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WOLFGANG SHIH
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NAME Wolfgang Onia (previously Shih)
NATIONALITY German
RESIDENCE Solingen, Germany
EDUCATION MBA
University of Liverpool
2009 to 2014 (expected - all study modules successfully completed. I will
complete my thesis later this year)
Certificate Chinese (Mandarin)
Zhejiang University
2009 to 2010
Technician License: Electronics
Technical School for Electronics
1973 to 1976
LANGUAGES Spoken & written
 English – fluent
 German – native
 Mandarin – good
LAST
POSITION Managing Director at BEAVER INTERNATIONAL GmbH, Solingen, Germany
SUMMARY I am a strategically minded Senior Executive Manager and a professional,
results-driven, self-motivated achiever with creative business savvy skills,
strong leadership and management abilities, a value based decision
maker, team player. I am flexible and adaptable and enjoy being a solid
contributor.
With over 20 years of experience in international management positions in the
technical production and sales arenas, I have developed the tools and the
experience to lead complex and demanding operations in foreign
countries and at home.
 Customer Service focused and consistently delivering value by
providing high quality manufacturing
 Able to communicate effectively with internal clients to unearth and
articulate resource requirements

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 Successfully developing new relationships while maintaining existing
ones with internal and external customers and stakeholders
 Working effectively in situations involving rapid change, shifting
priorities, and simultaneous demands
 Highly energetic and flexible, able to perform under time constraints to
meet deadlines
 Proficient in general technical matters.
 Technically astute with proven abilities regarding computers, the
Internet, and software
 Able to establish and implement effective manufacturing strategies
and processes (Lean, JIT, Kanban, Kaizen)
 Excellent in creating presentations, and in using my interpersonal
communication and coaching skills
 Able to attract and retain talent by projecting a long-term vision for
the organization
 Capable of quickly developing rapport with internal and external
customers
 Multi-lingual, with native German, proficient English and good
Chinese capabilities
AREAS OF BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
 Manufacturing, Lean/JIT Production, Project Management and Sales
of Material Handling Products and complex machinery and
components
 Manufacturing of Technical Textiles
 Plastic Injection Molding
 Sales and Distribution Setups (global)
 Telecommunication Maintenance (analogue)
 Materials Management, Sourcing and Outsourcing (Specialty Asia)
 Service and Maintenance

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CAREER HISTORY
Aug 2012 to Dec. 2013 BEAVER INTERNATIONAL GmbH
Position Managing Director
Achievements Created a new subsidiary in Europe (Germany) for Beaver Sales Pty.,
Australia and set up distribution in all major countries in Europe.
Jun 2012 to Aug 2012 TOPCUT-BULLMER GmbH
Position General Manager
Achievements Streamlined the internal manufacturing logistics and advocated Lean,
coached the marketing department and increased the marketing efforts and
the online presence, pre-selected a new and comprehensive ERP software
package.
Nov 2009 to Jun 2012 Self-employed Consultant, and MBA Student at the UNIVERSITY of
LIVERPOOL
Feb 1992 to Nov 2009 COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORPORATION
Positions held
 President and CEO of the Chinese, the Hong Kong and the Thailand
Operations
 CMCO Asia, Member of the Asia Executive Committee
 President
Columbus McKinnon (Hangzhou)/ Hangzhou Lila Lifting & Lashing Co.
Ltd
 Managing Director
Asia Hoist Co. Ltd H.K / Yale Industrial Products (Thailand) Co. Ltd
 VP
Hangzhou Lila Lifting and Lashing Co. Ltd Hangzhou, China
 Member of the CM Corporate Purchasing Council
 Managing Director Asian Operations
Yale Industrial Products GmbH
 Business Development Manager
 Materials Manager & Product Manager
Yale Industrial Products GmbH
 Corporate European EVA Representative

