Professional Career

04/2018-12/2019	Director Projects Main Line Signalling Thales Deutschland GmbH, Ditzingen / Germany Number of member responsibility: - Securing the quality, revenue and project result targets Control and optimization of international ETCS projects Definition/development of general improvement measures Establishment of a PMO network
03/2014-03/2018	Managing Director / Head of Schuler Presses Turkey Schuler Pressen GmbH, Hydraulics Division, Waghäusel / Germany & Istanbul and Karabük / Turkey Number of member responsibility: 29 Foundation of the branch in Turkey and further expansion into a sales and service organization Overall project management of hydraulic press projects in Turkey and Kazakhstan
07/2007-02/2014	Project Director Siemens, Berlin / Germany & Edinburgh / Scotland & Wallisellen / Switzerland Number of member responsibility: 87 Project Director for the construction of a completely new tram system in Edinburgh Project management of ETCS L2 vehicle conversions for the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) Tender preparation/sales of signaling, safety and control technology projects in Vietnam, Malaysia, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Denmark and Switzerland
09/2004-06/2007	General Manager - International Sales Pfleiderer AG, Track Systems (later Rail One GmbH), Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz / Germany Number of member responsibility: - Distribution of concrete sleepers and concrete plants for railway operators and track construction companies in Western and Eastern Europe
07/2002-08/2004	Head of Catenary Construction Metz Anlagentechnik GmbH, Berlin / Germany Number of member responsibility: - Management of the Rohrbach/Ilm station renovation (Bavaria) Project interlocking technology in Dhaka / Bangladesh Sale of Metz Fahrleitungsbau GmbH to Spitzke AG
01/2000-06/2002	Senior Project Manager HOMOLA AYH AG, Berlin / Germany Number of member responsibility: 18 Client representation; responsibility for project management and controlling of major public and private projects Sale of project management services to Deutsche Bahn
10/1992-12/1999	Project Manager AEG Bahnfahrwegsysteme / Adtranz (DaimlerChrysler Rail Systems), Frankfurt / Germany & Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia & Dublin / Ireland Number of member responsibility: 35 Railway electrification projects and sales management of international turnkey electrification tenders Management of a contract for the electrification of a section of the light rail system in Dublin (Ireland) Construction management of a major order in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
01/1991-09/1992	Project Engineer Carl Schenck AG, Darmstadt / Germany Number of member responsibility: - Technical sales of vibration monitoring devices