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Head of the global business unit with P&L responsibility.This BU includes sales, product and project management, advanced and series development and quality planning. Member of the general management of Preh Joyson Ningbo

Head of the global business unit with P&L responsibility. Sales,Project Management and Application Engineering departmentsfor the BMW and M&E business reporting directly to me on a global scale. Reporting line: CEO Takata-Petri AG07/2009 – 10/2013 Power of procuration of the Takata-Petri AG

Leader of the new founded product group electronics(before electronics was part of “Others”) Responsible for the profit of the product group Reporting line: CEO Takata-Petri AGDoted line: Senior Executive Director TK-ESS global Highlights:• success launch of a new sensor technology for child seat detection on the passenger seat• successful research projects on new stereo camera for driver assistance at Mercedes-Benz03/2006 – 04/2008 Director Takata Electronics EuropeGlobal Responsibility on steering wheel switches and -vibration, clock springs, steering angle sensors Reporting line: CEO Takata-Petri AG doted line: executive VP TK-ESS global Highlights:• Acquisition of new business in „emerging Markets“ (Russia and Iran)• Leader on negotiations for cooperation with another supplier

Setup and extend the Electronic Safety Systems business in Europe Responsible for Research and Development of the following products:Safety systems products: Airbag ECUs Occupant classification sensors, ECUs for motorized seat beltsmechatronic products: clock springs, steering angle sensors, steering wheel switches, steering wheel vibration motors Number of employees increased from 12 to 35 Reporting line: Director Application Engineering TP-AGdoted line: VP Application Engineering TK-ESS global Highlights:• Acquisition of a new sensor technology for child seat detection on the passenger seat (US Market, FMVSS208) customer BMW. First business for this technology in Europe

01/2002 – 05/2004 Department manager for Electric and Electronic systemsExtension of the EE Competence at ACTSSecure market leader position on pedestrian sensors. Setup of product and production competence Highlight:• Development and launch of a new sensor system for pedestrian sensing, It was the first pedestrian sensor system on the market (Citroen C6 and Jaguar XK)• Nominee for the global Magna innovation Award.07/1999 – 12/2001 Team manager for Electric and Electronic systems Setup a new team from scratch to 15 employees for the development of EE systems e.g. cockpits, doors and restraint systemsDeveloped and implemented the strategy for this department and establish ACTS EE capabilities within the mother companies Magna and TRW Highlight:• Acquisition of first serial development projects

05/1997 – 06/1999 Product Manager for Airbag Electronic systems at TemicResponsible for the product of the customer Mercedes-Benz The Responsibility includes the technical realization from the first idea till the end of production life. The responsibility also includes the commercial benefits over lifetime ‘One face to the customer’ for technical and commercial issuesResponsibility for 40 Mio DM turnover Highlight:• Trebling of the turnover in the next 4 years by the acquisition of new projects.• Winning of two additional customers for the Firing Bus System07/1996 – 04/1997 Project Manager for Airbag Electronic systems at TemicProject management for the development of the Firing Bus System. For the deployment of Airbags and pretentioners. The first customer was Mercedes-Benz. It was the first serial development of this technology. One of the project goals is the standardization of the developed communication protocol Highlight:• The interface and communication protocol was developed with our competitor Bosch.• Publications: SAE-Paper and speech, and some articles in professional journals

11/1994 – 06/1996 Project manager for restraint systems at PARSAcquisition and project manager for side airbag systems Supplier interviews and benchmarking to start with Smart Restraint Systems at PARS, presentations at different car manufactures on the European marketCoordination of the PARS activities on the IAA 199501/1993 – 10/1994 Development engineer for Crash sensor application at PARSProject leader and responsible person in all sensor activities forour customers, our mother companies and my collegesProject leader for the development of a deployable knee bolstersystem for Ford Motor Company in Detroit12/1990 – 12/1992 Development engineer for airbag ECUs at SIEMENSDefinition of ECU specifications and testing concepts, Hard- and Software Development, Care of prototype built and ramp up of first Airbag ECU for the American market at Siemens, Development and application of crash sensing algorithms