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Achievements During the entire time, I founded (all green field situations) the three
Chinese manufacturing facilities, the Hong Kong branch and the
distribution operation in Thailand. The initial investment was very small (4
x 100K US$). I had 8 initial employees in 1992.
2009
 The organization had grown to 375 people with total revenues of US$
20 Million, representing a major supply base and distribution point for
the worldwide operations of Columbus McKinnon Corp.
 It is a multi-cultural, multi-lingual and multi-functional environment with
a lot of challenges which requires a true generalist with advanced
technical abilities to run the four separate operations. I have travelled
to fifty-two and lived in nine different countries, where I have learned
to speak five languages incl. Mandarin Chinese.
 My success was based on effective leadership and the respect for
people, good team building, effective delegation, proper motivation,
cultural awareness and my far above average level of common sense.
2005
 Yale (Hangzhou) had become the largest employer of the Yiqiao
Township in Xiao Shan, Hangzhou.
 I kept a very good relationship with the local party secretary, the
director of the industrial bureau, and a number of officials of the
Hangzhou and Xiao Shan City Administrations.
1992 to 2004
 In the first 12 years we achieved an average aggregate annual growth
of 47% Y/Y with a net profit of between 18%-23% before taxes.
 I persistently used my entrepreneurial spirit and corporate freedom to
introduce a number of entirely new lines of products, while
implementing all the additional (and completely different)
manufacturing processes and technologies in the factories.
 I founded the four Asian companies on behalf of the corporation,
made all the applications to and negotiated with the responsible
provincial and local government officials.
1998
 The company became sole agent ‘Greater China’ for the
entertainment hoists from the U.S. operation which we developed to
achieve market leadership by the end of 2005
Others
 I developed a good working relationship with the officials of the Beijing
Hoist Institute who had to approve our electric hoist manufacturing
operation and with the Customs and Excise Department as we were
chosen a ‘First Class Company’ without the mandatory need for
technical custom inspection before export. I maintained excellent
relations to the Labor Office to avoid industrial action as well as to the
Technical Approval Authorities of the Zhejiang Province for the
technical approval of all hoists destined for the Chinese Market.

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 I installed an elaborate R&D department hiring ten engineers to work
on technical manufacturing drawings (AutoCAD® R14 and Solid
Works®) and on new products, several of which became top selling
items in the USA and in Europe.
 I pushed a strong manufacturing development with profitable growth.
 In my drive to enhance the delivery of flawless components and parts,
I have visited hundreds of sub-suppliers' factories in China and the
rest of Asia.
 In order to increase service and sales, I went into the deep gold,
platinum and coal mines of South Africa, to ship yards, steel plants,
chemical plants, aircraft maintenance hangars and railway repair
depots.
Experience
2002 to 2009
 I completely moved to Hangzhou in order to have more management
control.
 In 2004, I restructured the entire management and installed Lean
manufacturing, SOX compliance and a complete SAP (R3, best
package solution) in the company, which was fully operational at the
end of 2008. In the hands of our professional finance department, this
facilitated real time comprehensive reporting to the corporation.
 The two Chinese factories had a very high vertical integration, where
the products were made from bar stock and steel sheet, which were
transformed into qualified parts, and then assembled on three Lean
assembly lines and packed together with test certificates and ready to
be shipped as top quality branded equipment to the end-users in
Europe and the U.S.A.
1992 to 2002
 I frequently commuted between Germany and China to lead my
management team and gather additional transfer technology know-
how in Germany while keeping the overall communication running at
the best possible level.
Others
 I have travelled China extensively, visiting Beijing, Guangzhou,
Shenzhen, Qingdao, Jilin, Chongqing, Xiamen, Shanghai, Wuxi,
Suzhou, Ningbo, Nanjing and many other places. Furthermore, I have
visited Taiwan, Hong Kong and many places in the Philippines,
Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, India and
Singapore as well as Australia for sales/marketing and sourcing
reasons
Dec 1989 to Jan 1992 ALFA PRODUCTIONS CO LTD
Position CEO

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Achievements
 Performed the strategic planning and day-to-day management of a
plastic injection company with 33 employees in Ireland, where I
successfully completed the ISO 9000 TQA in the factory, and where I
gained several major international accounts.
Dec 1988 to Dec 1989 ACER COMPUTER INC
Position Senior Sales Manager Europe
Achievements
 Restructured the entire distribution in the European region and co-
managed the setup of the French subsidiary.
 Negotiated and closed the OEM agreement with Texas Instruments
Europe.
May 1988 to Nov 1988 VARIOUS OCCUPATIONS IN TAIPEI, TAIWAN
Position Helped my Taiwanese friend in the export business for computer parts and
peripherals to find new customers in Europe.
Jan 1986 to Apr 1988 MICROMINT COMPUTER GMBH
Position Deputy Managing Director
Achievements
 Led the sales team, provided sales training and set the pricing.
 Managed the technical department and the overseas purchases.
 After transferring to South Korea and later to Taiwan, I arranged the
OEM production of monitors, mother boards, interface cards and
peripherals with Hyundai Electronics, Samsung and later with a
variety of Taiwanese sub-suppliers.
 Reduced the purchasing prices continuously and aggressively (over
5%/month), as the market was fast and as the company needed to
stay competitive.
1980 – 1986 Worked in Sales as well as in a purchasing function with various MNCs.
1976 – 1980 Enlisted Soldier German Army, from 12.77 member Int. Staff stationed at the
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (NATO-HQ, ’S.H.A.P.E.’) in
Mons, Belgium. Staff Sergeant and Deputy Head of the Radio Relay
Maintenance Department

