WHO IS BARRINGTON SCHILLER?
Barrington Roy Schiller- a lifetime of Cross Border/Cultural business development multitasking...

Barry’s thorough understanding of International business formation, marketing and operations have enabled him to assist many companies wishing to start up and replicate their operations in a country far from their home market.

Skills and traits
Barry is able to have an idea or grasp a concept or vision and then design the necessary plan and put it into operation. He can then implement all the necessary requirements to locate, staff, furnish and build the business or project. He is computer literate but knows his limitations as to when tasks should be handled internally or when out-sourced. Conversant with most Microsoft packages he can quickly grasp any new software with which he is confronted. Having already designed and published many websites he is convinced of the power of this medium as a marketing tool using permission-based mailing but is also aware of its limitations. Barry is conversant with all relevant laws, accounting practices and regulations as well as tax efficient national and offshore banking principles to implement, to legally reduce taxation due. He is a leader with vision and can lead and motivate at board level with a firm, yet understanding hand. He can steer companies to the position of their chosen exit strategy, driven by challenge but knowing when the task in question is over his head. Once having accepted the task however he will follow it to it's logical conclusion, “success”. He does this with a combination of many skills accumulated in life through experience, a hands-on pragmatic approach to management and a thorough understanding of the problems and solutions involved in International business. He has a talent for building enthusiasm, overcoming obstacles, mixed with high energy levels. This results in creative and productive but long days. Barry has no difficulty in multi-tasking and is able to concentrate and work on many projects in different countries at the same time due to his excellent skills in Human resource appointment, delegation and management while keeping within a budget. Barry has not just visited most countries in the world but has lived in 5 so when he speaks of the German mentality he can back this up years of experiencing it first hand, likewise with the American, Spanish and British mentalties.

Nationality: British

Hobbies: Photography, Helicopter Flying, Writing, Taking on new challenges, which involve learning.

Memberships: Institute of Directors since 1980, Institute of Telecom Ressellers in EMeIAAA.
National Union of Journalists, British Academy of Hypnotherapists, Fellow of the Nth American Academy of Arts and Sciences, British association of occupational therapists
Founder member of Milton Keynes and Nth Bucks Chamber of Commerce.

Qualifications:
• Business Administration Diploma from Neuwied (Germany) Academy; majoring in “M.O.M” (Motivation, Organisation and Management
• “ TEFL “English ( Teaching English as a foreign Language) from Berlitz
• Teaching Diploma to teach Business English to Foreign Correspondents and translators.
• Qualification needed to educate apprentices in German Offices to become fully qualified ( HND/NVQ ?) Office Managers

Type of Drivers Licence Held:
Full Clean UK and German Motor vehicle

Other Licences Held:
Private Pilots Licence Helicopter, PPLH
Motorcycle Licence
Windsurfing Instructor Licence
John Watson Performance Driving Licence Silverstone

Languages:
English Native tongue
German: Spoken Fluently
Business German
French: A Smattering
Russian: just started learning

Computer Literacy:
IT literate
Fully conversant with all Microsoft Office suite of products and able to grasp new programmes quickly
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Power point
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft Frontpage
I have written and published several websites and I am able to assemble and install computers.

Journalism/Publishing Contributor to many German national and local newspapers
Author of many published English and American articles, Web sites and Papers on Franchising, Telecommunications, Mysticism and Travel so thorough understanding of corporate PR thus minimising advertising budgets.

SPORTS
Windsurfing, (sailboarding), Skiing, Walking

INTERESTS
Medicine
Psychology
Metaphysics
Company Formation
German and E.C. Law
English Language
Current Events
Marketing and Motivation

Education
Barry attended a post grad course from “The Neuwied Business Academy in Koblenz in Germany graduating with distinction and a diploma in. Motivation, Organisation and Management .

To understand the companies you need to understand the man. Reading the rather long biography that follows will assist you in understanding us

Barrington Roy Schiller
a  lifetime of multitasking Cross Border, transcultural business development  

Barrington Roy Schiller ( Barry to friends, Barick to Russian friends ) was born in England of humble beginnings, with his father being a factory worker and hi Mother working in a Laundry. Barry is a British National.  Most of his education was achieved after leaving school due to his early interest and involvement in the world of business and language.

