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Dinhard, Zh, Ch

Uzwil, Sankt Gallen, Schweiz

Business Area Value Nutrition- Lead of global energy recovery, energy saving and CO2 reduction developments of the Business Area Value Nutrition- Global lead of the development of a new low-energy, sustainable drying technology for food and feed: Process development and equipment development with an international, interdisciplinary team- Energy recovery in food production processes, including high temperature heat pumps- CO2 footprint reduction; fossil energy replacement; energy consumption reduction- Cooperation with research institutes, startups, experts and suppliers- Building a network inside and outside the company for energy related topics and technologies- Build and lead a technology radar for the business area with 12 market segments

Flawil, Sankt Gallen, Schweiz

- Leading the development of intelligent processes for the meat industry- Customer workshops and tests, full understanding of production process, yield driver and customer needs- Define requirements for the implementation team- Verification tests of requirements and validation together with customer- Investigation tests to examine meat process and behaviour (e.g. with Design of Experiments method)- Innovation - taking intelligent technology to a traditional industry for a remarkable yield and quality gain- Support marketing and sales- Train customers for the intelligent production system

Flawil

(before take-over "Hoegger AG")• Development of an intelligent meat processing system: Investigation of the new meat process; development of prototype machine, testing and analysis; definition of the serial machine • Team leader of the project team• Coordination of internal and external resources• Establishing and taking care of service partner companies and key suppliers • Close corporation with the customer during the whole development and testing phase• Support of business development• Several product management tasks

Winterthur

- Leading the development team for four business fields. Organizational responsibility for several employees in Winterthur and technical responsibility for employees in Slovakia- Portfolio responsibility incl. budget responsibility for the development projects of four business fields with several million CHF per year- Responsibility of a development cost center- Creation of long-term strategies to achieve the vision. Break down to development projects and resources- Establishing a network of institutes, universities and companies to bring in external expertise to achieve our goals- Resource planning, expansion of the development team, building up new resources

Winterthur Und Umgebung, Schweiz

• Projektleitung interdisziplinärer, komplexer Sensor- und Systemprojekte in den Bereichen Biomechanik und Road&Traffic• Entwicklung von Sensoren für Weigh-in-Motion• Projektleitung für ein Schwimmsystem bestehend aus Messsensorik, Kameras, DAQ und Auswertungssoftware zur Performance-Analyse von Spitzenschwimmern• Entwicklung eines instrumentierten Schwimm-Startblocks und einer Wendeplatte zur Performance-Analyse von Spitzenschwimmern• Entwicklung einer neuen Generation Kraftmessplattformen für Biomechanik• Entwicklung von kundenspezifischen Messgeräten• Aufbau eines Netzwerks von Instituten, Hochschulen und Firmen zur Entwicklungsunterstützung• Entwicklungsplanung und Entwicklungsstrategie für die zwei Geschäftsbereiche• Stellvertretender Teamleiter

Zürich

• Mitarbeit bei der Entwicklung und Konstruktion einer Profilbiegemanschine für ein innovatives Biegeverfaren für die Automobilindustrie• Auslegung und Konstruktion von Biegewerkzeugen• Berechnung von Maschinenstrukturen und Komponenten mittels FEM• Ausarbeiten von Konstruktionsrichtlinien für das Profilbiegen• Betreuung und Interpretation extern durchgeführter Simulationen von Umformprozessen• Pflege von Kontakten zu Lieferanten, Kunden und Forschungspartnern• Betreuen und analysieren von Patenten aus dem Bereich Biegetechnik

Ebikon

- Entwickeln eines Schachtwechselmechanismus für ein neuartiges Aufzugssystem- Alternativer Antrieb für ein flexibles Aufzugssystem

Msc Eth In Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Maschinenbau mit Vertiefungen - Produktentwicklung+Innovationsprozess - Fluiddynamik

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