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PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
 2013 – 2014 ‘Occupational Health & Safety Course’
Berufsgenossenschaft BHGW (German Employers' Liability Insurance
Association)
 2009 – 2014 (exp.) ‘MBA (F&A)’ course (online) at the University of
Liverpool, UK, successfully completed the Postgraduate Diploma,
currently writing my thesis
 2008 ‘Lean Certification Course’ at Stat-A-Matrix, Dallas, Texas, USA
(1 week)
 2008 ‘HR Recruitment Seminar’ at CCH Shanghai, China
 2007 ‘Internal Auditing – Beginners Course’ at the Institute of Internal
Auditors – UK and Ireland Ltd., Surrey, UK. (1 week)
 2007 ‘Leadership Development Program’ at Center of Creative
Leadership, Singapore (1 week)
 2006 ‘Transfer Price Compliance in China’ at KPMG, Shanghai
 2006 ‘Corporate Governance after Sarbanes -Oxley’ at KAPLAN FTC,
Singapore
 2004 ‘Management Certificate Course’ at Open University UK for 10
months
 2004 ‘CM Lodestar® Application& Maintenance’, CM Corp., Buffalo,
NY, USA
 2004 ‘Little Mule® Materials Handling Equipment’, Yale GmbH,
Velbert, Germany
 2004 ‘Marketing’ at London Metropolitan University, Grade
‘Distinction’ (3 weeks)
 2003 ‘Corp. Finance and Accounting’, London Metropolitan University,
Grade ‘Merit’ (3 weeks)
 2001 ‘Statistics’ at REFA-Institute, Velbert, Germany (1 month)
 2001 ‘Accounting and Book Keeping’, ASG Education Center,
Dusseldorf
 2001 ‘Operational Cost Analysis’ at REFA-Institute, Velbert, Germany
(4 months)
 1999 ‘CM Motor School’, technical training on entertainment hoists
 1998 ‘Industrial Marketing’ at Michael Penrith and associates,
Farnborough, UK
 1996 ‘Strategic Leadership: Skills for International Managers
Program’ at State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, USA (3
weeks)

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 1993 ‘Rhetoric in Speech and Negotiation’ at Professional Education
Center, Solingen, Germany
 1992 ‘Securing of Loads on Vehicles’ Seminar at German Engineers
Association (VDI) in Frankfurt, Germany
 1992 ‘The Product Manager’ at Hohenstein Seminars in Heidelberg,
Germany
 1992 ‘Expert for Webbing Slings/Round Slings for Lifting Applications‘
at Spanset Seminars in Uebach-Palenberg, Germany
 1992 ‘Maintenance and Testing (VGB 8) of Yale Hoisting devices’,
Yale GmbH Velbert, Germany
 1991 ‘Selling to the Multinationals’ at CTT Dublin, Ireland
 1991 ‘Marketing in Sweden & Finland’ at CTT Dublin, Ireland
 1991 ‘JIT, KANBAN, MRP’ at EOLAS & University Galway, Ireland
 1990 ‘Manufacturing in the West’ Seminar in Galway, Ireland
 1990 ‘ISO 9000/BS5750’ at EOLAS & University Limerick, Ireland
 1982 ‘Heat Treatment of Metals’ at German Engineers Association,
Dusseldorf, Germany (1 week)
 1980 Correspondence Course ‘Business Administration’, AKAD-
Institute, Hamburg, Germany
 1978 ‘Siemens Standard Course #4 (PPM)’ at NATO in Maastricht,
The Netherlands
 1977 ‘Training for Trainers’ at School for Integrated Staff, Cologne,
Germany
 1977 ‘Leadership of a Military Unit’ in the Military School in Feldafing,
Germany
 1976 Training as ‘Radio, Microwave, Multiplex and
Telecommunication Technician’ at the Military in Cologne, Germany
 1972 ‘Radio- and TV- Technician’ Vocational School Remscheid,
Germany for 42 months
EDP:
 2010 ‘MYOB® accounting software’ at Informatics Institute, Manila,
Philippines
 2010 ‘AutoCAD® I, CAD software’ at Informatics Institute, Manila,
Philippines
 2010 ‘Adobe Flash® CS3’ at Informatics Institute, Manila, Philippines
 2010 ‘Adobe Photoshop® CS3’ at Informatics Institute, Manila,
Philippines

