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Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Wiesloch, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Münster Und Umgebung, Deutschland

■ Marketing: Development of business plans for new products and M&A cases. Define pricing based on customer value and own cost position■ Supply Chain: Setup lean supply chain in corporate environment. Define immediate and future needs of business towards supply chain■ Customer: Lead customer interaction related to commercial aspects. Achieved first product sales to customers within new business field■ Integration: Manage transfer of business and production from acquired company ■ Strategy: Develop market scenarios for product launch from new technology. Identify entry points for new applications/products beyond first generation

Ludwigshafen

■ Technology: Aligning R&D targets in accordance with strategy, customer needs and R&D teams in Germany, Switzerland, Japan and Korea■ IP: Development of IP portfolio in accordance with strategy and business needs. Managed sale of IP portfolio for approx. 87 Mio €■ Customer: Align technology roadmap with key customers in Europe and Asia. Support sales team in technical exchange with customers ■ Product: Driving new materials from R&D towards commercial phase. Ensuring supply of qualified materials for customers■ Change: Design and implement governance and project management tools for innovation portfolio management as part of change project team

Frankfurt Am Main, Germany

■ Start-up: Development of business plan. Budget and personnel planning for go-to-market phase. Preparation of meetings with potential investors■ Product: Analysis of current product status. Identification of application opportunities and growth potential. Definition of sales and cost targets. Drafting of R&D targets and project roadmap■ IP: Evaluation of own & foreign IP and license agreements. Drafting of technology and IP strategy. Filing of invention reports■ Partners: Identification of needed competencies and partners. Approaching key R&D and supply chain partners. Drafting joint development proposals

Heidelberg, Germany

Heidelberg, Germany

Delegated to InnovationLab Heidelberg■ Start-up: Facility and instrument planning, laboratory and tool setup. Research program development and execution■ Group Lead: Instruction and supervision of up to 20 graduate and undergraduate students. Leading surface science laboratory■ Project lead: Interdisciplinary research project with six partners. Drafted and submitted three successful grant proposals with cumulative funding of more than 2 Mil. € ■ Teaching: „Organic Electronics“ within the Physics Master program at University of Heidelberg; Planning and hosting of an international lecture series at InnovationLab

Princeton, Nj, Usa

■ Research: Scientific work on doping of organic films, electron transport in organic films and across interfaces and electronic properties of charge transfer complexes■ Engineering: Setup and maintenance of ultra-high vacuum systems and analytical equipment■ Teaching: Lab instruction of graduate and undergraduate thesis students■ Training: Instructed user of shared clean room facilities at the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM)

Braunschweig, Germany

■ Research: Novel top-emission device structures for AMOLED displays■ Development: Novel processes for OLED manufacturing: Equipment design, purchasing and setup. Process engineering and thin film characterization■ Engineering: Development of a pre-production thin film deposition system: System design and component purchasing■ Project: Initiation and coordination of R&D project consortium during Dec 2003 – Dec 2006. Drafting of grant proposal to acquire funding close to 1 Mil €■ Ph.D. thesis: Device and process technology for active-matrix OLED displays. Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen, Germany; ISBN-10: 3867274215

Dr.-Ing., Elektrotechnik, Summa Cum Laude

Dipl.-Ing., Elektrotechnik, 1,5