Martin Koch
Director Of Manufacturing Operations at Invenco- Claim this Profile
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Divend Singh
Martin is a great team player whom you can work with on any business project to delivery effective outcomes. His manufacturing and engineering knowledge can be very well relied on to drive changes and improvements both at a process and product level. A friendly and professional colleague overall !!
Martin Vermaak
I have had the privilege of knowing Martin prior to employing him as GM Engineering at Booyco Electronics (Pty) Ltd. Martin is a highly competent engineer who has extensive experience and knowledge in many facets of Electronics , namely the development of new product and new product introduction methods. Martin has been instrumental in the development of a new product with me and his experience in both RF and overall Hardware and Firmware development is exemplary. Martin is a confident leader and he leads his team with clarity and support making him achieve extraordinary results with a small team of resources. I am very happy to be associated with Martin and would recommend him highly to any potential employer.
Divend Singh
Martin is a great team player whom you can work with on any business project to delivery effective outcomes. His manufacturing and engineering knowledge can be very well relied on to drive changes and improvements both at a process and product level. A friendly and professional colleague overall !!
Martin Vermaak
I have had the privilege of knowing Martin prior to employing him as GM Engineering at Booyco Electronics (Pty) Ltd. Martin is a highly competent engineer who has extensive experience and knowledge in many facets of Electronics , namely the development of new product and new product introduction methods. Martin has been instrumental in the development of a new product with me and his experience in both RF and overall Hardware and Firmware development is exemplary. Martin is a confident leader and he leads his team with clarity and support making him achieve extraordinary results with a small team of resources. I am very happy to be associated with Martin and would recommend him highly to any potential employer.
Divend Singh
Martin is a great team player whom you can work with on any business project to delivery effective outcomes. His manufacturing and engineering knowledge can be very well relied on to drive changes and improvements both at a process and product level. A friendly and professional colleague overall !!
Martin Vermaak
I have had the privilege of knowing Martin prior to employing him as GM Engineering at Booyco Electronics (Pty) Ltd. Martin is a highly competent engineer who has extensive experience and knowledge in many facets of Electronics , namely the development of new product and new product introduction methods. Martin has been instrumental in the development of a new product with me and his experience in both RF and overall Hardware and Firmware development is exemplary. Martin is a confident leader and he leads his team with clarity and support making him achieve extraordinary results with a small team of resources. I am very happy to be associated with Martin and would recommend him highly to any potential employer.
Divend Singh
Martin is a great team player whom you can work with on any business project to delivery effective outcomes. His manufacturing and engineering knowledge can be very well relied on to drive changes and improvements both at a process and product level. A friendly and professional colleague overall !!
Martin Vermaak
I have had the privilege of knowing Martin prior to employing him as GM Engineering at Booyco Electronics (Pty) Ltd. Martin is a highly competent engineer who has extensive experience and knowledge in many facets of Electronics , namely the development of new product and new product introduction methods. Martin has been instrumental in the development of a new product with me and his experience in both RF and overall Hardware and Firmware development is exemplary. Martin is a confident leader and he leads his team with clarity and support making him achieve extraordinary results with a small team of resources. I am very happy to be associated with Martin and would recommend him highly to any potential employer.
Credentials
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Leadership Development Programme
Knowledge DNAJun, 2016- Oct, 2024 -
Intrinsic Safety - Manufacture and Repair
MASCJul, 2016- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Invenco
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New Zealand
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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100 - 200 Employee
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Director Of Manufacturing Operations
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Apr 2022 - Present
Develop, manage, motivate and lead Invenco’s Operations and Manufacturing teams to deliver products on time and in full to customer demand.Implement smart management utilizing decision-making based on data analysis and report implementation.Act as a technical expert within Operations focusing on Procurement/Service/Manufacturing engineering. Providing the technical expertise in electronic design and component selection to support cost down and EOL efforts as well as design for manufacture and design for service requirements.Macro-project delivery for all key strategic projects, working with senior sponsors of each initiative to ensure adherence to budget and speed targets.Mapping of business processes to translate business requirements and processes into usable business systems and reports, by focusing on changes and improvements.
