Eight years of experience as an IT consultant, project manager in international settings, and in developing IT applications
in corporate environments. As the Manager Professional Services, he is responsible for deployment and training of business
and IT consultants of Ponton Consulting. In addition, he acts as a Senior Consultant himself with a focus on Electronic Business
and B2B standardization. Tilo leads several multi-national integration projects in the European paper industry.EducationTilo
Zimmermann studied Aerospace Engineering with an emphasis on numerical simulation and systems control at Technical University
Berlin and at the University of Michigan, made possible by a Fulbright scholarship. He graduated with an M.Sc. in Aerospace
Engineering in 1995. Selected Recent Projects· Since March 2001: Numerous B2B integration roll-out projects — Pilot integration
and customer roll-out projects in the paper supply chain applying the standards in practise · Since November 2001: EPSMA XML
— project manager for XML standardisation for an B2B integration project with a consortium of European Labelstock manufacturers
· Since August 2000: papiNet — XML document type standardisation for an international B2B integration project with a consortium
of more than 30 European and American paper suppliers and their customers· Spring-Summer 2000: Large German Publisher — Software
evaluation and architecture for a content management and shop platform for direct and agent sales to end customers.