Volker J. Schmidt, Esq.

Head of Data Protection and Executive Chief Data Privacy Officer

Leonberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

About

AREAS OF EXPERIENCE My qualifications include: Admitted as Attorney at Law in California, Washington D.C. and before the U.S. Supreme Court; Fully Qualified Lawyer (Volljurist) in Germany; Certified as Chief Data Privacy Officer under new European General Data Protection Directive (GDPR). Decades of legal work experience in international settings including issues related to Data Privacy.

Experience

  • Executive Chief Data Privacy Officer and Head of Data Protection Department at Klinikum Stuttgart Medical Campus
    Oct 2025 - Present · 9 mos

    - Head of Data Protection and Chief Data Privacy Officer - Advising CEO and Board on all relevant safety and security issues - Supervising operative personnel and providing direction on non-routine matters - Ensuring data privacy and information security for company through drafting and implementing medical campus-wide policies - Advising heads of medical departments on all non-routine data privacy and information security matters with focus on international medical research cooperations - Advising medical researchers and sponsors on issues related to data privacy requirements of national and international multicenter medical research studies including the further development of AI - Consultation with Data Security Officer as needed

  • Head of Data Protection and Information Security at University of Heidelberg -Medical Center and Subsidies
    Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr

    - Head of Data Protection and Information Security for University Medical including all affiliates - Design and implementation of a new Data Privacy and Protection Department including hiring of appropriate personnel - Coordination of the Medical Centers of the Universities in Heidelberg, Freiburg, Tübingen and Ulm regarding strategic data protection decisions - Advising CEO and Board on all relevant safety and security issues - Supervising operative personnel and providing direction on non-routine matters - Ensuring data privacy and information security for company through drafting and implementing company-wide policies - Advising heads of university medical departments on all non-routine data privacy and information security matters with focus on international medical research cooperations - Advising university medical researchers and sponsors on issues related to data privacy requirements of national and international multicenter medical research studies including the further development of AI - Consultation with Data Privacy Officer as needed

  • Executive Officer, Information Services-Dokumentation Center and CDPO of the Federal Court at Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice)
    May 2023 - Sep 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos

    * Executive management of the Documentation Center - Information Services and Chief Data Protection Officer of the Federal Court of Justice. * Executive responsibility for providing legal information to all state and federal jurisdictions in Germany through supervising operations related to the publication of decisions of the Federal Court of Justice and all State Courts of general jurisdiction through the Federal Government's Research Portal * Dealing with all fundamental matters relating to documentary and information questions of the Federal Court of Justice and all lower courts of general jurisdiction * Executive supervisor for external specialist documentarians (fully qualified lawyers) * Executive contact for information and documentation exchanges with the Federal Constitutional Court, the Special Federal Courts the Federal Ministry of Justice and the Federal Office of Justice * Lead involvement in the development and nationwide establishment of the Federal Legal Information System (software system for information processing and Metadata collection) * Personnel responsibility for 14 internal and approx. 15 external employees * Executive management of Data Protection of the Federal Court

  • Chief Data Protection Officer and Head of Data Protection and IT Security Board at Klinikum Stuttgart
    Mar 2018 - Apr 2023 · 5 yrs 2 mos

    - Head of Data Protection and IT Security Board and Chief Data Protection Officer for company including all affiliates - Design and implementation of a new Data Privacy and Protection Management System - Ensuring data privacy for company through performing duties according to Art. 39 GDPR

  • General Counsel & Director, Office of Legal and Strategic Issues at Dominikus Ringeisen Werks
    May 2014 - Dec 2017 · 3 yrs 8 mos

    - Providing advice to Board and CEO on all legal and strategic issues - Providing legal direction and supervision to Compliance and Corporate Data Protection Officers - Design and implementation of binding corporate concerning legal procedures including data privacy and data protection