After passing his “11 Plus” examination he attended Watford Technical High school, a grammer school. At the age of 14 though he lost interest in regular schooling when he established a business in the entertainment industry. This first taste of entrepreneurial business forced him however to learn basic administration skills as well as human resources management and logistics at an age when most of his peers were interested in no more than football.  He left school shortly after with passes in GCSE “O” levels.

 After taking his "O" level examinations he left to take up a position of Trainee Manager at Hunt Kennard and Co Ltd., a Timber Merchants in Harrow to please his mother who did not agree with him working for himself while under 21 and “under his parents roof” . Due to the fact that at that time the age of adulthood was 21 he also had to learn how to grow a business organically, i.e. without the help of outside funding, He was able to take on this apprenticeship due to the fact that his entertainment business operated solely during the evenings and weekends and it was here that he gained his formal office administration training. The apprenticeship was coupled with a day release system where he attended college one day per week to be taught typical office skills and duties as well as timber technology. After his apprenticeship in timber technology was completed he left the company and looked back. He continued to successfully run his entertainment business throughout London and a pattern of working evenings and nights in entertainment began leaving the days free for study and other ventures. In 1970 Barry took a course in Teaching English as a foreign Language (TEFL) and gained a position mornings with a local school which specialised in teaching English to French exchange students, coming to the UK specifically for that purpose.  Due to the bonds he formed teaching those students he got his first insight into the mentality of other Europeans as opposed to the insular thinking of many of his countrymen at that time.  His desire to travel to visit these countries and learn more about their customs was also awakened so at the age of 20 he sold the entertainment business and travelled to Paris, France and Hilversum, Holland for a period to work as a DJ. A visit to friends at the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied powers in Europe  (SHAPE) in Mons near Brussels, Belgium.

before moving to live in cold war West Berlin, Germany. In Berlin Barry lived in Roosevelt Baracks, home of the 6941st Guard Battalion - a predominantly German unit assigned the mission of providing security to U.S. installations - and other miscellaneous units. Barry was engaged to DJ and compere at the renowned Eden clubs during the evenings and by day he was busy for the American arm of NATO. Barry was soon forced to give up the Club work and focus back to providing English Education to German citizens.  Barry left Berlin to relocate to Braunschweig in West Germany  where he taught, English as a foreign language  and International business to foreign correspondents, Interpreters and foreign senior Nato officers at the Berlitz school which became one of the first Inlingua schools,. Teaching business English and Commerce and meant that he personally had to know all aspects of international commerce regarding import, export, shipping, banking and insurance systems as well as the general terms and conditions of contractual law in both English and German.  Barry gained a fluent grasp of the German language, culture and business practices while there. After leaving this position in 1974 he used his entrepreneurial German business skills to open his own language school despite considerable competition. The Language school business which he formed consisted of teaching private individuals, mainly business people, politicians and wealthy housewives the same subjects as he had been teaching at Berlitz.  He also hired classrooms in local schools and advertised for individuals who he formed into groups to both learn and practice their English. He employed other teachers and a Secretary while also working on a freelance basis as a translator for the City of Brunswick (Braunschweig) as well as a consultant to German companies wishing to trade with the UK and British music companies wishing to enter the German market..

 In 1979 Barry leased a dilapidated building in Brunswick, Germany and converted it into a  "British Centre"   (A combination of a Language School, Travel Agency, specialising in holidays to the UK, a translation service, a shop supplying articles from the UK  and a Pub/Restaurant where Anglophiles could congregate to improve their English conversational skills and where UK citizens living in Germany could meet each other as well as the Germans).  A business centre in the building also attracted visiting business people and acted as a reference library for teachers as well as local businesses.  In all senses of the word this was a true Cultural centre formed from nothing which enabled to many civil dignitaries to visit after the opening ceremony which was performed by a councillor of the City of Brunswick. The Centre also became the regional centre for The Neuwied  Business Academy, Koblenz.  with Barry lecturing the students who graduated with a diploma of. Motivation, Organisation and Management from the Neuwied academy

