduction LAN/Quality of Service, WLAN roll-out, WAN tender for North-/South-America)*IT Governance/Cost optimization (central procurement/license management, calculation of business cases, binding IT tender process, business relationship management)*Setup IT/Information Security Office (Technical IT security, information classification, authorizations, user awareness)