Experience

OQ Chemicals

• Germany
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Plant manager operating logistics

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Head of department with ~50 employees; responsible for storage and loading (trucks and railcars), responsible for a tank farm with a total volume of ~50.000 m³ with toxic, flammable liquids and liquid gases under BImSchG law; responsible for an internal rail system ; driving improvement in digitalization projects (KPI, dashboarding, yard management; control of investment projects); Hazop studies Head of department with ~50 employees; responsible for storage and loading (trucks and railcars), responsible for a tank farm with a total volume of ~50.000 m³ with toxic, flammable liquids and liquid gases under BImSchG law; responsible for an internal rail system ; driving improvement in digitalization projects (KPI, dashboarding, yard management; control of investment projects); Hazop studies



OQ

• Oman
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy plant manager

  • May 2020 - Oct 2022

  Supporting transformation Program OXOLUTION in the production cluster by reorganizing five former production units into two clusters; responsible for the raw material and product quality of ten production plants (acids, aldehydes, amines, special alcohols and esters); responsible for the development of operative business intelligence on basis of PowerBI; evaluation of production data, continuous improvements with regard to raw material consumption with a focus on the establishment of online analytics and automation of processes; support in the preparation of BImSchG approval documents, responsible for the implementation of authority and customer audits (e.g. under HACCP, Kosher, PPAP



Oxea & OQ Chemicals (seit Mai 2020)

• Deputy plant manager

  • May 2017 - May 2021

  Production of Neopentylglykol (NPG), amines and higher alcohols in kilo ton scale. Support of the plant manager in all tasks, Evaluation of production data, continous improvement with respect to energy, raw materials and other costs. Lead of Investment projects and participation of Hazop studies. Support in plant documentation and authority approvals regarding german BImSchG and european REACH regulations. Production of Neopentylglykol (NPG), amines and higher alcohols in kilo ton scale. Support of the plant manager in all tasks, Evaluation of production data, continous improvement with respect to energy, raw materials and other costs. Lead of Investment projects and participation of Hazop studies. Support in plant documentation and authority approvals regarding german BImSchG and european REACH regulations.



Oxea

• Germany
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Process Chemist

  • Nov 2012 - May 2017

  Continous improvement of the hydroformylation process of propylene with a production capacity of 600 kt; transfer of lab results from a continous model reactor into pilot and production scale. Evaluation of reaction kinetics; cost calculation of projects and project management; patent search and support for new patents; coordination of external custom prodcutions; main fields of lab development: two-phase catalysis; metal organic catalysis up to 250 bar; ligand screening Continous improvement of the hydroformylation process of propylene with a production capacity of 600 kt; transfer of lab results from a continous model reactor into pilot and production scale. Evaluation of reaction kinetics; cost calculation of projects and project management; patent search and support for new patents; coordination of external custom prodcutions; main fields of lab development: two-phase catalysis; metal organic catalysis up to 250 bar; ligand screening



Central Glass Germany GmbH

• Lab manager process development

  • Sep 2008 - Nov 2012

  Transfer of 17 organic products from lab scale to GMP-production; establishing Hazard and operability studies (Hazop) according to german federal law (BImSchG); establishing manufacturing instructions and monitoring of production; process optimization; process validation; cost calculation of projects and project management for international customers; chairman of employee suggestions committee Transfer of 17 organic products from lab scale to GMP-production; establishing Hazard and operability studies (Hazop) according to german federal law (BImSchG); establishing manufacturing instructions and monitoring of production; process optimization; process validation; cost calculation of projects and project management for international customers; chairman of employee suggestions committee



Humboldt-University Berlin, Metallorganic chemistry and homogenous catalysis

• Scientist

  • Jan 2007 - Aug 2008

  Responsible for NMR-, IR- and raman-spectroscopy; leading lab technicians and master students; establishing the working group organometallic chemistry and homogenous catalysis Responsible for NMR-, IR- and raman-spectroscopy; leading lab technicians and master students; establishing the working group organometallic chemistry and homogenous catalysis



Bielefeld University

• Germany
• Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Scientist

  • Apr 2004 - Dec 2006

  Responsible for NMR-, IR- and raman-spectroscopy; leading lab technicians and master students; representative of scientific staff in faculty conference Responsible for NMR-, IR- and raman-spectroscopy; leading lab technicians and master students; representative of scientific staff in faculty conference