Managing Director Commercial

• Aug 2023 - Present

Deputy Senior Vice President Energy

• Jan 2019 - Aug 2023

Head of Product Management and Marketing

• Apr 2018 - Dec 2018

In addition to the product management also responsible for the marketing which includes:- Planing and organisation of exhibitions, fairs, shows- Product Marketing for the complete product portfolio (based on the 4Ps)- Generation of the media plan, writing of technical articles, placement of advertisment- Ownership of the marketing budget

Head of Product Management

• Nov 2016 - Mar 2018

- Leading of a team of 22 members in the area of product management- Product responsibilty for metering solutions for water, thermal energy, electricity and gas including the related communication technologies for remote reading and the meter data management with a revenue of €180 million in 2015- Identification of new products, technologies, solutions and applications for the metering market- Responsible for the product life cycle management, the documentation and related market and competition analysis Show less

Global Director Division Marketing and member of the Executive Team

• Nov 2011 - Sep 2016

• Build up and lead a global team of 13 team members located in Belgium, China, Germany, Japan, US for the areas of strategic marketing, product management, application support, marketing & communications and customer service (for 2,5 years) • Marketing responsibility for ceramic substrates and busbars with a revenue of around $160 million in 2015 • Identify and set up new markets, application areas and customers in the international environment • Develop and implement new organic and inorganic growth opportunities Show less

Senior Director Program Management (Head of HTC Business Unit)

• Dec 2010 - Oct 2011

- Overall responsibility for all commercial ("Key account management) and project specific tasks for the customization of the 3G mobile phone platform for HTCs mobile phones and tablets - Set up and led a global project team of up to 80 team members located in China, France, Germany and Taiwan - Executed the projects on time, on budget and with high quality - Negotiated development and supply agreements and prices - Overall responsibility for all commercial ("Key account management) and project specific tasks for the customization of the 3G mobile phone platform for HTCs mobile phones and tablets - Set up and led a global project team of up to 80 team members located in China, France, Germany and Taiwan - Executed the projects on time, on budget and with high quality - Negotiated development and supply agreements and prices

Senior Director - Head of Strategic Marketing and Planning

• Oct 2008 - Nov 2010

• Disciplinary and functional leadership of six Senior Marketing Managers• Developed and implemented the LTE market introduction strategy• Evaluated and negotiated strategic partnerships• Product management for the LTE platform and the main components (baseband and RF transceiver)• Responsible for volume and revenue planning

Senior Director - Head of Project Office

• Mar 2007 - Sep 2008

• Led the worldwide PO team of 20 team members located in Austria, China, France, Germany and India• Responsible for tools, processes and methods for product development and their use in projects• Identified, tested and implemented measures for efficiency improvement in the R&D department• Led a project for the integration of new colleagues after an acquisition and the related benchmarking project

Senior Director - Program Management (Head of Panasonic Business Unit)

• Dec 2002 - Feb 2007

- Overall responsibility for all commercial ("Key Account Management") and project specific tasks for the customization of the 2G and 3G mobile phone platform for Panasonics mobile phones- Set up and led up to three parallel global project teams of up to 150 team members located in Duesseldorf, Munich, Nuremberg, Sophie Antipolis, Villach, Xi'an, Yokohama)- Executed the project in time, budget and quality- Led negotiations for development and supply agreements including related pricing and implemented the agreement- Responsible to win successor projects Show less

Marketing Director - EMEA

• Apr 2000 - Nov 2002

• Disciplinary and functional leadership of seven team members• Responsible for revenue and profit of infrastructure ICs for the data/telecom market

Market Segment Manager

• Jul 1998 - Mar 2000

Business Development for IFX/Siemens Semiconductor semiconductor products in the areas of ISDN, Cable Modem, Powerline Communication, Wireless Infrastrucuture for Semiconductor Products

Product Marketing Manager

• Oct 1996 - Jun 1998

Worldwide Product marketing responsibility for IC for ISDN Network Termination, ISDB PBX and ISDN Terminal Adapter Worldwide Product marketing responsibility for IC for ISDN Network Termination, ISDB PBX and ISDN Terminal Adapter

Product Marketing Engineer

• Apr 1993 - Sep 1996

Marketing and technical support for semiconductor products for the area of tele- and datacommunications. Responsible for customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland Support and Design activities for the data- and telecommunication ICs for the vendors: Siemens Semiconductor, Motorola, National, Texas Instruments, Mitel, AMD Marketing and technical support for semiconductor products for the area of tele- and datacommunications. Responsible for customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland Support and Design activities for the data- and telecommunication ICs for the vendors: Siemens Semiconductor, Motorola, National, Texas Instruments, Mitel, AMD