Guido Freund is an experienced process engineer and leads the Global Tracking and Tracing and TPD compliance activites at Philipp Morris and chief architect for the operational technology and processes of track & trace.

2000 -> Start in PMI Berlin factory as Project Engineer for Cigarette Making and Packing

2008 -> Project leader for code serialization and code printing machine implementation at Berlin Factory

2010 -> Project leader for machine aggregation system implementation at Berlin factory

2013 -> European SME for Tracking & Tracing projects to implement machine equipment and factory processes

2016 -> Global SME for Tracking & Tracing projects to specify IT-systems, machine equipment and factory / supply chain processes

 

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