Rolf Schmidt

Rolf Schmidt

Rolf Schmidt was born in 1955 in Zwickau in the former „German Democratic Republic“. After fleeing the GDR with his parents in 1961, he grew up in West Germany and attended school there.
After earning his Bachelor Degree (Vordiplom) in Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe (now KIT – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) and Master Degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Business Economics from the University of Stuttgart and the Technical University of Munich, Rolf Schmidt worked for 7 years at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics in Dortmund, Germany, as head of the department of Simulation Technology. During this time he was granted his Doctor’s Degree in Engineering from the University of Dortmund. Subsequently, he spent 14 years in various management positions in the Automotive and Machinery Industry in Germany, France, Argentina and China. He founded and is shareholder of several companies, including Logicon Business Consulting (Shanghai) Ltd., which he leads as Managing Director since 2006. 
Through his work in various industrial companies in functions related to manufacturing and logistics as well as in General Management he deepened his understanding of the day-to-day problems to be solved in practice. As consultant in the fields of manufacturing, logistics and facilities planning to multiple companies of different industrial sectors, such as Automotive, machinery, electronics, durable consumer goods, e-commerce and others he gathered a rich experience in planning and optimizing production and logistics systems. He acquired also a PMP (Project Management Professional) Certificate of the PMI (Project Management Institute). Teaching as Visiting Professor at Tongji University in Shanghai, Rolf Schmidt takes the opportunity to pass on knowledge and experience from his professional life to a new generation of professionals.