Lars Hinrichs on 18.01.2006 at 19:29h CET
I met Udo at an EO conference in St. Moritz which was sponsored by Udo’s former company UBS. He was introduced to me as the “world’s best connected banker” and we got talking – from networker to networker 
. Now Udo works for openBC and we’re fortunate to have him on the team. It’s not only the number of contacts and the number of important people he knows all around the world, that qualify his as the new “Chief Networking Officer” of openBC, Udo is one of the most interesting personalities I ever met and he can look back on a fascinating career. I asked him to introduce himself on openBLOG:
To become Chief Networking Officer of a company like openBC seems like a logic conclusion to me: My whole life and all my single career steps have amounted to my current position as a professional full-time networker. Because this is what I have been my whole life and my new position is my first tailor-made job. I have learned that it’s possible to meet every interesting and important person wherever you are, it’s all a matter of networking. Until openBC has called me to Hamburg, Germany, I have lived or worked in Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong, Lausanne, Buenos Aires, Geneva, Santiago, Zurich and Rome. I studied business administration in Brazil and Argentina and hotel management at the worldwide renown “Ecole Hotelière des Lausanne” in Switzerland before joining the German Army, where I’m still active as reserve major and paratrooper officer. As a paratrooper you actually get to meet people up in the sky: I skydived with the King of Jordan, or with Israeli elite units into the Negev desert. The fact that I travel for business 6 months a year has brought me friends in over 100 different countries. I can truly say, that networking is more than a job for me, it’s part of my personality and a passion. And I’m more than happy to network for the networkers of openBC now!
I’m sure other companies will follow our example and employ their own professional CNO. If you know of other Chief Networking Officers, please let us know – we need to get them connected for the betterment of your goals. Would be interesting to know what their job profiles look like…
Also read what Stowe Boyd and Social Twister have to say.
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Was macht eigentlich ein CNO?
Heute ist mir im openBLOG die Abkrzung CNO das erste Mal begegnet. Eine kurze Google-Recherche brachte folgendes zutage:
cno – carbon-nitrogen-oxygen
cno-Domains – die Top-Level-Internetdomains .com, .net&…
What is a “Chief Networking Officer”?
CEO, CFO, COO, CIO and CNO. CNO? Never heard of a CNO? Nor did I. Until today. Networking is a profession, according to Lars Hinrichs, CEO of openBC. Regarding the increasing importance of business networking for enterprizes openBC extends its team: As…
Very exciting news. Congrats!
“If you know of other ‘Chief Networking Officers’, please let us know” – To my own surprise see here in the comments: http://vowe.net/archives/006786.html#comments
Eureka! Thanks to you I know, what my real function is
wow, i never found openbc had its blag, it’s great!
Hi Udo,
Welcome on board. It’s great to hear that you are a natural networker and have now found your true calling in a formalised position with Open BC.Look fwd. to meeting you in person someday soon.In the meanwhile wishing you every success in your new & challenging position.
Kind Regards
P.Jeya
Hello Udo Hamm,
congratulations to your nomination and good luck in building more solid communities on Open BC.
I am personally moving to China, Shanghai to set-up a high technology transferfund to sponsor EU companies into the Chinese and Asian markets. I am looking for two things:
- a deal flow of good EU technology
- Funding both from China and EU to establish JV companies or to take shares in EU companies.
Cordially,
Alexander Kopriwa
Congratulations Udo
I wish you all the best in this new position which seems the perfect match for you, sorry to hear you’re not in Zurich anymore.
Melitta
Hello Udo
congrats. Its a fit.
Good luck,
Peter
Dear Udo, all the best and many happy landings, whether this will be with kings, queens, or just us.
To me the CNO is the logical enhancement to the 1. thesis of the clutrain manifesto. Because, if markets are conversations, organisations need to be conversational.
They will have to learn to listen and to talk globally to individuals and audiences inside and outside their organisations. And the CNO is someone who will be helping them to do so. And you sure will.
Glück Ab!
Sascha
Dr. Pascal Sieber has until now organised 5 Networking-Events in Switzerland named CNO-Panel (CNO = Chief Net Officer). openBC-Co-Founder Bill Liaou was seen there as well. URL: http://www.pascal-sieber.ch/cgi/research/cno/index.asp
Next CNO event: 15. Nov 2006 in Bern.
Dear Udo, my warmest welcome onboard to OpenBC. From my heart I wish you only the absolute best. I look forward to many more fun events and time to spend with you in the future. You’re good friend, Gerard Hofmann
Welcome Udo, I wish you well in your new role. Communications is the life blood of everything we do and it is a pleasure to be introduced to gifted practitioner.
Look forward to the opportunity to meet you some time soon.
Regards
Graeme
WiSPA – managing your communications while you manage your business
Excellent News. Congratulations on adding a real pro
— schnipp —
Im Hinblick auf die wachsende Bedeutung von Business-Networking für
Unternehmen erweitert openBC sein Team: Als neuer “Chief Networking
Officer” (CNO) und Head of Community Development ist Udo Hamm
(https://www.openbc.com/hp/Udo_Hamm/) bei openBC verantwortlich für die
Bildung neuer Communities und die Akquise bereits bestehender
Communities.
– schnipp —
ich könnt kotzen!!! nee mich totlachen . CNO haha!!!
Congratulations on adding a real pro!
I have been reading your blog most links- I wonder how you’ll keep up this amazing flow of brilliant content. That is awesome!