• Business development for expanding business to North American markets
• Technical support to product certification for above market places

R&D Globalization (80+ internal staff, global)

• Development of globalization strategies for processes, testing
  hardware and skill landscape incl. staff development
• Strategic placement of testing activities / test infrastructure according
  to global strategy
• Development of global know-how transfer and training concepts

Definition interface to global R&D site construction and development
(25+ global internal staff and partners)

• Defining requirements originating from CRD development- and
  testing business for the new R&D facilities in North-/South Amerika,
  India, China,
• Managing operational interfaces btwn. Lead Test- & Development
  Center Ebikon and global sites during definition-, constructionand
  move-in phases
• Synergy- and Conformity Management btwn. all involved (construction)
  projects and site set-ups

CAD/CAM Seamless Process (20+ internal & external staff, global)

• Program- (and partially project-) management of technology program: two
  cross-functional development teams developing industry-leading CAD-to-CAM
  solutions for the highly complex and parameterizable 3D CAD models
• Managing complete operations with project teams and involved departments
  (design, industrialization, manufacturing, supply chain)
• Managing complete agile development operations (SCRUM) with Indian subcontractor
  teams
• Strategic Reporting to program host(s)

Master Data Cleansing for Measurement Equipment Data (5+ internal staff)

• Analysis and consolidation of an historically grown pool of tooling- and equipment
  data, including preparation for external audit
• Replacement of current data management system (incl. market analysis)
• Roll-out of new system to global R&D sites

• Managing complete process of fuselage assembly in test hangar (100+ staff
  onsite and global)
• Managing all industrial processes, modification/repair business and documentation
  around the full scale fatigue test (300+ staff onsite and global)
• Mod/repair business: lead contact for fuselage departments
• Operational Interface to test house
• Creating and managing framework contracts with suppliers and partners (test
  house excluded)
• Monitoring budget spends (no budgetary responsibility)

• Defining new business strategies adapting to the shrinking markets worldwide
  (after downturn in freight car manufacturing business resulting from financial crisis late in 2008)
• Planning / managing mass staff layoffs (see above)
• Managing contract re-negotiations mainly with the German customer base (Deutsche Bahn AG, see above)

• Managing program / project assets for 17 Rail Freight Car Procurement Projects manufactured at and delivered through various suppliers across East-Europe
• Managing relations / interests between ALL involved parties in a multi-layered, cross-functional procurement program
• Parties involved: DB Procurement, DB Schenker Asset Management, DB Freight
  Car Technology, DB VQB (Quality), various approval bodies, various freight car manufacturers, 17 project teams, DB expert departments
• Creating / managing professional risk management strategies and transparent reporting structures to program hosts

• Consulting services to European IT governance environment
• General business process management,
• Process negotiation and roll-outs, mainly East-Europe
• Developing resources and processes for operational demand management (IT)

• Process Consultant for non-serial processes within the A380 development program
• Program- and Industrial Management for all full-scale flight- and structural tests within the Airbus A380 development program, German work shares only, a total of 8 aircrafts, non-serial assets only
• Structural FTI ACs (flying test fleed): MSN0001, MSN0004, MSN0007, MSN0009, MSN0037 (Freighter)
• Full-Scale structural tests (ground tests): MSN5000 (Static Test), MSN5001 (Fatigue Test), MSN5028 (Combined Fatigue / Static Test for Freighter Rear Fuselage)
• Timescale per aircraft: definition- und design phase, manufacturing phase, sectionassembly including installation phase for specific test equipment, aircraft
  assembly phase, complete testing cycle
• Interface management to serial AC design departments, manufacturing units + assembly stations (Hamburg), to serial program and different engineering units
• Interface management to the various other test programs
• Supporting A380 General Mod Management and SRM development
• Managing development / manufacturing / installation of special testing equipment
• Mod/repair business: lead contact for fuselage departments during test phases
• Creating and managing framework contracts with suppliers and partners (test house excluded)
• Monitoring budget spends (no budgetary responsibility)