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Fribourg Switzerland

Senior Application Engineer focused on protection and condition monitoring solutions for large rotating machinery.• Act as subject matter expert (SME) for the hydropower generation market• Monitor the current and future technology trends and provide relevant inputs for the product roadmap• Act as subject matter expert for the VibroSight software suite • Carry out functional, validation and performance testing of Meggitt Energy systems• Liaise with Engineering and Product Management to assess features for their integration into end user solutions• Drive applied research projects to define, prototype and validate advanced features and algorithms • Assist the Sales team in analyzing customer requirements and recommend system solutions• Provide customer services and support (second level) for customers and colleagues worldwide• Develop application notes, technical reports, expert articles and training material to support marketing and sales activities

Joined Meggitt as head of application software development for Energy products to bring the next generation rotating machine condition monitoring systems to the market.• Successfully brought the VibroSight software suite to the market and accompanied the first industrial deployments.• Continuation of previous role while working as a consultant for Meggitt.• Directed and led the onsite team. • Managed the offshore software development team in India including the setup of the team.• Performed change management and release management activities for 10+ software releases.• Provided technical application expertise to cross-functional teams.• Improved project management and change management visibility by implementing an effective issue planning and tracking tool.

Responsible for the initial development of a large distributed .NET software suite for monitoring rotating machinery, primarily used in the domain of energy generation. • In charge of the development of all applications of the VibroSight software suite.• Elicited requirements and performed requirement analysis with different stakeholders to write functional specifications.• Set up and managed the onsite development team.• Developed, led and monitored the work packages performed by onsite and offshore teams.

Responsible for the development and maintenance of a software application for computer assisted management of tracks and platforms in train stations. • Led a team of 4 to 7 software developers• Collaborated with the customer's project team • Technical expertise, business analysis, functional specifications, implementation and release management

Computer assisted management of tracks and platforms in train stations. Project for a Swiss railway company (28’000 employees) developed in C/C++, Oracle.

Phd, Mechanical Engineering

Laboratory for Hydraulic Machines Title: On the dynamic behavior of Francis turbines: active control of their operating stability Text.

Master Of Applied Sciences And Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics