Michal Pochmon
Executive // Head of Engineering Center at Magna Lighting Czech- Claim this Profile
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Jindrich Blaha
Michal is a visionary and energetic manager who values trust within the team and leadership approach over old school management methods. Simultaneously, he has a strong scientific background and understands the development of HELLA products deeply which makes him best fitting for his role
Jindrich Blaha
Michal is a visionary and energetic manager who values trust within the team and leadership approach over old school management methods. Simultaneously, he has a strong scientific background and understands the development of HELLA products deeply which makes him best fitting for his role
Jindrich Blaha
Michal is a visionary and energetic manager who values trust within the team and leadership approach over old school management methods. Simultaneously, he has a strong scientific background and understands the development of HELLA products deeply which makes him best fitting for his role
Jindrich Blaha
Michal is a visionary and energetic manager who values trust within the team and leadership approach over old school management methods. Simultaneously, he has a strong scientific background and understands the development of HELLA products deeply which makes him best fitting for his role
Experience
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Magna Lighting Czech
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Czechia
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Automotive
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1 - 100 Employee
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Executive // Head of Engineering Center
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Feb 2023 - Present
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ŠKODA Digital
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Czechia
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTO - development and project management director
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Dec 2020 - Feb 2023
- director of development and project management of Skoda Group digital systems - new project management and process department establishment including relevant processes and interfaces setup - establishment of new Skoda group autonomy development center department - responsible for company development projects (Q, C, T), own budget and revenue planning, capacity planning, cooperation with suppliers, finding new strategic partners, universities cooperation and subsidy opportunities - member of small team in Skoda responsible for preparation “Skoda digitization strategy 2022-2030” and preparation of relevant digitalization division - member of technical DD (due diligence) team in running M&A project Show less
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HELLA
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Germany
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Head of D&D headlamps Hella Czech republic
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Aug 2018 - Dec 2020
- responsibility for headlamps technical development in Hella Czech Republic- supervision of app. 120 root employees and 30-50 external cooperants (design, optics, electronics, simulations, …)- implementation of lean development, agile techniques, decreasing development costs- working with VW, Audi, Daimler, BMW, Seat, Škoda, etc., regular contacts with customers - we achieved development cost decreasing by 30 %, Toyota Kata implementation as continuous improvement process in development, effectivization of development-operations linkage Show less
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Product development manager
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Oct 2015 - Jul 2018
- establishment and leadership of new development department in Hella Mohelnice – projection modules optical development, from zero headcount to thirteen people in 2018 - first development and pre-development of conventional, LED and Matrix modules out of mother company in Lippstadt, Germany (specific projects for Skoda, VW, Daimler, …)
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Lighting coordinator
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Mar 2013 - Sep 2015
- projection modules optical development know-how and responsibility transfer from mother company in Lippstadt in Germany to Hella Mohelnice- global corporate responsibility for certain types of projection modules – development and production maintenance
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Palacký University Olomouc
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Czechia
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Higher Education
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400 - 500 Employee
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Assistent professor
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Jun 2012 - Feb 2013
- leadership of bachelor and diploma thesis- teaching students and scientific work
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Lecturer
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Sep 2007 - May 2012
- 2011 – international conference Experimental stress analysis award “Best contribution in young scientist category until 35 years age”- 2009 – cooperation with Technical university, Erlangen, Germany – design and realization of new interferometer for Germany automotive industry application - 2006 – CERN particle accelerator – six weeks work on electronics during building of ATLAS detector
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Education
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Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Ph.D. degree, Applied optics -
Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Scientist work awarded -
Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
CERN Particle accelerator build up participation -
Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Master's degree, Applied physics