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 2001 ‘Nice Label® Training Course’ barcode software, Euro Plus Co.,
Taipei, Taiwan
 2001 ‘Linux® Op. System, Graphic User Interface’, ASG Education
Center, Dusseldorf, Germany
 2001 ‘Linux® OS Introduction’, ASG Education Center, Dusseldorf,
Germany
 2000 ‘Programming with HTML’, ASG Education Center, Dusseldorf,
Germany
 2000 ‘MS-PowerPoint® ’97’ at Professional Education College,
Solingen, Germany
 2000 ‘Novell® Netware Network Administration’, ASG Education
 2000 ‘Visual Basic® 5.0 for Windows Programming’, ASG Education
 2000 ‘MS-Windows® NT 4.0’ Operating System, ASG Education
 2000 ‘MS-Windows® NT4.0 System Admin. II’, ASG Education
 2000 ‘MS-Access® Data Bank II’ at Professional Education College,
Solingen, Germany
 1997 ‘MS-Windows® 95’ at Professional Education College, Solingen,
Germany
 1997 ‘MS-Project® 4.0’ at Professional Education College, Solingen,
Germany
 1996 ‘MS-Excel® 7.0’ at Professional Education College, Solingen,
Germany
 1996 ‘Informatics Certificate Module I’, MS-DOS/Windows at Benedict
School, Solingen, Germany
 1996 ‘MS-Access® I’ at Professional Education College, Solingen,
Germany
 1995 ‘MS-Excel® 5.0’ at Benedict School, Solingen, Germany
 1993 ‘The PC on the Phone’ Introduction to the Data Communication
by phone at Professional Education College, Solingen, Germany
 1986 ‘Lotus 123®, MS-Word®’ at a private school in Taipei, Taiwan
 1986 ‘MS-DOS®’ at a private school in Taipei, Taiwan
 1984 ‘Apple Basic®’ Programming at a private school in Taipei,
Taiwan

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Languages:
German: Native Language
English: proficient (daily usage for over 30 years)
 1998 Proficiency Course at Severnvale Academy, Shrewsbury, UK (5
weeks)
 1990 ‘First Certificate in English’ (Grade A) University of Cambridge,
UK
 1977 ‘English B’ at Benedict School (3 months full time in the military)
 1965- 1971 ‘English’ at Modern Secondary School
Chinese: good, living in China permanently, speaking Chinese with the staff.
 2009/2010 ‘Mandarin Chinese’ at the Zhejiang University (full time for
4 months)
 1999 ‘Mandarin Chinese’ at Taipei Language Institute (5 weeks)
‘Mandarin Chinese’ at Mandarin Daily News Language Center
in Taipei, Taiwan (5 weeks)
 1997 ‘Mandarin Chinese’ at LTTC of Taiwan University (4 weeks
Level 6)
‘Mandarin Chinese at Taipei Language Institute (5 weeks)
‘Mandarin Chinese at Mandarin Daily News Language Center in
Taipei, Taiwan (5 weeks)
‘Hokkein (Taiwanese)’ at Taipei Language Institute (5 weeks, 2
Hours/day)
 1995 ‘Mandarin Chinese’ at LTTC of Taiwan University (4 weeks
Level 5)
‘Mandarin Chinese’ at Taipei Language Institute (5 weeks)
‘Mandarin Chinese’ at Mandarin Daily News Language Center in
Taipei, Taiwan (5 weeks)
 1991‘Cantonese Chinese’ for beginners at Chinese Community
Center, Liverpool, UK
 1983 ‘Mandarin Chinese for Beginners’, Mr. Ma’s Language School in
Taipei, Taiwan
French: basic
 1967 –1971 ’French’ at Modern Secondary School (beginners)
Dutch: basic
 1984 –1986 Colloquial Dutch during the stay in the BENELUX
(beginners)

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PRODUCTION KNOW-HOW
 Sheet metal forming, cold forming, forging, heat treatment
 Machining, gear cutting, broaching, grinding and polishing.
 Galvanizing, powder coating, painting
 Plastic injection, vacuum forming, aluminum and steel casting
 Lean manufacturing and factory organization, TQS
 Assembly operation with Kanban and Kaizen
 Weaving with narrow webbing looms, and pigment dying
 Hydraulic systems low/medium/high pressure
 Fine mechanical maintenance, car and motorbike maintenance
 Maintenance and repair of conventional industrial machines
 Electric circuits and automation
 Sensor systems and test benches
 Landscaping & construction
MEMBERSHIPS
Oct. 2009, ongoing -Mensa (MinD) Germany, part of the Mensa International Organization
1992 – 2006 -German Engineers Association (VDI)

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