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Bludenz, Vorarlberg, Austria

Managing the successful development and implementation of textile innovations...

St Margrethen, St Gallen, Switzerland

I have over 20 years of experience researching and developing sports products (physical and digital). I am very passionate about sports and love the challenge of finding solutions to seemingly impossible problems. I help sports brands to continue innovating and stay ahead in their industries. My vision is to be as flexible as possible and to offer a.

Wuhrkopfweg 1, Kennelbach, Austria

Dazud collects bicycles in Austria and sends them to South Africa to create jobs and provide mobility to the impoverished. A technical team in South Africa repairs all the bicycles and distributes them locally, with most allocated to those in need. Special bicycles are restored as new and sold to more privileged customers, to generate the funds for the.

Kennelbach, Vorarlberg, Austria

- Coordinate all sustainability projects within the HEAD group (HEAD, Tyrolia, Mares, Zoggs)- Devise a sustainability strategy for HEAD- Perform initial proof-of-concept LCA analyses

- Manage a cross-functional innovation team, driving disruptive innovation projects- Link and translate innovation between technical and marketing teams- Perform global trend analyses to discover new fields for potential innovation- Lead an international Voice of Customer research team- Nurture innovation culture (innovation days, challenges & creative.

- Generating and nurturing technical innovations (market-pull & technology-push)- Problem definition & solution, using various analytical and creative methods- Representative at various innovation networks- Communicate with external inventors- Perform basic patent analysis and creative support to the patent team- Communicate with Asian production.

- Indoor court sports & Blue-sky product development and prototyping- Head of laboratory research projects, develop test equipment and research map- Supervise external PhD and student projects and internal internships- Research published in journals and presented at international conferences- Innovation Champion collect and shape new ideasKey projectsThe.

Developing a tennis robot with a software interface for testing racket power, combined with a part-time PhD investigating racket performance parameters

Sasolburg, Free State, South Africa

Practical engineering training in mechanical and electrical workshops, mechanical maintenance projects, SAP (Project module) implementation team, SAP (Document management, ABAP/Query and Workflow) development and various related projects

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Sports Engineering

Activities and Societies: Dissertation: Tennis racket performance and design of a novel test machine

Master Of Science - Ms, Biomedical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Dissertation: A prosthetic hand with control algorithms for basic grip shapes. - Played rugby for the 1st and.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Dissertation: Concept design for a mechanical bird

Secondary Education, Matriculated, A

Activities and Societies: Subjects: Math, Science, Biology, Woodwork, Afrikaans, English - Dux student in my final year - School deputy.