Year of Birth 1957

Education
University Degree: Bachelor of Engineering (machine construction)

Academic Title: "Diplom-Ingenieur"

Languages
German, English, Russian

Experience

• Production Planner at a large automotive parts supplier
• Support Engineer at a large computer vendor
• Consultant with an international consultancy

Projects:

• Development of guidelines for a complete and up-to-date cost calculation basis at a computer vendor
• Development and introduction of processes and systems for a timely collection of actual material usage and production times data
• Several manufacturing projects addressing process analysis, reorganisation of structures and flows within companies and introduction of special methods of production planning and control

Independent Consultant since 1992

• Long term manufacturing project at a large truck company in Rumania (analysis, reorganisation, teaching of new techniques and methods)

• Multi-client study 'Engineering Vision 1998'
• Introduction of EDM/PDM systems
• Cost justification of EDM projects
• 'Trends within Engineering' Workshop
• 'Industry is changing - what has to be done' Workshop
• 'Potential of improvement approaches' Workshop
• Production of the monthly Engineering Data Management Newsletter
• Market survey study 'German market for PDM 1994-1997'
• Development of a marketing strategy for an EDM/PDM system vendor
• Production of a customer focused newsletter for an EDM/PDM system vendor
• Development of EDM strategies for several EDM users
• Editor of the electronic catalogue 'Marktspiegel und Leistungsabgrenzung der EDM-/PDM-, Dokumente-Management-, Workflow-Management- und Archivierungssysteme

Hardware Experience
Olivetti LSX, PC`s, Apple, AS 400

Software Experience

• DOS, UNIX, GEM, Pagemaker, Excel, Harvard-Graphics, dBase,MacDraw, Word, Filemaker, MacProject, Corel Draw, Power Point
• several MRP-II-Applications
• several EDM/PDM systems