Andreas Putz Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

My mission at Ballard is to delight our customers by providing actionable insights gained from our fleet data and accelerating our learning through state-of-the-art data collection, augmentation, analytics, and visualisation.To achieve this, I am leading an agile, cross-functional team of talented developers, engineers and scientists to build a state-of-the-art data processing portal. Together we are diving deep towards a fundamental understanding of our product in the field and are… Show more My mission at Ballard is to delight our customers by providing actionable insights gained from our fleet data and accelerating our learning through state-of-the-art data collection, augmentation, analytics, and visualisation.To achieve this, I am leading an agile, cross-functional team of talented developers, engineers and scientists to build a state-of-the-art data processing portal. Together we are diving deep towards a fundamental understanding of our product in the field and are rowing together with our customers to provide the best possible experience with our fuel cell modules and stacks.I am a thought leader at Ballard to integrate Generative AI ethically and with human-in-the-loop into our processes and technology development to support our developers, engineers, scientists and decision-makers. Show less

North Vancouver

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Together with the general futurist, I am responsible for defining our technology roadmap and distil it into a one-year plan, a three-year picture and a ten-year target. I represent the technological aspects of MistyWest within MistyWest's vision circle and am responsible for technical growth.I am representing MistyWest at conferences, webinars and other external events and am active in Vancouver's Meetup space.Key achievement:☑ Improved team cohesion and brainstorming by… Show more Together with the general futurist, I am responsible for defining our technology roadmap and distil it into a one-year plan, a three-year picture and a ten-year target. I represent the technological aspects of MistyWest within MistyWest's vision circle and am responsible for technical growth.I am representing MistyWest at conferences, webinars and other external events and am active in Vancouver's Meetup space.Key achievement:☑ Improved team cohesion and brainstorming by introducing Online Whiteboarding using Miro and LucidSpark.☑ Successful break into the IoT space for intelligent connected devices.☑ Rollout of a new planning process based on the Entrepreneurial Operating System.☑ Created a new forum for the Discipline Leads to align their efforts, aspirations, growth plans and strategic vision.☑ Launched new software development strategies for internal projects to focus on internal technical growth and acceleration of technology through university collaborations in order to create tangible products to showcase to clients, as well as develop templates to utilize for future projects.☑ Co-facilitator for an internal company-wide leadership course focusing on team cohesion and conflict resolution. Show less

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

I direct all aspects of software and algorithm development, firmware development, machine learning, and cloud architecture, for an engineering design consultancy specializing in the development of intelligent IoT edge devices. In this role, I lead an interdisciplinary team of engineers and applied scientists to plan, design, and implement comprehensive technical projects with budgets of up to $500K, including managing the project scope, cost estimation, risk management, cross-functional team… Show more I direct all aspects of software and algorithm development, firmware development, machine learning, and cloud architecture, for an engineering design consultancy specializing in the development of intelligent IoT edge devices. In this role, I lead an interdisciplinary team of engineers and applied scientists to plan, design, and implement comprehensive technical projects with budgets of up to $500K, including managing the project scope, cost estimation, risk management, cross-functional team leadership, and budget management. I currently oversee up to five projects simultaneously, including managing all phases from launch to close-out in order to develop integrated software and hardware solutions, such as remote health monitoring devices, machine learning capable IoT devices, wearable particle sensors, and handheld sonar & scanning devices, for a wide range of clients including the Microsoft Foundation, Amazon and SRI International.Key Achievements:☑ Co-lead all areas of hiring, training, and performance management, as well as providing ongoing mentoring and coaching to facilitate career development and professional growth of engineers and developers.☑ Spearheaded the adoption of the Agile methodology across all company projects, which included developing internal processes and procedures, adapting the approach for hardware development phases, and integrating the use of JIRA as an Agile management tool, which improved planning and estimating, as well as enhancing productivity and collaboration. ☑ Design and implement new automation and analytics procedures, which included introducing Bitbucket and GIT to improve code review and templates, establishing pull request-based code reviews for production code and automated testing to enhance quality, and creating a modern toolchain to effectively deploy application and firmware updates to edge devices. Show less

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Based on my academic background in Mathematics and my industry experience in multi-physics numerical simulations, I was one of the two staff scientists for scientific support of our projects in the early Proof of Concept development phase.My main areas were:➤ Support for Data Analysis, Statistics and Machine Learning➤ Simulation support for multi-physics problems➤ Algorithm development for MistyWests novel sensing solutions➤ Data analysis, statistics and machine learning… Show more Based on my academic background in Mathematics and my industry experience in multi-physics numerical simulations, I was one of the two staff scientists for scientific support of our projects in the early Proof of Concept development phase.My main areas were:➤ Support for Data Analysis, Statistics and Machine Learning➤ Simulation support for multi-physics problems➤ Algorithm development for MistyWests novel sensing solutions➤ Data analysis, statistics and machine learning for medical devices➤ Fluidics and imaging for medical devicesKey Achievements:☑ Successful contribution to several client projects in the PoC phase☑ Successful rollout of ML on edge devices using IoT edge services☑ Optimized testing plans with dynamic D-OPtimal testing☑ Implemented WIFI based holography algorithm Show less

