- Sabbatical in Australia- Auto didactical development of selected personal and professional skills- President of the Board of the Pension Plan PVS Balzers, Trübbach- Member of the Board of the Oerlikon Management Pension Plan (MPP), Pfäffikon

Director Sales & Operations Liechtenstein / SwitzerlandOperational and strategic lead and development of Oerlikon Balzers activities in FL/CH2 production sites (Balzers / FL and Brügg / CH)President of the Board of Pension Fund PVS OC Oerlikon Balzers AG, TrübbachMember of the Board of the Oerlikon Management Pension Plan, Pfäffikon

Interimistic Leadership of the Sales & Operational aspects of the Oerlikon Metco Thin Film Business in trasition to Oerlikon Balzers. Sales: 100 Mio CHF in 12 production sites (D, F, US, CN, RU)Project Lead for the IT Integration of Oerlikon Metco Thin Film into Oerlikon BalzersMember of the Integration Workstreams Sales & Marketing and Communications

Head of Sales, Marketing and Business Development of the Business Unit Thin Film7 direct reports (6 Segment Managers, 1 Marketing / PR) / responsibility for a sales force of 40 heads worldwide / Sales: 100 Mio CHF in 12 production sites (D, F, US, CN, RU)Development of a Thin-Film strategy together with Head of Business UnitIntegration Manager of the acquisition of 6 DLC-coating sites taken over from Bekaert NVNegotiation and closure of a shop-in-shop agreement with Lada Tools… Show more Head of Sales, Marketing and Business Development of the Business Unit Thin Film7 direct reports (6 Segment Managers, 1 Marketing / PR) / responsibility for a sales force of 40 heads worldwide / Sales: 100 Mio CHF in 12 production sites (D, F, US, CN, RU)Development of a Thin-Film strategy together with Head of Business UnitIntegration Manager of the acquisition of 6 DLC-coating sites taken over from Bekaert NVNegotiation and closure of a shop-in-shop agreement with Lada Tools Ltd. to establish the first Sulzer Metco Coating Centre in Russia from initial talks to opening ceremonyMember of the Sulzer Metco R&D CouncilImplementation of sales excellence tools (CRM, KPI cockpit, Product Launch Mechanism, Branding strategy), various pricing initiatives and establishment of a Pricing Organization Show less

Green field start-up of a Coating Centre in Southern Germany: Business plan, selection of location, purchase of equipment, hiring of personnel, Key account visits, building modifications / Capex: 7 Mio €, SOP: 1 May 2009M&A-Project lead in the disposal of two Coating Centres in Germany and USElaboration of a shop-in-shop business model for key equipment accountsVarious other M&A and Corporate Development initiatives

Rollout of ERP-software Navision in Asian factories of Ionbond Group (Malaysia, Korea, China and India) during 2 months per countryImplementation of the entire ERP solution (production, administration etc.)Training in 8 factories with 5 to 60 employees eachAlignment of administrative procedures to the corporate guideline Coaching of local entities for monthly IFRS reporting to HQDesign and implementation of a management cockpit reporting platformSet-up of the Asian data… Show more Rollout of ERP-software Navision in Asian factories of Ionbond Group (Malaysia, Korea, China and India) during 2 months per countryImplementation of the entire ERP solution (production, administration etc.)Training in 8 factories with 5 to 60 employees eachAlignment of administrative procedures to the corporate guideline Coaching of local entities for monthly IFRS reporting to HQDesign and implementation of a management cockpit reporting platformSet-up of the Asian data centre in ShanghaiEstablishment and responsibility for the project budgetRecruitment of administration personnel in Korea Show less

Financial business plans for acquisitions in 13 countries in Europe, Asia and South America as the right hand of the CEOMonitoring and evaluation of external Due Diligence processes for acquisitionsPost-merger integration of Bodycote PVD division, PVT Group and othersResponsible controller for all European and Asian factories of the GroupProject lead for the implementation of Navision in 12 European countriesEstablishment of a controlling tool in the equipment… Show more Financial business plans for acquisitions in 13 countries in Europe, Asia and South America as the right hand of the CEOMonitoring and evaluation of external Due Diligence processes for acquisitionsPost-merger integration of Bodycote PVD division, PVT Group and othersResponsible controller for all European and Asian factories of the GroupProject lead for the implementation of Navision in 12 European countriesEstablishment of a controlling tool in the equipment divisionDuring this time period Ionbond doubled its turnover from 50 to 100 Mio € Show less

Writing Foreign Trade Regime Working Papers (Malaysia, Indonesia and India)

Preparation of a business plan for the expansion of Rieter Automotive to ChinaCooperation in the foundation of a JV with Japanese and Taiwanese partnersParticipation in the monthly project meetings in Guangzhou, ChinaCoordination and responsibility for other smaller projects in ChinaRegistration of ‘Wholly Foreign-owned Enterprise’ in ChinaInitiatives for the enlargement of the license portfolio in emerging markets

Publication of the study 'Megatrends'

External Audit of Industrial SME's

Task force memberStarting up a joint venture in the automotive industry