CrayoNano is a fab-lite semiconductor company, specialised in nano-material based UV-C LED components for disinfection applications with operations out of Norway and Taiwan. It is registered on Euronext NOTC under the ticker “CNANO”.Full balance sheet responsibility for early stage revenue tech scale-up with ~35 head counts and reporting line to the board of directors. Direct responsibility for finance, investor relations / capital raising / equity story as well as technology… Show more CrayoNano is a fab-lite semiconductor company, specialised in nano-material based UV-C LED components for disinfection applications with operations out of Norway and Taiwan. It is registered on Euronext NOTC under the ticker “CNANO”.Full balance sheet responsibility for early stage revenue tech scale-up with ~35 head counts and reporting line to the board of directors. Direct responsibility for finance, investor relations / capital raising / equity story as well as technology development, having direct reports for operations and sales&marketing.Technology: AlGaN, nanowire growth, graphene and 2D materials Show less

Business and Investor Consulting. Interim Management and Projects.

Chief executive officer of a stand-alone business unit for VCSEL and photodiode solutions in optical sensing, transcievers in datacom and industrial heating for battery packs in EV.

Nanofilm is a Singapore-based leading deep tech nanotechnology provider for coating and hydrogen energy solutions / fuel cells in Asia.General Management role with direct reports from Sales and Marketing, Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, HR and Finance. Held full global P&L for Optical Components, Modules and molded Mechanical Parts in mainly mobile devices. Managing 300+ people worldwide including locations in Osaka, Hanoi - Vietnam, Shanghai and… Show more Nanofilm is a Singapore-based leading deep tech nanotechnology provider for coating and hydrogen energy solutions / fuel cells in Asia.General Management role with direct reports from Sales and Marketing, Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, HR and Finance. Held full global P&L for Optical Components, Modules and molded Mechanical Parts in mainly mobile devices. Managing 300+ people worldwide including locations in Osaka, Hanoi - Vietnam, Shanghai and Singapore.Strategic objective to implement business model transformation and culture change from a contract manufacturer (CM, EMS) to a product-centric solution provider (IDM) via differentiated technology positioning and required capability build-up alongside to diversified end markets for a later stage initial public offering (IPO).Technology:- Replication and Injection Molding: Ultra-high precision Diamond Turning (SPDT) for mastering and cavity/insert formation, tooling design and fabrication for Injection Molded (IM) Optics and Wafer-Level Optics (WLO). In-house capability for developing manufacturing equipment and process automisation.- Functional coatings such as optical (ARC) and hard coatings (DLC).Major results: - Captured lion share (60%+) MLA supply into wearable application via competitive pricing / bidding and forward-looking capacity build-up. Secured next generation revenue in life-line lens product supply. - Ground breaking for a major new factory in 06/23 in Viet Nam after tight collaboration with local authorities for land acquisition (12/22), construction design, certificates (IRC, ERC) and tax incentives following a first time hollistic business case set-up and release from the board of directors (BOD).- Set-up and lead green field activity to establish an engineering centre in Singapore: Definition of technology building blocks, equipment, core projects, organization and lead customer commits as well as governmental support from EDB. Show less

General Manager role with full global P&L responsibilty, heading the entire micro-optics and VCSEL component business of ams AG (pre-merger). Orchestrating and diversifying €500m P&L at the core business of the company by defining and executing business strategy, positioning and organization transformation. Strategic objective to build an open market, roadmap and platform driven approach, plus, expand hi reward / hi risk custom projects business. Direct responsibilities:-… Show more General Manager role with full global P&L responsibilty, heading the entire micro-optics and VCSEL component business of ams AG (pre-merger). Orchestrating and diversifying €500m P&L at the core business of the company by defining and executing business strategy, positioning and organization transformation. Strategic objective to build an open market, roadmap and platform driven approach, plus, expand hi reward / hi risk custom projects business. Direct responsibilities:- Product Management | Application Engineering | Program Management - VCSEL Technology and Product Development- Site Management of US R&D Center for Design & Test | 2“ Pilot Line Operations- Post-merger integration (PMI) of group acquisitions Heptagon (Micro Optics) and Princeton Photonics (VCSEL) into new Business Line.Teams:- Direct reports: Business team w/ 15-20 HC, ENG team w/ ~50 HC | ENG team w/ ~70 HC dotted line / matrix organisation- Remotely in Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Mercerville, Sunnyvale, ShanghaiMarket | applications:- Consumer Electronics | 3D sensing, image sensors and optical zoom for main camera- Industrial | Manufacturing, Automation, Robotics- Automotive | 2D VCSEL addressable Arrays for True Solid State (TSS) & flash architectures for LiDAR / ADAS with SAE Level 2,2+, 3, Multi-Lens Array (MLA) for ambient and welcome light carpetTechnology:- Wafer Level micro-optics (WLO): Optical design, mastering, nano imprinting, wafer-to-wafer stacking, modules for illumination optics, camera imaging optics (CIS), waveguides, prisms, periscopes- VCSEL: epi and chip design, GaAs, dilute nitride, Tunnel Junction (TJ), 2D addressable arrays, flip chip, back-side emitting (BSE), integrated optics- Si: SPAD detector, BCD / CMOS technology for VCSEL DriverResults:- Design Wins: TSS LiDAR > €500m LTV, MLA Welcome Light > €70m LTV, Next Gen Face ID optics- Build scalable VCSEL organization (NPD, NPI) ~100+ FTE | full BL business team in 1 year Show less

