Freight forwarders and logistics companies have particularly benefited from the pandemic-related supply chain problems of the recent past: Warehouses had to be full, basically no matter with what. In the meantime, the propensity to buy has returned to normal – the Russian war in Ukraine and economic downturns have contributed to this.

It’s actually a good time for digital transformation, isn’t it? However, the transformation with new transport management and financial systems as well as extensive integration platforms has already begun at Hellmann, combined with a far-reaching cultural reorganisation of the family-owned company, which generates around five billion euros in turnover with around 13,500 employees at its 270 bases in 60 countries. This is a good occasion to get a first-hand impression of the more than 150-year-old traditional company on its ongoing path to modernity. On September 12, we will visit the Hellmann headquarters in Osnabrück.

Already waiting for us there are CIO Sami Awad-Hartmann (left), who, as a classic six-man, tends to the stability of IT and the defence against mischief, and Stefan Borggreve (right), who, as CDO, looks after the offensive in the 8-man position. “I also get to score goals,” says Sami, “and Stefan also has to defend.” Nevertheless, the roles of the two are clearly distributed, in a team of 450 people who work together with them as IT professionals on the digital transformation.

The industrial metaverse plays just as important a role as artificial intelligence, which is currently very much in vogue. For both topics, Sami and Stefan have use cases from recruiting and customer service that they will show us on site. Although still in the experimental stage and not yet in productive use, both concepts are being strategically tested at Hellmann for their practical suitability. This is exactly the right time to share and discuss experiences and learnings from these projects with you.

The complete programme of the CIOmove@Hellmann as well as the possibility to register for the event can be found here.

Hellmann CIO Sami Awad-Hartmann (LinkedIn profile) will discuss trends in logistics, recruiting in the Metaverse, corporate culture and AI.

Meeting point: We will meet at Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, Elbestraße 1, 49090 Osnabrück.

This is our agenda for Tuesday, September 12, 2023:

15:30: Warm Welcome

Sami Awad-Hartmann, CIO of Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, Stefan Borggreve, CDO of Hellmann Worldwide Logistics and Horst Ellermann, Ambassador for CIOmove

Sami and Stefan will give a brief introduction about Hellmann, one of the major international logistics providers, which focuses on cutting-edge digital services. Horst will give a summary of CIOmove 2023 in Portugal.

16:00: For the better – Together: corporate culture at Hellmann (Stefan Borggreve)
For more than 150 years, Hellmann has been a family business with a common vision: “For the better. Together.” At a time when the world is changing rapidly, the company not only wants to deliver first-class service for its customers but also join forces to make its contribution overcoming global social and environmental challenges.

16:30: Welcome to the digital Wild West of logistics – Are we ready for the challenge? (Sami Awad-Hartmann)
New trends, digitization and AI deployment. Hellmann will give an overview of the current developments in the logistics industry and discuss competition.

17:00: Reflecting on our recruiting event and internal workshops in the Metaverse
One of the big topics at this year’s Hannover Messe was the (Industrial) Metaverse. It is a technology with a lot of potential, which Hellmann has now applied to recruiting and internal workshops. Anina Lehmann (IT Marketing), Jana Engelhard (Recruiting) and Katrin Marx (Process and Methodologies) will share their experience within the Metaverse.

17:30: Our journey to the center of AI (Stefan Borggreve)
The use of artificial intelligence is currently transforming more and more industries, with AI helping us to automate and optimize processes, filter and prepare data, or improve the internal and external communication. Hellmann will provide insight into its AI journey and talk about what role AI is currently playing in the logistics industry.

18:00: Guided tour through Hellmann’s storehouse
All participants will then be invited on a guided tour through Hellmann’s storehouse – an exciting building full of history.

19:00: Drinks & Dinner at Hellmann’s storehouse
After the tour through the storehouse, dinner and drinks will be served at the same location. Enjoy the evening and share your thoughts on the exciting topics of CIOmove@Hellmann.

Apply now by sending an email to Claudia Michel (Claudia.Michel@ciomove.com).

For more information, please visit Hellmann’s website and check out our LinkedIn post for this event.

