• responsible for organizing, planning, facilitating, consolidating and tracking of outputs of the strategic planning and balanced scorecard cycles in coordination with the EDPR corporate planning group• ensuring PV panel quality, long-term performance and energy output and LCOE predictions• tracking and assessing of developments in solar energy and electrical storage technologies• forward performance and cost curves for PV & ESS technologies

• Guiding procurement team in all questions around PV panel supplier selection, panel quality and lifetime performance (e.g., degradation modes) which led to minimizing risk exposure in PV plant design• Providing forward curves for PV panel power, performance and cost to optimize procurement strategy• Analyzing supplier and technology options for electrical storage batteries/systems• Advising management on technological forward trends and developments in both PV and Storage• Attendance and representation of company on international conferences & key events

• Led global sales efforts for PV panel assembly line equipment of SCHMID Group• Developed and optimized sales presentation identifying and promoting unique selling propositions• Performed market research, analysed competitors technologies and offerings• International travel, representation of company on conferences, exhibits

• Founded international consultancy for PV technology strategy, business plan development, market expansion & product marketing/placement• Key engagement with suppliers of technology or machinery in China, Germany and The Americas

• Coordination of all sales and service business of the centrotherm group in North-America.• Starting up subsidiary in Atlanta, Georgia, office selection, building team• Successful business development with over 50 projects pipeline mostly for turnkey equipment for the production of solar cells and panels

• Build and expanded team for sales of crystalline silicon wafers and solar cells to global PV industry• Successful placement of long-term wafer supply agreements in aggregate volume of over $ 7 billion• Establishment of Technical Marketing and Customer Service team• Representation of company on international conferences and exhibitions

• First in the industry to introduce PECVD-SiN coating equipment & process to solar cell production (today, this is a standard technology used in every solar cell factory)• Design, start-up and operation of a semi-automated customized solar module assembly line for company's specific solar cell format

• Coordination of all technical/research projects of Shell Solar in Europe, especially with local research organizations like IMEC, ECN and Fraunhofer ISE• Supporting technical team in designing and starting up solar cell factory in Gelsenkirchen• Advising Board of German Shell on questions around PV market trends and technical developments

• Researching advanced technologies for crystalline-silicon wafer-based solar cells• Developing first-of-its-kind CVD reactor to deposit epitaxial silicon layers on substrates• Publishing of several peer-reviewed papers, presentation on key PV conferences• Registered PhD candidate at University of Freiburg; graduation December 1998