Volker Schmidt, Managing Director, Large and foreign trade merchant,
studied business computer science, has given his diverse experiences as a director or as a member of advisory and supervisory boards in-depth knowledge in management, leadership positions and other.

Member of the Advisory Board of Deutsche Telekom's business customers(1999-2001)
City marketing Cologne (member since 2001 and 2 years on the board)
Media & IT Council, of the Mayor of City of Cologne(Founding member since 2001
Today Member of the Board) http://www.koeln.de Advisory Board since 2000 (currently Chairman)
Information and Communication Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Cologne
(Since 2000 Deputy Chairman and Member, April 2002 to December 2009 Chairman,
now a full memberAssembly Member of the Chamber of Commerce of Cologne (2000-2009)
Member of the Advisory Board of the retail trade and service organization Cologne (2003-2009)
Assessor of the Body for competition disputes Chamber of CommerceCologne (2006-2009)
Member of the working group of the German e-commerce Mail Order Association (Until 2009)
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Hermstadt AG, Mannheim
Chairman and founding member (Cologne InternetExchange) KICX e.V. (2002-2007)
Managing shareholder AlphaNet GmbH (since 1984)
Multinational consulting projects for various corporationsInitiator and implementation of www.germany-jobportal.com
Since 2011Member of the Supervisory Board of Energetrium AG, Cologne Since 2012 until 10/2013