Agile Product und Process DevelopmentforPharmaceuticalMedicalAutomotiveEngineering

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• Agile development and optimization of ePTFE membranes and composites applying Lean Innovation methods, some protected by trade secrets und patent applications• Development of elastic technologies, coating materials and membranes• Patent protection and IP strategy• Leading cross-functional, local and global, internal and external teams• Conceptual design and startup of new experimental and production facilities and plants• Development of new business areas

• Definition and implementation of agile development projects• Customer trainings for new elastic technologies• Supporting customers with requirements definition and product selection• Development of new business models and business areas applying Lean Innovation methods

• Optimizing existing and developing new highly efficient processes• Process development using statistical and simulations methods• Technology development for functional, hydrophobic, hydrophilic and antistatic coatings as well as for highly breathable ePTFE (expanded polytetrafluoroethylene) GORE-TEX® membranes, precursors and composites• Management for projecte in Germany, UK, USA, China and Japan• Leading project teams with up to 20 team members• Installation and startup of new equipment and new process technologies for improved quality, efficiency, safety, throughput or process stability

Activities• Leading project teams• Product devleopment from concepts to production release• Managing supplier developments and process changes at suppliersMethods• Planing development projects• Project management • Flexible adaption to ongoing changesResults• Successful project completions in-time• Meeting the agreed specifications and budgets

Activities• Managing quality topics in a development and production environmentMethods• Advanced product quality planning (APQP)• Production risk analysis• FMEA• Defining and implementing countermeasures• Defining specifications• Process/product releases• Documentation
 Results• Start of serial production in significantly reduced development time• Release of new suppliers in Asia within cost cut process

Activities• Project manager for new product and process development
 • Global technology and process coordination for polymer packages
 • Project manager for the production relocation to Singapore and China• Assistant department manager, leader of two work groups with 6 associates 
 • Quality management for engineeringMethods• Project management• Production and capacity planning• Training• Local support
 Results• Identification of new materials, technologies and concepts
• Development of innovative polymer chip packages• Relocation of 7 product lines in time and quality, certification acc. to 
ISO 9001 and ISO/TS 16949 and customer releases • Fixing product quality failures by developing and
 implementing solutions