Experience

Ernst Knoll Feinmechanik GmbH

• Germany
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Business Unit Energy

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  The business unit energy includes two young battery storage companies (start-ups) here in Freiburg. On one hand, there is ASD Sonnenspeicher (LIB system manufacturer, focused on commercial & Industrial applications as well as home storage Systems; https://www.asd-sonnenspeicher.de/) and on other hand, there is 1st Flow Energy, (https://1stflow-energy.com) a start-up that deals intensively and very successfully with Redox Flow Batteries. The business unit energy includes two young battery storage companies (start-ups) here in Freiburg. On one hand, there is ASD Sonnenspeicher (LIB system manufacturer, focused on commercial & Industrial applications as well as home storage Systems; https://www.asd-sonnenspeicher.de/) and on other hand, there is 1st Flow Energy, (https://1stflow-energy.com) a start-up that deals intensively and very successfully with Redox Flow Batteries.



ASD Automatic Storage Device GmbH

• Germany
• Renewable Energy Power Generation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Bereichsleiter Energie

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  With the new post leading the business unit energy at knoll group, I am happy to also take the responibility of this unique and innovative Battery System Manufacturer ASD Sonnenbatterie With the new post leading the business unit energy at knoll group, I am happy to also take the responibility of this unique and innovative Battery System Manufacturer ASD Sonnenbatterie



Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE

• Freiburg und Umgebung, Deutschland

• Head of Group Applied Storage System

  • Dec 2017 - Jul 2022



reSA Services

• Kapstadt und Umgebung, Südafrika

• Managing Director

  • Feb 2016 - Oct 2017

  Leading a young enterprise dedicated to Operation & Maintenance Services for Renewable Power plants in the Southern Africa Region Key values: - technical Expert in tracking & high concentrating PV Power Plants - expert on IT, SCADA & CMMS Solutions - power plant design & optimization Leading a young enterprise dedicated to Operation & Maintenance Services for Renewable Power plants in the Southern Africa Region Key values: - technical Expert in tracking & high concentrating PV Power Plants - expert on IT, SCADA & CMMS Solutions - power plant design & optimization



SOITEC

• France
• Semiconductors
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal System Development Engineer

  • Oct 2014 - Feb 2016

  - Building & leading a new work group „Electrical Storage, Hybrid Systems and Energy Management Solutions“. - Development of an SCADA Solution for efficient System Control, Data Analysis, Mining and integrated Plant Optimization of CPV Power plants- Design and Management of an IT infrastructure from network CPV plant design until the Database cloud based Back-end Server.- Project- & Construction Site Management as well as Commissioning of internationally spread CPV Power plants.

• Senior System Development Engineer

  • Oct 2012 - Oct 2014

• System Development Engineer

  • Dec 2009 - Oct 2012



Concentrix Solar

• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager System Development

  • Mar 2007 - Nov 2009



ZSW - Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung

• Ulm und Umgebung, Deutschland

• Research Assistent in Fuelcell Dept

  • Oct 2005 - Mar 2006

  + Research work on: > characterisation of different Fuelcell components (Gas-Diffusion-Layers, Membranes & Bipolar plates) with focus on plasma treated Gas Diffusion Layers > spatially resolved current density measurement inside PEM Fuel cells stacks + Software development for automated data analysis + Research work on: > characterisation of different Fuelcell components (Gas-Diffusion-Layers, Membranes & Bipolar plates) with focus on plasma treated Gas Diffusion Layers > spatially resolved current density measurement inside PEM Fuel cells stacks + Software development for automated data analysis