Chief Technology Officer (as external consultant) - TIFFY Power Storage AG - Zug, Schweiz
(2025-03 - 2025-11)
- Overall technical responsibility for a stationary energy storage system from system architecture through to certification preparation.
- Development of product roadmap, system concepts, technical specifications, and battery and control architectures.
- Evaluation of cell technologies, suppliers, and development partners; establishment of testing, verification, laboratory, and field testing approaches.
- Representation of technical topics at executive management and board level as well as with international partners.
Managing Director - Smartvolt AG - Selzach, Schweiz
(2021-05 - 2025-02)
- Entrepreneurial overall responsibility for technology, product development, operations, and industrialization.
- Restructuring and strategic realignment of the product portfolio; translation of market and customer requirements into series-ready product concepts.
- Architecture, make-or-buy, and supplier decisions as well as implementation of new production solutions.
- Technical support of international licensing and OEM partners; alignment of requirements, feasibility, costs, and implementation.
Chief Innovation Officer - EAO Holding AG - Olten, Schweiz
(2017-03 - 2020-02)
- Global management of innovation and development departments at three locations in Germany, Switzerland, and China for electronic and electromechanical products.
- Introduction of group-wide development, product management, and PMO/stage-gate structures; harmonization of working methods and decision-making processes.
- Responsibility for product and solution portfolio; interface between market, product management, development, procurement, production, and quality.
- Further development of quality, compliance, and development structures for automotive, rail, and industrial applications.
Vice President Research & Development - ebeam Technologies, Comet AG - Flamatt, Schweiz
(2015-09 - 2017-02)
- Leadership of international R&D teams in Switzerland and the USA as well as management of complex interdisciplinary development projects.
- Responsibility for high-voltage, electronics, control, and vacuum technology; definition of global innovation and technology roadmaps.
- Technical architecture and prioritization decisions as well as close collaboration with strategic customers and international partners.
Head of Development and CTO - Sputnik Engineering AG - Biel/Bienne, Schweiz
(2009-07 - 2014-12)
- Build-up, scaling, and leadership of an international development organization with over 70 employees and managers at multiple locations.
- Strategic and operational overall responsibility for the product and development portfolio of grid-connected PV inverters: electronics, embedded software, system architecture, industrialization, and certification.
- Definition and implementation of product and technology roadmaps as well as architecture and prioritization decisions across multiple product groups.
- Introduction of agile HW/SW working methods and clear development, responsibility, and decision-making structures; establishment of a development site in the USA.
- Management of development performance with respect to schedule, cost, quality, and resources as well as market launch of new products during turnaround and transformation phases.
International Technical and Leadership Positions (Europe & Asia) - Verschiedene internationale Industrie- und Technologieunternehmen - Österreich – Schweiz – Malaysia – Deutschland
(1993 - 2009)
Various technical specialist and leadership roles in international industrial and technology companies. From 2001 onwards, focus on R&D leadership roles with team, project, and budget responsibility.
- Establishment of development structures in Switzerland and at the ESCATEC headquarters in Penang/Malaysia; responsibility for a department with injection mold tooling in an in-house plastics injection molding environment.