We are looking forward to seeing you!

“Boring products, exciting customers” – That is a big understatement when Sandeep Sen, global CIO of Linde plc, introduces his company. Indeed, Linde is a global leader in industrial gases and engineering, with revenues of $33.4 billion in 2022. “We live our mission to make our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services that make our customers more successful and help to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet.” That doesn’t sound boring at all!

On June 20, Sandeep and 14 of his colleagues as well as seven #CIOmove partners gathered at the company’s headquarters in Pullach near #Munich to discuss his decentralized IT business model and all the hot topics like zero trust, generative AI and sustainability. The format was a success: Sandeep and his colleagues from Linde presented their concepts for discussion, and the attending CIOs compared these concepts with their own. This quickly led to a lively discussion. Thank you, Sandeep!

We would like to thank:
Christian Ammer, CIO of Noerr
Christoph Baeck, Head of IT Platforms at Hilti
Stefan Domsch, CIO of TÜV Süd
Stefan Haverkock, CIO of Hoyer
Christian Ley, Group CIO of Brose
Axel Reinsch, CIO of Roechling
Andre Scheidhammer, CIO of Hensoldt
Alexander Schell, Head of IT at Johnson Controls
Dr. Axel Schell, CIO at Allianz Technology
Axel Schnütgen, VP Data & Digital Transformation at Takeda
Adrian Seiler, CIO of Accelleron Industries
Patrick Sturm, SVP/CTO at Sky Germany
Marc Votteler, CIO of Schaeffler Technologies

And our partners:
Stefan Brock, HPE
Peter Dyrbusch, Google
Wiebke Heizmann, Accenture
Michael Korbacher, Google
Dominik Krimpmann, PhD, Accenture
Tobias Regenfussß, Accenture
Chris Steidle, Salesforce

Among the many participants and guests at the CIOmove, we were also able to welcome four students from Art Langer, who supported us as Scientific Supporters at the Move.

We owe them the following reports from the deep dives of the CIOmove, which we present to you on the following pages.

Linde-CIO Sandeep Sen (LinkedIn Profile) will discuss AI, Cloud, Security and Decarbonization. 

We meet at the Linde AGORA – you find parking space at P4 & P5. Please notify at the ‘Nordpforte’ after arriving.

Here´s our agenda for Tuesday, June 20 2023:

16:00 Warm Welcome
Sandeep Sen, Global CIO of Linde plc, and Horst Ellermann, Ambassador for CIOmove
Sandeep will give a short introduction on the IT strategy at Linde, the largest industrial gases company.
Horst will provide a summary of CIOmove 2023 in Portugal.

16:30 Zero Trust and Linde’s Journey to Date:
John Goddard – Director IT Security Operations
Linde has aggressively embraced the Zero Trust principle since the end of 2021. We will discuss the steppingstones of our journey so far and the milestones that are planned for the next 12 to 18 months. We will also hear learnings about other’s Zero Trust journeys from meeting participants.

17:00 Linde’s GpT Journey
Johannes Schneider Lazar – Director Business Applications
Open AI is dominating the digital agenda in many organizations. Linde has stopped access to the public Open AI site while trying to set up its own “Linde GpT” space in partnership with Microsoft. We will discuss the steps in this regard and also learn from others, who might be on a similar journey, about their opportunities and the risks.

17:30 Identity Management and Passwordless Authentication
Sebastian Mahler – Executive Director Global Infrastructure
Identity Management is the battleground. Linde is evaluating its Active Directory strategy and approach to passwordless authentication to devices and applications to improve the security landscape. We will discuss options being evaluated and get feedback on other’s experiences.

18:00 Linde’s Role in Decarbonization and Clean Energy
 John van der Velden – Senior VP Global Sales & Technology
 Linde is playing a pivotal role in Clean Energy and working with a number of key players in this space.

18:30 – 21:00 Drinks & Dinner at the AGORA restaurant at Linde

after 21h: feel free to join us at the ‘Waldwirtschaft‘ – a typical Bavarian beer garden close to Linde

Apply now by sending an email to Claudia.Michel@ciomove.com.