The British Consular General visited shortly after the opening and  Barry learnt the importance of PR, the Press and how to deal with them to obtain the maximum coverage in print, TV and radio.  By developing the corporate identity he then positioned the company such that it became a viable pilot object to become a franchised chain so he recruited two franchisees in Hamburg and Berlin before selling the business outright in 1983 to concentrate on the knowledge he had gained in the fields of the travel business and franchising sides becoming one of Europe’s first Franchise Consultants. The town council of the City of Brunswick asked Barry to take a position on the board of the City's Twinning Council together with the Lord Mayor, Gerhard Glokowski ( Interior minister of Lower Saxony in Germany) with the particular area of responsibility being their relationship with their twinning Town “Bath”.  Barry worked with the Town hall to organise official receptions for visiting delegations and was responsible for co-ordinating civic visits to Brunswick and civic visits from Brunswick. These included school exchanges allowing him to expand upon his insight into travel organisation and promotion. Soon, Barry was arranging educational travel to the UK from most European countries and became Managing Director and Director of Studies for Cambridge College. Utilising his Team building and multi tasking talents Barry was soon able to be free to take on new challenges by building and appointing a management structure to take on all  his current responsibilities. In 1979 Barry initiated “the International Club of Braunschweig”, which he proposed to the town council of the City of Braunschweig, Germany and its Mayor, who is now the Minister President (Senator)  of Lower Saxony, Germany. The objective was to raise the image of the city by attracting dignitaries to the city to discuss matters of political and social importance. Among his responsibilities was the welfare of such dignitaries who were amongst others, the General Secretary of NATO  and visiting Royal Family members such as Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, Duchess of Brunswick , Princess of Preussen and Lower Saxony ( a cousin of the Queen of England and only daughter and the seventh child of William II, German Emperor and Empress Augusta Victoria – Princess Victoria Louise was the maternal grandmother of Queen Sophie of Spain and the former King Constantine II of the Hellenes

 Barry also personally looked after the protocol for visiting diplomats to the city and organised social functions such as formal balls, .together with Oberstadt director Hans-Günther Weber.  It was here that he was first introduced to Franz Josef Strauss (German defence Minister and Minister President of Bavaria) who he shortly after visited in his home in Rottach Egern, Bavaria to discuss the workings of the Pan Europa Union. Since initially visiting SHAPE HQ Barry had been active parallel to his day job and Barry was head of operations for the visit of Dr Joseph Luns ( The General Secretary of NATO from 1971 to 1984 )

With everything running successfully Barry once again started searching for a new challenge and parallel to being the CEO of his travel company he was appointed as the Managing Director and CEO for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Scandanavia by a Spanish Designer Bridal wear manufacturer (www.Pronovias.com) to launch their brand in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland.  This involved forming the corporation, appointing accountants, solicitors and all other necessary professionals.  He designed the merchandising strategy, the software programmes and all necessary back room systems.  He was also personally solely responsible for the management of the company funds and budget and for all aspects of the production of two international fashion shows per year and the production of a corporate video for the company. He steered the company from nothing to become the  brand leader taking the major share of the market within 3 years. The travel company formed a group of Pan European Corporations, (Tour operators, Travel agents)

GB – D Freundeskreis e.V
English conversation Club e.V
Relda Reise &Konferenz Veranstaltungs GmbH
Adler Reise &Konferenz Veranstaltungs GmbH
Cala Ratjada Club
Texas Tourist development Agency _European Representation
Neue Horizonte Reisen
ADALA – Association des Amis de la Langue Anglais
English Conversation Club of Austria
Incoming Brunswick
Euro Conversation Club
Associazione interessati agli scambi culturali e d’amicizia in Europa
Club para el intercambio de idiomas y de cultura entre Espana e Inglaterra
English Conversation Club , France
English Conversation club Italy
Stichting English conversation Club

Solely marketing their own brand language and cultural education centres in the UK (Cambridge College Ltd). 

 The marketing companies were in Helmstedt, Germany with a network of 120 sales agents in both East and West Germany;(at the time)  Graz Austria; Nimes, France; and Los Angeles, USA.  They dealt with the Brochure production, marketing and transporting of persons wishing to travel to the UK to learn English as well as to a group of skiing schools in France, Austria, Switzerland and Italy which Barry had purchased.

 Barry now formed a transatlantic and pan European Public Relations corporation to obtain maximum press coverage for his companies thus reducing the necessity of expensive advertising and Barry, who personally wrote the press releases became the most published travel journalist in Germany at the time.

Barry’s quest for new input and new learning was insatiable so he studied and gained the qualification to educate students obtaining their “diplomas in Administration Management” by the Chamber of Commerce of Helmstedt, Germany.

