Due to popular demand we are playing our interview with Bob Hecht

With more than 30 years of experience addressing operational, managerial and strategic issues involving information technology, including more than ten years in the European and international marketplace, Bob has a lot to offer our listeners so we wanted to give you another chance to learn from him before our next interview with this business advisor extraordinaire.

Bob's expertise is building a strategy around a company’s business objectives and enabling the organisation to extract the highest business value from their investment. He has significant international experience and is skilled in dealing with the globalisation issues facing many companies. He has led and managed a variety of IT and business based initiatives for more than twenty international companies representing a wide range of products and services including publishing, food and beverage, textiles, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, retail, logistics, car rental and leasing, manufacturing, semiconductors, and financial services.His roles have included:
- Interim Chief Information Officer for six large multinational corporations
- Coach and transformation advisor to CIO’s and IT managers at companies in the food and beverage, semiconductor, airline catering, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and pharmaceutical industries in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East
- IT Master Plan development and execution , including mergers, carve outs, and separation
- IT operational transformation including reduction in IT operating cost and capital expense
- Structuring and negotiating IT outsourcing and off-shoring contracts

Listen now to this - the first RECAP of The Geustlist podcast