CEO of Vision Markets GmbH and Vision Markets Marketing Consuting GmbH - Your global growth in Machine Vision.Vision Markets is providing consulting services globally for enterprises in the fields of Machine Vision, Imaging, and Photonics. Our services are focused on four areas: Strategy, M&A, Recruitment, and Marketing.Strategy Consulting: - Market reports and forecasts on the global Machine Vision market with emphasis on components, regions, and target industries- Corporate Machine Vision strategy of major enterprises in factory automation- Business strategy of SMEs in the global Machine Vision industry- Go-to-market, product portfolio, and technology strategy- Corporate identity and market positioning- Corporate governance and reporting/business intelligence- Supplier management- Sales and sales channel strategyM&A Consulting for financial and strategic investors:- Development of investment and buy-and-build strategies- Sourcing of investment targets- Commercial Due Diligence (CDD) of SMEs- Development of investment cases and business plans- Valuation of investment targetsM&A Consulting for SMEs:- Development of strategies to maximize the corporate valuation in 12 to 36 months- Identification and acquisition of attractive investors- Preparation of the Due Diligence- Consulting throughout the entire process of a transactionSupport of the Marketing Communications and Recruitment Consulting services - see our website https://markets.vision

Driving initiatives to increase member benefits of the European Machine Vision Association for the benefit of the entire Machine Vision industry.

Focal point for Image Sensors market and technologySpeaker and session host at Image Sensors conferencesAuthor of market reports

The SiROP Association follows its mission in sustainable support of academic research and technology transfer at internationally renowned research institutions and universities. For this purpose, SiROP exclusively provides its partner network of first-class entities, the SiROP ReSearch Network, one central web platform. On this platform, the SiROP ReSearch Engine, researcher and students obtain the comprehensive overview on all institutions in the network. They instantly learn which research topics are currently under investigation, open for students, at which place and under whose supervision. Thus, the interdisciplinary exchange of researchers and students succeeds – even beyond universities and country borders, which is so vitally important for any top-level research.

Grow, lead, and develop the teamBusiness development, sales, and marketing of imaging products in the AmericasProfit & loss responsibility of the company

Head the Marketing Department signing responsible for these areas:Product ManagementProduct Data ManagementSupplier ManagementMarketing CommunicationsTechnical Support

Setup and implementation of Product Management methods, structures, and processesSupplier Management

Build-up and heading of a Business Unit for high-tech consulting.Subjects: optics, electronics, development and production processes. Sectors: Automotive (OEM and Tier 1), Home Appliances, Furniture, Infrastructure.Responsibilities: profit & loss, recruiting, leadership of up to 9 consultants, key account management (Audi-EE, BMW-EI, )Achievements: Highly profitable growth of the business unit from 0 to 9 consultants within 15 months;Business Development winning Audi Production, Magneti Marelli, Himolla, Winterhalter and Munich Airport as new accounts;Diversification of the business from automotive to home appliances, furniture and logistics sectors;Negotiating stable price levels even during the German automotive crisis in 2008 and 2009;

Project Leader, PhD ThesisSupervisor of over 40 student theses contributing to the research on automatic face analysis by image processing and machine learning algorithms