Michael Roche Email & Phone Number

Belrose, Nsw, Au

General Manager Commercial Vehicle Systemso Commercial, operational and financial responsibility for the Commercial Vehicle System division.o Leading a team of twenty six personnel, four direct reportso Strategy development for all sales channels to grow the business in line with regional and global targetso Full P&L responsibility o Business reporting to Asia Pacific Board members, and to Knorr-Bremse AG board members.o Budget planning o Managing sales forecasting o Marketing and brand recognition

Overall project responsibility for all rail related projects for both mass transit and freight markets within Knorr-Bremse Australia Pty Ltd, for both braking and on-board systems. Process driver for Project Management.

Project managed contracts supplying rail braking systems and/or door systems to Australian rail car builders. Duties include contract management, design management and cost analysis and scheduling.

Managed three separate key engineering disciplines in support of a major development program. Systems representative on cross-functional project team.

Responsible for Systems Engineering team providing systems design, software testing and production support of mail creation product development program.Cross functional team member representing Systems Engineering.

Produced the systems architecture and documentation for new product development. Provided guidance to junior team members on root cause analysis techniques.

Provided test support and root cause analysis of faults and failures of a product undergoing reliability testing. Several patents published for innovative design solutionsDesigned and developed systems timing and architecture for new product development

Beng (Hons), Mechanical Engineering

Btec National Diploma, Engineering

Merits at Level III Mathematics, Science and Manufacturing Technology. City & Guilds in Computer Aided Design