Professional Career

06/2010-12/2013	Vice President Marine / Technical Operation, Designated Person Ashore, Interim Director HESS AIDA Cruises, Germany (worldwide) Number of member responsibility: 1300 Responsible for Fleet Management incl. Safety, Technical Operations, Security, Health & Medical, Energy & Environment Key achievements: sustainable development of departments mentioned above in a phase of extreme growth
11/2004-01/2009	Managing Director (Member of Board of Directors of JV in Singapore) LINTEC GmbH & Co KG (Plant engineering & construction company serving the civil construction industry), Germany (Poland, China, Singapore, France) Number of member responsibility: 50 Masterminded and led the comprehensive restructuring of the company to accomplish turnaround, increasing turnover by > 250% and realizing shift from only losses to best profit ever achieved: - Restructured an Asian joint venture including built up production in China - Implemented pre and post project calculation - Introduced systematic sales forecasts and adjusted sales activities and production accordingly - Restructured procurement activities, especially in Poland and China - Developed several new plants and products - Managed the closure of a subsidiary
09/1999-09/2004	Managing Director EUROGATE Technical Services GmbH (high sofisticated technical service), Germany (Italy, Brazil) Number of member responsibility: 440 Key Achievements: - Architected merger (BLG and Eurokai) of all technical service companies / group departments including spin-off of the Technical Division of EUROKAI Container Terminal KGaA - Led several development and organizational restructuring projects to successful completion - Managed major international and local port development projects - Pushed the development of highly sophisticated technical services - Conducted negotiations of new labor tariffs and labor schemes, i.e. shift systems - Drove the re-customization and implementation of the ERP system SAP R3
07/1990-12/1999	Director Technical Division EUROKAI Container Terminal KGaA, Germany (Italy, Brazil) Number of member responsibility: 95 Key Achievements: - Managed major international and local port development projects - Executed projects focused on development and organizational restructuring - Designed and implemented training programs to promote employee development - Led negotiations with in-house labor representatives and steered cooperation with unions - Developed highly sophisticated technical services - Implemented a controlling function based on KPIs - Conducted analyses and due diligence of international and local port companies
04/1989-06/1990	Research Engineer Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Institute for Offshore Industry, Germany Research Field: Remote-controlled underwater vehicles