Expert in Engineering & Consulting

GEC-SOLUTIONS offers engineering, consulting, and interim management for the machinery and plant engineering sector. As founder and managing owner, I am responsible for strategy, sales, and project management.

• Founded and built the company with a focus on technical consulting, process optimization, and interim management
• Developed a sales strategy to acquire customers
• Prepared all accounting and financing documents
• Created a marketing strategy
• Acquired and supported clients from various industry sectors
• Developed tailored solutions for clients in automotive, custom machinery, and automation
• Strategic corporate management and controlling
• Handled all commercial and accounting tasks
• Marketing
• Built a network and cooperated with partner companies

• January 2021 to December 2023: Head of Business Unit Test Systems** The company was divided into several business units, with test systems fully under my responsibility. In addition, I continued to manage the site and sales for test systems. I had personnel responsibility for 86 internal staff and up to 30 external staff.

• Planning responsibility

• Order planning

• Revenue planning

• HGB/POC review

• Evaluation of hourly billing rates

• Evaluation of surcharges

• Project controlling

• Cost controlling

• Staff controlling

• Technical leadership

• Disciplinary leadership

• Coaching and development

• Strategy planning

• Strategic direction

• New product development

• Identifying growth opportunities

• Market monitoring and entering new markets

• Investment and budget planning

• Micro management

• Risk management

• Developing patents

• Mentoring another business unit leader

• Tasks of the sales manager

• September 2019 to December 2023: Sales Manager** Responsible for sales in test benches as well as for industrial and public sector clients. Led a team of inside and field sales staff of up to 7 people.

• Focused on building effective cold calling

• Incoming order planning

• Forecast evaluations

• Risk assessments

• Proposal reviews

• Cost estimation reviews

• Sales strategy development

• Member of the Europe sales team

• Client support up to top level

• Contract reviews

• Negotiations

• Tasks of the site manager

• December 2018 to December 2023: Technical Director, Power of Attorney granted** Appointed Technical Director for the test engineering and electrical systems division. With the appointment, I was granted power of attorney, allowing me to act independently within my authority.

• June 2005 to October 2008: Promoted to Design Group Leader for assembly systems**

• Coordinated staffing for a team of up to 10 employees

• Capacity planning

• Vacation planning

• Time tracking

• Budget tracking

• Conducted employee reviews

• Main contact for other specialist departments

• April 2003 to June 2005: Specialist Project Manager Custom Machinery Engineering**

Within the design department for measuring and setup stations as well as assembly systems. In addition to normal design and development work, tasks included:

• Sales support
• Technical order processing
• Customer support
• FMEA creation
• Preparation of requirements documents
• Proposal review
• Purchasing support
• Machine concepts
• Assembly support