Timo M. Weide, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Achieving climate protection targets is a challenging goal. E-mobility and fuel cell technology will make a contribution by reducing emissions in urban traffic:- Stay on top of technology trends and developments for automotive fluids.- Create timelines for the development and deployment of all technology services.- Formulate a new customer product approval strategy and process.- Maintain a customer-focused outlook and deliver new technologies to the market.- Evaluate and optimize quality control and production processes. Manage the resources to maintain IATF and other related certificates.

Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

• Implemented the concept and formation of a centralized lab as a site-wide serviceincluding different business units with various spectroscopy and chromatography methods.• Design, commission and qualify a QC lab for a new production plant.• Hire and train new team members; prepare training material and standard operating procedures to ensure a successful and regulation-compliant start-up.• Collaborate and communicate very closely with other departments and team members to meet project goals and aggressive timelines. As process chemist, function as liaison between Engineering and Project Management to address complex chemical- and process safety-related aspects.• Navigate teams effectively through change and transition by building clarity around roles and responsibilities, and transparency in goals and objectives.• Dedicated people leader who inspires innovation, creative solutions, and engagement that empowers team success and a strong and vibrant team culture.• Function as ISO-coordinator to prepare documents and to coach team members in QA-methods.for certification. Coordinate and track improvement measures to resolve non-conformance.

Pratteln, Basel-Country, Ch

• Support Head of Sales with day-to-day sales, product, and market development activities.• Drive clear understanding of the global chemical specialties & automotive market and value chain through relevant market research and analysis. Guide global R&D and QA-related projects.• Identify market opportunities and develop marketing strategies.

Pratteln, Basel-Country, Ch

Main responsibilities:• R&D Manager for “Automotive Fluids”. Provide effective leadership in the commercial launch of new products, including specifications, documentations, compliance, and marketing communication.• Product & Technical Sales Manager for specialty chemicals (solvents, surfactants, amines, biocides).• Develop new products and optimize existing products according to trends in the industry. Review and monitor patent/scientific literature to support business growth.• Coordinate and supervise a group of technicians on projects and application developments. Demonstrated ability to initiate and drive projects to completion. Train, coach, and mentor associates.• Collaborate and communicate closely with Marketing, Production and Quality Assurance to manage complex approval projects, including quality management-related questions. Conduct discussions with key account customers and their partners. Understand and prioritize key customer needs.• Assist or supervise quality audits according to ISO/TS 16949.• Oversee technical projects to investigate product improvements and manufacturing issues, and to implement new products into production. Deep knowledge of manufacturing operations.• Develop, track and report metrics; react to metrics by identifying and solving problems, making improvements, and advancing process control. • Develop operational strategies with Marketing, support sales activities and product launches, and provide global technical support. Show clear commitment to providing outstanding customer service.• Manage external collaborations and partnerships.• Attend technology conferences and working groups.• Clariant Innovation Award 2015 for outstanding performance and contribution.

Switzerland 🇨🇭 , Ch

• Research & Development, siRNA drug delivery; designed and synthesized new cationic lipids and amphiphilic peptides/dendrimers, responsible for laboratory operations to meet aggressive project timelines.• Developed new cationic lipids; co-authored one patent.• Rapidly delivered NHP scale-ups in time sensitive manner.• Worked very successfully with formulation and in vivo teams to deliver high quality and result-focused test compounds for biological evaluation.• Was viewed as a synthetic organic chemistry resource within the department, e.g. solving a tough synthetic problem.• Summarized and interpreted analytical data to generate research reports and presentations for both internal and external use.

Phd, Organic And Medicinal Chemistry

Postoctoral Reseach Fellow, Organic And Medicinal Chemistry

Diplom, Organic Chemistry