Vancouver, Canada Area

I Managed cross-functional teams on a wide range of software and hardware projects, including coaching, mentoring, and providing performance feedback, to ensure the achievement of all project and company objectives.Key Achievements:☑ Built and maintained productive relationships with clients, including managing all technical communications and collaborating directly with the client on-site to support project integration, commissioning, and deployment.☑ Launched a variety of… Show more I Managed cross-functional teams on a wide range of software and hardware projects, including coaching, mentoring, and providing performance feedback, to ensure the achievement of all project and company objectives.Key Achievements:☑ Built and maintained productive relationships with clients, including managing all technical communications and collaborating directly with the client on-site to support project integration, commissioning, and deployment.☑ Launched a variety of educational and learning initiatives, including university collaboration projects with SFU and UBC, organizing workshops and hackathons, as well as leading workshops and meetups. Show less

I oversaw all areas of operations, modelling and simulation for several concurrent data science and mathematical modelling projects for an automotive fuel cell technology company. My role required me to manage a team of up to seven engineers and applied scientists, along with an offshore team of up to four members in India, to deliver complex projects with core budgets of up $250K.Key Achievements:☑ Launched a wide range of data science initiatives, including leading several image… Show more I oversaw all areas of operations, modelling and simulation for several concurrent data science and mathematical modelling projects for an automotive fuel cell technology company. My role required me to manage a team of up to seven engineers and applied scientists, along with an offshore team of up to four members in India, to deliver complex projects with core budgets of up $250K.Key Achievements:☑ Launched a wide range of data science initiatives, including leading several image processing initiatives with machine learning-based analysis of 3D reconstructions and managing collection test station data from 150+ heterogeneous test stations while accelerating data validation and report delivery to end customers.☑ Introduced new processes and tools, including the Scrum Management Methodology, JIRA planning and reporting tools, and Confluence collaboration platform, which enhanced planning, improved quality, and increased productivity.☑ Directed several R&D collaborative government projects, which included managing university collaborations to develop new software tools to optimize fuel cell materials, which resulted in publishing 2 Open Source Packages (OpenFCST and OpenPNM) along with implementing material improvement for AFCC’s proprietary stack. Show less

I managed a variety of R&D modelling projects, including leading a three-year government collaboration with the University of Alberta to simulate transport processes in 3D microstructures.Key Achievements: ☑ Initiated and managed an NSERC-CRD collaboration with the University of Alberta to extend OpenFCST for microstructural simulations. (More information in the projects section below) ☑ Initiated and managed an NSERC-CRD collaboration with McGill University to create an… Show more I managed a variety of R&D modelling projects, including leading a three-year government collaboration with the University of Alberta to simulate transport processes in 3D microstructures.Key Achievements: ☑ Initiated and managed an NSERC-CRD collaboration with the University of Alberta to extend OpenFCST for microstructural simulations. (More information in the projects section below) ☑ Initiated and managed an NSERC-CRD collaboration with McGill University to create an OpenSource code for two-phase modeling of porous media. Released OpenPNM as a public GitHub project. ☑ Responsible for the continuous development of our in house models. ☑ Introduced Scrum, git, unit and regression testing at AFCC. ☑ Central model access through Python Pyramids web applications ☑ Lead developer for an image processing suite in collaboration with Mercedes Benz Research and Development India. ☑ Served on the Technical Analysis Comittee of the CaRPE-FC PEM fuel cell network Show less

I developed and deployed next-generation modelling and simulation tools to conduct extensive research, testing, and analysis of fuel cell testing data. Key Achievements:☑ Planned and deployed the High Performance Computing infrastructure at AFCC.☑ Led the technical administration and modeling aspects of the high current density operation project at AFCC. This work was supported by the Canadian Clean Energy Fund.☑ Developed AFCCs baseline MEA model and added a… Show more I developed and deployed next-generation modelling and simulation tools to conduct extensive research, testing, and analysis of fuel cell testing data. Key Achievements:☑ Planned and deployed the High Performance Computing infrastructure at AFCC.☑ Led the technical administration and modeling aspects of the high current density operation project at AFCC. This work was supported by the Canadian Clean Energy Fund.☑ Developed AFCCs baseline MEA model and added a mechanical compression aspect. Show less

Vancouver, Canada Area

I performed extensive research, which included implementing mathematical models, conducting experiments, and publishing three research papers. I was also Teaching Assistant for several courses in the Mathematics and Engineering department.☞ Executed PhD research project☞☞ Built an experimental setup to visualize the sedimentation of particles in viscoplastic media.☞☞ Implemented a mathematical model to predict the sedimentation behaviour of a particle in viscoplastic… Show more I performed extensive research, which included implementing mathematical models, conducting experiments, and publishing three research papers. I was also Teaching Assistant for several courses in the Mathematics and Engineering department.☞ Executed PhD research project☞☞ Built an experimental setup to visualize the sedimentation of particles in viscoplastic media.☞☞ Implemented a mathematical model to predict the sedimentation behaviour of a particle in viscoplastic fuids.☞☞ Published three research papers☞ Teaching assistant for several courses in the mathematics and engineering department. ☞☞Instructor for Math 101 for one term.☞☞ Teaching assistant for several Mech2 classes☞☞ Tutor at the support centre of the Mathematics department Show less

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Applied Mathematics

Diplom Mathematiker, Applied Mathematics

Erasmus Student Exchange, Fluid Dymanics