Overseeing all staff, finance, accounting and operations
Setting up a new business line “Industrial Automation Services”
Acquiring new customers in the field of industrial automation
On-site project management, planning and software commissioning at Vitesco Tianjin for electric drive production line extension (EMR3), EMR4 line ramp-up and EOL support at Vitesco Icheon, South Korea
On-site support at Volkswagen Powertrain Shanghai and VW Chengdu
Subordinates: 4
Access to more than 10 Chinese engineers through partner network
Software development for a newly developed glass forming machine with TwinCAT3, including force-stroke control and torque control
Development of a new, reusable HMI based on HTML5
Data logging into MySQL database in Scope Quality (every 12ms one dataset)
Development of an energy consumption monitoring system for a beverage can plant in Korea, including interfaces between Allen-Bradley PLC, TwinCAT and MySQL
IT administration of Microsoft 365 Business with two domains and approximately 50 users, email migration from 163.com to Microsoft Exchange Server
Subordinates: 4
Customers: Vitrum Technologies GmbH, Hanil Can Eumseong, Korea
Apr 2017 - May 2021
4 years 2 months
Nanjing, China
Head of Software & Service
M.A.i Automation Nanjing Co., Ltd
Leading a team of service engineers, PLC software developers and electrical engineers
Recruiting and training the related Chinese employees
Setting standards for PLC programs for both TIA Portal and TwinCAT
Developing and documenting a TIA S7 and WinCC template from scratch
Robotics: Stäubli, ABB, Estun
Introducing an object-oriented approach in PLC programming
Implemented project-related working time reporting and monitoring
Project management & after sales service
Subordinates: 8
Customers: Söhner, Concraft, Kolektor, Kimball, Brose, Boge, Valeo, Dräxlmaier etc.
Oct 2016 - Mar 2017
6 months
Berlin, Germany
Service Engineer & Manager Korea
KORSCH AG
Installation & complete qualification of tableting machines in Korea
Troubleshooting & customer support
Successful final acceptance tests of the related equipment
Building trustful relationships with Korean customers