Experience

AKDB

• Germany
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head of Portfolio and IT-Strategy at AKDB, Member of the Executive Board

  • Apr 2021 - Present



IRT - Research and Development Institute of ARD, ZDF, DRadio, ORF and SRG/SSR

• Deputy Head Department KUS (Artificial Intelligence, Universities, Standards)

  • Jan 2020 - Apr 2021

• Lead Regulatory Affairs and Member of the German Delegation for Radio Regulation

  • Dec 2018 - Apr 2021

  Development of a German negotiating position and representing Germany in international standardization committees (UN/ITU, NVG/BMVI, EBU, SMPTE)

• R&D Coordinator

  • Dec 2015 - Jan 2020

  • Responsible for resource planning, including investment and travel budgets for all R&D departments (production technologies - camera and lighting technology, audio & video technologies, media services, data mining, wireless systems and network technologies, approx. 100 engineers plus approx. 15 students) • Human resource development including monitoring of required expertise• Expanding university cooperation • Participation in international standardization committees (UN/ITU, NVG/BMVI, EBU, SMPTE)• Operational management of the Production Technologies department

• Head of Production Systems Television

  • Sep 2012 - Dec 2018



ARRI

• Germany
• Entertainment Providers
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Head of Product Management

  • Feb 2008 - Sep 2012

  • Responsible for the productportfolio in the Business Unit Lighting. Including Application Development and Technical Marketing.• Department Manager for Product Management and Application Development. Scouting for new technologies • Benchmarking existing product portfolio and setting up new product lines • Developing new business markets for existing product portfolio (e.g. Event, Medical, High Speed and Industrial applications)• Strategy development for entering new markets• Setting up the LED Department and introducing new product lines based on disruptive LED technologies• Installation of partner networks (industrial partners and universities)• Negotiation of OEM and license contracts• Award for outstanding technological achievements: Cinec Award 2008



Siemens

• Germany
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director User Experience and Multimedia Technologies

  • 2003 - Dec 2007

  • Since 2003 R&D Department Manager in the mobile phone Business Unit as Director for Internet and Application Technologies and Director for User Experience and Multimedia (approx. 40 employees and PhD Students)• Leading distributed and interdisciplinary teams as Head of Department with budget responsibility • Installing the department as the favorite partner for software development and service center for the product management in Germany and Asia and Siemens Networks ICN• Planning and realizing network field-tests in close cooperation with the network operators (e.g. Vodafone, Orange, O2, Telefonica)• Establishing cooperations with universities and supervising diploma and Ph.D. theses • Working areas: o Rapid Prototypingo Converging technologies for telecommunication (fixed line and mobile devices) and internet serviceso New design and user interface concepts (MMI, materials, hardware and software, prototype manufacturing)o New application concepts based on existing technologies (e.g. audio and video streaming for the mobile internet)o Evaluating and benchmarking market and industrial trendso Compilation of industrial and technological roadmaps and preparation of technology strategy

• Director for Business Development

  • Aug 2001 - Sep 2003



Veridicom Inc + Skytale GmbH

• Product Management

  • Feb 1998 - Jul 2003

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