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Günter (Dr.-ing.) Grabosch
Infrastructure Manager
Experience
Jul 2025 - Present
7 monthsInfrastructure Manager
MCPV Nederland BV
- Creating technical specifications for tenders
- Many years of experience in technology, compressed air supply, ultrapure water production, wastewater treatment, process gas supply, process, product and exhaust gas treatment, heat/cold recovery, cooling water supply
- Developing the facility supply matrix
- Developing water balance and energy flow diagrams
- Coordinating between R&D and production teams
Apr 2022 - Mar 2024
2 yearsExternal Project Manager for a production expansion in southern Sweden
Hellma Materials GmbH
- Coordinating, planning, and implementing the production expansion
- Creating technical specifications
Nov 2016 - Sep 2020
3 years 11 monthsManaging Director
PVA Metrology & Plasma Solutions GmbH
- Reporting to the Management Board of PVA TePla AG
- Managing 40 employees across four locations, with P&L responsibility
- Results-driven leadership of the company with three business divisions (plasma systems and advanced metrology solutions for the semiconductor industry)
- Strategy, budget, and investment planning
- Coordinating the global representative network
- Optimizing workflows and staff development
- Close communication on quality, productivity, and delivery reliability with the external manufacturing site
- Orders received 2017–2018: €19.6M, revenue: €14.4M
- Strengthened profitability after site relocation, with EBIT margin improving from -7% to 9%
- Site manager for a turnkey PV fab in Taiwan: crisis management and implementation of a complex technology solution
Nov 2016 - Apr 2017
6 monthsTechnical Director
PVA Metrology & Plasma Solutions GmbH
- Leading the development and design departments for mechanics, electronics, and software
- Managing 10 employees
- Clarifying requirements, new development, and variant design
- Providing application support
- Consolidating the number of system variants
- Introducing a new hardware control system
Feb 2016 - Oct 2016
9 monthsConsulting Engineer
Private Investor
- Investigating financing options for recommissioning a thin-film PV production facility in Senftenberg, Brandenburg
Apr 2013 - Dec 2014
1 year 9 monthsHead of Product Management, Head of R&D
Leybold Optics Dresden GmbH
- Member of the management team
- Guided the operational transition
- Aligned and prepared the division for sale
Mar 2010 - Mar 2013
3 years 1 monthHead of Product Management & Head of R&D Solar/Glass Division
Leybold Optics GmbH
- Responsible for personnel and budget
- Led development and product management projects
- Introduced processes for product management
- Co-responsible for the division's strategy and patent strategy
- Successfully reorganized product management and R&D
- Initiated collaborations with research institutes and industrial partners
Apr 2009 - Feb 2010
11 monthsHead of R&D
Leybold Optics GmbH
- Strategy development and budget responsibility
- Crisis management and support for the commissioning of a turnkey production line in Taiwan
Feb 2008 - Mar 2009
1 year 2 monthsHead of Business Unit Solar II
Leybold Optics GmbH
- Built the business unit with 17 employees
- Developed business strategies
Nov 2006 - Jan 2008
1 year 3 monthsPhotovoltaics Developer
Leybold Optics GmbH
- Supported sales in securing a PV turnkey project (€23M)
Mar 2006 - Oct 2006
8 monthsSenior Micro-Optics Product Manager
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 monthsHead of Product Engineering
Schott Lithotec AG
- Set up the department and trained staff
- Worldwide technical sales support for optical materials
- Creation and maintenance of the product and measurement technology roadmap
Jul 2000 - May 2003
2 years 11 monthsScientific Advisor for Product Engineering
Schott Lithotec AG
- Set up and commissioning of measurement systems for quality assurance of optical materials
- Development of quality statistics
- Represented Schott Lithotec at international conferences
Jan 2000 - Jun 2000
6 monthsResearch Associate
Ruhr Universität Bochum
- Project work as part of the German Research Foundation
Jan 1991 - Dec 1999
9 yearsResearch Associate
FernUniversität Hagen
- Project work in photovoltaics and SMD solder pastes
Summary
Many years of experience in technology, process, product, and material development
Strong leadership skills with a broad range of functional experience and solid management abilities, proven in mid-sized high-tech companies
Strong customer focus in national and international settings
Sustainable establishment and alignment of new business areas
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedEducation
Jan 1991 - May 1994
Fern University in Hagen
Dr.-Ing., Electrical Engineering · Electrical Engineering · Hagen, Germany · very good
Oct 1982 - Aug 1989
Ruhr University Bochum
Diploma in Mineralogy · Mineralogy · Bochum, Germany · good
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