Gerhard Barth#

Barth. Foto: Archiv Barth

1978 - 1980 Assistant Professor Pennsylvania State University
1980 – 1983 Assistant Professor University Kaiserslautern
1983 – 1986 Associate Professor University Kaiserslautern
1986 – 1988 Full Professor University Stuttgart, Major Topics: Programming Tools, Software Engineering, Systems Analysis and Design
1988 – 1992 Full Professor University Kaiserslautern, Major Topics : Software Engineering, Knowledge Based Systems, Document Analysis. Also Director, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence: Some 200 researchers, annual budget of approximately, 10 million €, Industrial shareholders included Daimler-Benz, IBM, Philips, Siemens, Mannesmann, Nixdorf

1992 - 1996 Senior Vice President, Information Technology within Corporate Research some 500 people, annual budget of approximately 100 million €, Major Topics: Computer Aided Manufacturing, Software Engineering, Image Recognition, Text Recognition, Speech Recognition, Systems, Reliability, E-Business, Data Mining

1996 – 1999 Chief Software Technology Officer, Paris, Member of Alcatel SEL management Board, Stuttgart, Responsibility for business units Access Systems, Transmission Systems, Switching Systems, Mobile Communication, Transport Automation, Software and Services; some 8500 people, annual budget of approximately 2,5 billion €, Responsibility for corporate functions Research and Technology, Patents and Licenses

2003 – 2004 Managing Director of Busines Operation Systems, Responsibility for product development and key account management

2004 – 2006 Partner and Managing Director of SUP (Societät für Unternehmensplanung), Responsibility for business operations, enterprise strategy and marketing activities, Acquisition and realization of executive search mandates

Since 2007 Associated Partner of Atreus Interim Management, Entitlement for acquiring interim management mandates as well as enlarging the Boyden network of interim managers

From August 2007 to September 2008 acting as CIO of Versatel AG, Düsseldorf; Member of Executive Committee; Responsibility for CRM and IT departments, streamlining application systems portfolio, development of an IT blueprint, introduction of new platforms for ERP and CRM, management of IT project portfolio, requirements engineering
Since 2009 Co-Founder and Managing Director of DCS Consult; Consulting activities in areas like application portfolio management, agile systems engineering, cooperation and communication, project streamlining, architecture design, business transformation, optimization of IT investments, sourcing strategies, requirements engineering
Other activities: Since 1996 Member of Supervisory Board GFT AG Stuttgart; 1996 – 1999 Member of Scientific Fraunhofer Institute Advisory Board for Experimental Software Engineering, Kaiserslautern; 1996 – 2003 Member of International Board of Trustees Computer Science Institute Berkeley, USA; 1999 – 2001 President Society for Informatics (GI), Bonn

Ehrenamtliche Mitarbeit am Austria-Forum als Mitglied des Editorial Boards#