Experience

Saint-Gobain Mobility - Bearings
• Germany
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• R&D Leader Bearings

  • Jan 2023 - Present


Saint-Gobain Research Germany

• Germany
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Department Manager Innovation Incubator

  • Jan 2021 - Dec 2022

  Leading a department composed of strongly cross-disciplinary and diverse teams with a focus on innovation projects, scouting activities, UX design and prototyping for different businesses of Saint-Gobain.

• Department Manager

  • Feb 2019 - Dec 2020

  Leading a R&D department with focus on • Electronic systems: Connected objects, sensors, active glazing, displays • Glass Mechanics and Optics: Measurements and defect analysis • Simulation of glass processes and products (bending, optics, mechanics) • Pilot production for glass lamination and fast prototyping • Technology management and technology scouting

• Group Manager Simulation

  • Feb 2018 - Jan 2019

• Portfoliomanager

  • Jul 2017 - Jan 2018



Vossloh-Schwabe

• Germany
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• General Manager R&D

  • Oct 2015 - Jun 2017

  Leading R&D groups across different locations in Europe (Germany, Italy, Slovakia, Serbia), driving Innovation Projects & New Business Developments in Smart Lighting within the international R&D organization of Panasonic

• Research Development Group Manager

  • Oct 2014 - Sep 2015



Philips Lighting

• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

• Global Customer Quality Manager

  • Dec 2012 - Sep 2014

  Leading the customer quality management for key account customers for automotive lighting applications: • Reducing negative impact and risk of complaints by containments. • Implementing major improvements and learnings. • Bringing automotive processes and mindset to factories. • Building-up trustful relationships with customers.

• Projektmanager

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2012

  Building-up a safe-launch service for LED customers



Werkzeugmaschinenlabor WZL der RWTH Aachen

• Germany
• Research
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Group Manager Technology Planning

  • Jul 2009 - Dec 2011

• Research Assistant & Project Manager for Grinding Technologies

  • Mar 2006 - Jun 2009