Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 2, 2000

Otto Schmid – Dicom Group Plc (dcmd.fnm)

OTTO SCHMID is the Chief Executive Officer of DICOM Group Plc. He has led DICOM's development in countries outside Switzerland. He is responsible for corporate planning and development. From 1978, he was the director for corporate development with ACU Informatik AG (a Swiss distribution company for computer peripherals). In 1969, he co-founded Wirtschafts Mathematik AG, a Swiss service company for mathematical statistics and applied mathematics. He completed his studies in Mathematics and Economics at the University of Zurich in 1970 with his doctoral thesis on business forecasting. Profile
TWST: Can we start with a brief corporate overview?

Dr. Schmid: DICOM was originally a Swiss based company in principle. I

have started DICOM nine years ago. After a phase of heavy