Global P&L for laser components in the OSRAM group with ~ € 100m revenue in automotive lighting and sensing, consumer electronics and industrial applications.Direct Responsibilities:Application Marketing, Application Specialists, R&D Program Management, Business StrategyApplication | Product:- Automotive Sensing | Diode laser in flash and mechanical scanning ADAS LIDAR architectures for autonomous driving - Automotive Lighting | Blue Power Laser in High Beam Laser… Show more Global P&L for laser components in the OSRAM group with ~ € 100m revenue in automotive lighting and sensing, consumer electronics and industrial applications.Direct Responsibilities:Application Marketing, Application Specialists, R&D Program Management, Business StrategyApplication | Product:- Automotive Sensing | Diode laser in flash and mechanical scanning ADAS LIDAR architectures for autonomous driving - Automotive Lighting | Blue Power Laser in High Beam Laser Headlamps - Projection | Laser sources for MEMS, DMD and LCoS imagers, integrated RGB light engines for AR/VR/MR.- Advanced Manufacturing | Material processing (e.g. drilling, welding) with high power diode laser, laser bars, single emitter and blue laser- Sensing | Edge-emitting laser (EEL) for industrial applications (e.g. smoke, particle) and NIR 850/940 nm VCSEL for mobile. Initiated M&A leading to acquisition of VIXAR. Technology: GaN and GaAs chips, High Power Packaging, phosphor conversionMajor result:- Achieved a 6x time revenue growth to ~100 M€ over cum 6 years for Laser components. Established rugged and profitable revenue streams from multiple industries, applications and regions driven by a healthy customer mix. Show less

Head of Business Subsegment:Global profit and loss (P&L) and End-to-End (E2E) Business Development including Product Development, Product Marketing, Application Engineering, Business Strategy, Subcon Management / OSAT, NPI, Ramp-up management as direct reports / responsibility. Applications:- Sensing | Optical Sensing for gesture recognition and 3D room scanning in Gaming and Virtual Reality (VR)- Storage | density improvement with HAMR in hard disk drives (HDD)- Laser… Show more Head of Business Subsegment:Global profit and loss (P&L) and End-to-End (E2E) Business Development including Product Development, Product Marketing, Application Engineering, Business Strategy, Subcon Management / OSAT, NPI, Ramp-up management as direct reports / responsibility. Applications:- Sensing | Optical Sensing for gesture recognition and 3D room scanning in Gaming and Virtual Reality (VR)- Storage | density improvement with HAMR in hard disk drives (HDD)- Laser illumination | Leveling, laser pointing, dazzling and stage lighting- Projection | RGB Laser Projection with MEMs, Blue Multi Die Package (MDP) with digital micro mirror device (DMD) for Laser Projectors.Technology:- front end: InGaN blue and green single mode and multi mode laser - back end: hermetic chip packaging, TO can, ceramic submounts/substrates (AlN, SiC, Si), AuSn soldering, multi chip packaging / module (MCP, MCM)Major result:- Delivered CAGR > 55% over a period of three years enabling first time financially sustainable operation Show less

R&D for material and optoelectronic organic LED: Stacked, transparent and flexible (steel foil) OLEDs, Pilot Production, IP Portfolio Management, Innovation Management, Supplier and Partnering Strategy, JDAsMajor result:- Breakthrough record in luminous efficiency of 87lm/W for white OLED.

Cross-functional team lead, Launch of OSRAM ORBEOS OLED product family, Reference Designs, Business DevelopmentMajor result:- World-wide first qualified and commercially available OLED Lighting Panel

Research and Development for Material | Process | Equipment and Devices for OLED Lighting Applications, Project Management

AMOLED Displays, amorphous Si (a-Si) / LTPS thin film transistor (TFT) backplane, Printed Electronics, OLED Lighting