 During this period the ill health and subsequent death of his Father resulted in him  relocating BACK to the UK from where he continued the running of the companies as well as starting several new ventures.        

Barry reverted back to his earlier experience of franchising and  turned his consulting skills to specialise on his  Franchise Consultancy which involved him in many projects simultaneously in as diverse a fields as:.........

Property Rental and Management

Natural Beauty Products (a la Body Shop)

Carpet Cleaning

Jeans and Leisurewear

 When the publisher (and Barry’s long time friend) of the leading Franchise magazine “Franchise Opportunities “ took on  the representation of the King of Malaysia’s UK business empire he offered the magazine and directory to Barry who purchased and rebranded it as FOPS franchise directory and journal and it became the official organ of the association of Franchisees championing the rights of the Franchisee. This meant Barry designing systems for subscription procurement, advertisement design and sales, layout, editorial content and all the other aspects involved in the day to day running of a magazine. Barry’s main responsibilities for these companies was to organise their company in such a way that it became “Franchisable” i.e. a replicable business.  This meant having to get their corporate identity designed, write their corporate manual, design office systems and practices, produce advertising materials, organise trade shows, media purchasing, marketing, public relations and contracts to sign up Franchisees.  He would then build franchisee recruitment programmes and go on to recruit, interview and appoint franchisees in the UK and Master franchisees outside the UK.

In 1993 Barry relocated to Spain to retire (for the first time) but the lazy life proved not to be for him so he formed a Spanish Ltd Company (SA) with which he then  purchased a 7 storey dilapidated run-down hotel on the beach in Mallorca on the Balearic Islands of Spain and refurbished it. To optimize revenues he negotiated a contract with Germany’s largest Tour Operator to obtain maximum occupancy for the rooms, converted the first floor which was totally empty when he took it over to build a 60 cover Tex Mex Restaurant and a 150 person British pub as well as re-styling the swimming pool and surrounding area to enable dining overlooking the pool and ocean for 60 people. He then franchised the food and beverage sections of the business as a turnkey going concern. In 1996 he sold the hotel as a profitable business and returned again to live in the UK.                 

During his time in Spain Barry also made regular trips to the United States and actually resided in Highland Park, Dallas with his family for a 4 month period during the Spanish Winters. At that time telecommunications was still state run and Barry became involved in competitive telecommunications to reduce the costs (outsourcing) of communicating between the various offices and agents that he had appointed throughout the world for his eclectic business interests.  He was fortunate in meeting a founder member of the “Telecommunications Reseller Association” (TRA) and a man who had been involved in all aspects of Telecommunications before and since deregulation in 1984 in the USA and he was invited to attend meetings of the TRA and held office on the International Resale Committee of the TRA. Barry was involved with many Telecom companies, both in the United States and in Europe and was involved in the Research and development of a global network of Fax over Internet communications nodes as well as the early development of an internet Browser, a forerunner of Internet explorer at a time when to use the internet it was necessary to enter each line of code.

In 1996 Barry sold the tour operations travel group of companies to concentrate upon his activities in the fields of emerging competitive telecommunications

When Barry proposed the opening of a UK Chapter of the TRA in the USA the board was divided with several board members believing that it would not be possible for the TRA to support a chapter so far away especially with European competitive telecoms still being in its infancy in the UK and not yet conceived in most other European countries. It was therefore decided to support the formation of a new European association founded by Barry with several of the TRA members being on the board and reciprocal memberships of each others associations.

It was therefore as the Director General of the highly renowned “Institute of Telecom Resellers in Europe”, that Barry was instrumental in promoting de-regulated telecommunications globally. He therefore has a thorough understanding of the challenges which companies face in a deregulated utility environment. As a regular speaker at industry conferences, both in Europe as well as the United States and the host of many conferences on deregulation Barry also acted as a source of information for journalists and Global telecommunication companies wishing to know more about Global telecom issues, direction and opportunities as well as being ultimately responsible for every aspect of the Companies Strategy, direction and day-to-day activities. Members were such companies as British Telecom, France Telecom, Worldcom, Energis etc.until the full implementation of the WTO meant that the work of lobbying to promote competitive telecoms came to a natural end
Photos of  Barry Schiller

To be continued