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Reutlingen, Bw, De

Farmington Hills, Mi, Us

Global Product Manager for MEMS based sensors and related solutions within the consumer electronics industry, industrial, IOT, cross-functional interface between development, quality, production and sales worldwide, Product definition and strategy, portfolio management and technical product marketing. Technical and commercial analysis of competitor products. Close observation of the consumer electronics market environment. Technical product documentation. UX champion and design thinking expertResponsible for Environmental sensor cluster (pressure, humidity, magnet and temperature)

Mainz, De

Product Management of ASI thin film, crystalline modules and solar cells. Project leader of new product developments according to Stage-Gate®-Process (idea, c&f, development, launch, market introduction), examples: SCHOTT PERFORM MONO, SCHOTT PERFORM MWT, SCHOTT PROTECT ASI and SCHOTT POWER POLY modules, development of global product strategy in close collaboration with R&D, Marketing, regional sales teams and production, strategic refinement of product portfolio and technology roadmap, support of products during entire product life cycle, international market and competitor studies and deduction of corresponding strategies for SCHOTT Solar, interface management between cell and module production, coordination of product certification for IEC/UL, project member to establish joint venture with Hareon in China with creation of all necessary product specifications

Fremont, Ca, Us

Mattson is an equipment manufacturer for memory (DRAM and Flash), logic and wafer manufacturer. Rapid thermal processing (RTP) solutions are essential to front-end fabrication of current-generation integrated circuits (ICs). Tasks: Acting Product Manager to define and develop international product strategy, determine yearly pricing strategy, new product development and introduction, track COGS and warranty costs, make revisions and updates to existing product presentations, develop and update configuration and quote templates (SAP based), training of the regional sales force regarding products and procedures, gather information on competitor movements: system price, system features, manage customer service account priorities with respect to product improvements that require factory resources for all products, help to quote non released products and CES (Customer Engineering Specials), manage/drive small projects, act as project leader and manage the assigned project team members.

Hanau, De

Qualification of Quartz products for semiconductor applications (Diffusion, Etch, CVD), provided technical pre-sales consulting expertise (USA, Europe, Asia), education, and service support to customers, hands on management of technical bulletins/white papers to support product recognition and education, worked with engineering to define product development priorities, provided sales support for strategic engagements on product needs/solutions.developed close relationship with customers to identify/develop new product developments and obtained material positioning, collobaration with universities/research institutes, built up of SAP-based quality management. Provided sales support for strategic engagements on product needs/solutions, regular communication about program status/key issues to management, developed a close relationship with the customers to identify/develop new product developments and obtain Heraeus material positioning, collobaration with universities and research institutes, generated several CIP’s and quartz manual for overview of quartz products and applications.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Base of this work was PhD thesis and own developed patent which we sold to IBM (patent EP1382046), research and development to apply Heusler alloys for GMR/TMR devices. Films are made with the sputtering technique. Processing for CPP GMR/TMR devices, characterization with XRD, RBS. Measurement of magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity measurements, magnetoresistance measurements. Surface analysis with XMCD, bandstructure calculations to predict spin polarization of the surface, studied influence of strain, atomic disorder and distortion to the properties of the films. AFM and MFM measurements.

Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, De

taught and graded laboratory experiments in inorganic chemistry. Taught and graded classes in inorganic and solid state chemistry.

Phd, Solid State Chemistry

Diploma, Chemistry