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Technical Operations Manager
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Apr 2019 - Mar 2022
Solve complex technical and operating problems and propose product improvement needs in order to reach quality and cost targets and ensure customer satisfaction.Macro-project planning and project management for all key strategic projects, working with senior sponsors of each initiative to ensure adherence to budget and speed targets.Act as a technical expert within Operations with particular focus on Procurement/Service/Manufacturing engineering. Providing the technical expertise in electronic design and component selection to support cost down and EOL efforts.Mapping of business processes to translate business requirements and processes into usable business systems and reports, by focusing on changes and improvements. Accountability for analyzing, designing, delivering and testing data models to deal with complex data.
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Product Delivery Manager
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Aug 2018 - Mar 2019
Project and Technical Management with a focus on managing Joint Venture Development projects. Working with project managers to prepare Statement of Works, review contractor quotes, design service agreements, design capabilities, project plans and similar agreements and contracts.Assisting the Chief Engineer in defining and documenting product design and development architecture.Act as the primary interface on all technical matters with contract designers and manufacturing partnersIssue analysis, investigation and closeout.
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Senior Project Manager
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Jun 2017 - Jul 2018
Managing a cross-functional team across business processes to achieve project delivery with emphasis on Scope, Budget, Risks and Regulatory Requirements within the EMV payments industry.Collaborate with Project Sponsors, Product Managers and external Customers in evolving customer and market requirements into product requirements and elaboration of business cases. Successfully scale and use the Stage&Gate methodology to manage projects. Apply Agile project management methodologies to all sections of work.Utilise Atlassian Jira and Confluence software packages in conjunction with MS Projects, Ganttic and MS Power BI to manage various teams and report to the relevant stakeholders.Engage with outsourced development providers as appropriate to augment internal resources or leverage additional skills and capabilities. Ensure agreements are in place and manage expectations between the parties involved.Meet tight schedules and cost targets without compromising customer requirements and maintaining customer orientated delivery focus.Obtain and manage all necessary services and resources for the project.
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General Manager Engineering
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May 2016 - Apr 2017
• Departmental management of projects to meet strategic outputs required.• Budget planning and management.• Company management and direct decision making, reporting to the Chief Operations Officer.• System design, development and management of various aspects of VLF, VHF and UHF, systems. GSM, GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth based systems, as well as embedded Linux architecture design input.• Design projects in progress include: Local Based Augmentation Systems for GPS, Software Defined Radio, RF Beam shaping and TOF technology.• Intrinsically Safe Design methodologies.
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Engineering Manager
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Jul 2012 - Apr 2016
• Departmental, project and design management to achieve customer excellence and budget adherence.• Client relationship management.• Budget planning and management.• Company strategic management as part of top management team.• Design for manufacture, using APQP and FMEA principles.• Hardware and RF design, including communications systems (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB, GSM, GPS, CAN) first tier automotive power electronics, military, medical, power utilities and forensic laboratory products. • Product testing and validation, type approvals.• Project management and design documentation.
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Groupleader: RF and Hardware Design
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Apr 2008 - Jun 2012
• Hardware group management to ensure the adherence to deadlines and development of products.• Strategic product design input.• Product definition, system design.• Market analysis.• Customer interaction and problem solving.• Business support• Quality assurance for production, FMEA and APQP principles applied.• Project management and design documentation.• System design.• Hardware and RF design, development and maintenance. (Power supply, analog, digital and RF).
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Hardware and RF Design Engineer
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Sep 2004 - Apr 2008
• Hardware and RF design. Transmitters (mW to 200W), Receivers, Oscillators, Analog and SOC, in frequency ranges from VLF to UHF. GSM and GPS as well as Antenna design. General Design in analogue and digital, including Power Supply Design. • Design for Compliance.• Product testing and validation - type approvals.• Quality support.• Design documentation.
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Applications Engineer
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Nov 2001 - Aug 2004
Project management responsibilitiesASIC specification in conjunction with customersSilicone testing and verificationDesign and manufacture for specific applications. Product Datasheet creation. Project management responsibilitiesASIC specification in conjunction with customersSilicone testing and verificationDesign and manufacture for specific applications. Product Datasheet creation.
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Education
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1997 - 2001
University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
B.Ing, Electronic Engineering -
2010 - 2012
DaVinci Institute
M.Sc, Management of Technology and Innovation -
1992 - 1996
Richards Bay High School
Matric
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