Coordination of planning and implementation of a production expansion in southern Sweden
Preparation of technical specifications
Dec 2021 - Jul 2025
3 years 8 months
Veendam, Netherlands
Hybrid
Infrastructure Manager
MCPV Nederland BV
Preparation of technical specifications for tenders for technology, compressed air supply, ultra-pure water production, wastewater treatment, process gas supply, process, product and exhaust gas treatment, heat/cold recovery, cooling water supply
Development of the plant supply matrix
Creation of water balance and energy flow diagrams
Coordination between R&D and production teams
Nov 2016 - Sep 2020
3 years 11 months
Managing Director
PVA Metrology & Plasma Solutions GmbH
Reporting to the Executive Board of PVA TePla AG (2018 revenue: €96.7M)
Leading 40 employees at 4 sites, P&L responsibility
Strategy, budget, and investment planning
Coordination of the global representative network
Workflow optimization and staff development
Close communication on quality, productivity, and delivery reliability with external manufacturing site
Stabilization and realignment of the company after relocation
Achieving positive EBIT development (EBIT margin from -7% to 9%)
Crisis management and implementation of a complex technology solution as site manager for a turnkey PV fab in Taiwan
Nov 2016 - Apr 2017
6 months
Technical Director
PVA Metrology & Plasma Solutions GmbH
Management of development and design departments for mechanics, electronics, and software
Leading 10 employees
Requirements clarification, new development, and variant design
Application support
Consolidation of the number of system variants
Introduction of a new hardware control system
Feb 2016 - Oct 2016
9 months
Consulting Engineer
Self-Employed
Investigation of financing options for the reactivation of a thin-film PV production plant in Senftenberg, Brandenburg
Apr 2013 - Dec 2014
1 year 9 months
Head of Product Management, Head of R&D
Leybold Optics GmbH
Member of the management team
Supported the transfer of operations
Aligned and prepared the division for sale
Mar 2010 - Mar 2013
3 years 1 month
Head of Product Management & Head of R&D, Solar/Glass Division
Leybold Optics GmbH
Personnel and budget responsibility
Leading development and product management projects
Introducing processes for product management
Co-responsible for the division's strategy and patent strategy
Reorganizing product management and R&D
Initiating collaborations with research institutes and industrial partners
Apr 2009 - Feb 2010
11 months
Head of R&D
Leybold Optics GmbH
Strategy development and budget responsibility
Crisis management and support during the commissioning of a turnkey production line in Taiwan
Feb 2008 - Mar 2009
1 year 2 months
Head of Business Unit Solar II
Leybold Optics GmbH
Establishment of the business unit with 17 employees
Development of business strategies
Nov 2006 - Jan 2008
1 year 3 months
Photovoltaic Developer
Leybold Optics GmbH
Sales support in securing a PV turnkey project (€23M)
Mar 2006 - Oct 2006
8 months
Dortmund, Germany
Senior Product Manager Micro-Optics
Lissotschenko Mikrooptik GmbH
Worldwide technical sales support
Development of the product range in micro-optics
Interface between R&D, production, QA, sales and customers
Jun 2003 - Aug 2005
2 years 3 months
Jena, Germany
Head of Product Engineering
Schott Lithotec AG
Setting up the department and training staff
Worldwide technical sales support for optical materials
Creating and maintaining the product and metrology roadmap
Jul 2000 - May 2003
2 years 11 months
Mainz, Germany
Scientific Advisor for Product Engineering
Schott Lithotec AG
Establishment and commissioning of metrology for quality assurance of optical materials
Preparation of quality statistics
Representation of Schott Lithotec at international conferences
Jan 2000 - Jun 2000
6 months
Bochum, Germany
Research Associate
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Project work funded by the German Research Foundation
Jan 1991 - Dec 1999
9 years
Hagen, Germany
Research Associate
FernUniversität Hagen
Project work in the fields of photovoltaics and SMD solder pastes
Summary
Many years of experience in technology, process, product, and material development
Leadership personality with a broad range of functional experience and solid comprehensive management skills, proven in medium-sized companies in the high-tech industry
Strong customer focus in national and international environments
Sustainable development and alignment of new business units