About
Get to know the founder
Cooperative, analytical and agile problem solver with strong leadership and pragmatic focus on customer needs.
Passionate and target-focussed leader based on long-year experience and on a solid background in science and engineering.
Experienced Business Coach to support your goals in your personal or professional environment.
His project teams launched some of the most powerful and reliable aggregates for commercial vehicles.
They also contributed to reducing the company's CO2 footprint by realizing several fuel-efficiency projects for business units, from Mercedes-Benz passenger cars to Daimler trucks & buses.
Training
Certificates in 2019-2023
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Reliability Green Belt (University of Stuttgart)
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Professional SCRUM Master (scrum.org by Ken Schwaber)
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Six Sigma Yellow Belt (TÜV Süd, Munich)
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Problem Solving with 8D Report (TÜV Süd, Munich)
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Electric Traction Engine in Vehicles (VDI, Düsseldorf)
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Business Coach (IHK, Würzburg/Schweinfurt)
Extended
Curriculum
January 2021 – today
P²CR Management - Schlierbach
Director P²CR Management UG
Founder of P²CR Management UG (haftungsbeschränkt) with consulting and services focussing on product, project, change, and reliability management.
January 2015 – November 2020
Daimler Truck AG - Gaggenau
Senior Manager
Product Management
Truck
Transmissions & Clutches
Member of the transmission plant management in Gaggenau and participating in the production site's business development.
Platform manager for strategy development of global powertrain platforms aligning Germany, USA, Brazil, India, and Japan portfolios.
Global project and change management for transmissions, E/E, and clutches network.
Relocation of a complete gearbox series from Gaggenau to Chennai/India, including supplier qualification.
Experience with eAxle, hybrid powertrain (PHEV) for commercial vehicles, and battery electric vehicles (BEVs).
July 2010 – December 2014
Daimler AG - Gaggenau/Kassel/Stuttgart
Senior Manager
Product Management
Truck, Passenger Car & Van
Axles and Transmissions
Member of the axles and transmissions plant management in Gaggenau and Kassel.
Head of business development for the production sites. CRM for transmission and axles including OEMs such as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Volvo, and Renault-Nissan.
Platform manager for the coordination of the Mercedes Benz passenger car and van portfolios.
Project and change management for light-duty axles and transmissions.
March 2001 – June 2010
Daimler AG - Stuttgart
Manager
R&D Powertrain
Truck & Van Axles
Reliability Engineering for axle systems and components and global roll-out to Germany, USA, Brazil, and Japan.
Development of axle final drives optimizing fuel-efficiency, reliability, and cost.
Design and approval of fuel-efficient drivetrain lubricants with world-leading suppliers of additive packages and base oils.
March 1999 – February 2001
Daimler Chrysler AG - Frankfurt a.M.
Employee
Assembly and Packaging Technology
E/E - CAE/CFD
CAE/CFD for E/E systems and components, e.g., cooling of high power electronics, fuel cells, and flow optimization for fuel injection.
November 1994 – February 1999
University of Freiburg i.Brsg.
Research Assistant (Ph.D.)
CAE/CFD - Semiconductor Production
Research on optimization of semiconductor production processes by optimizing transport phenomena.
Ph.D. Title: 'Magnetohydrodynamic effects on growth of semiconductors' (summa cum laude).
August 1989 – August 1990
UMass Boston & Lowell, MA, USA
Scholarship in Physics
Semiconductor physics and electrical engineering courses. Theoretical student research project on field emission transistor.
October 1986 – October 1994
University of Freiburg i. Brsg.
Diploma in Physics
Master in physics with an emphasis in solid state physics, semiconductor physics, fluid dynamics, materials science, and simulation of complex systems.
Contact
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P²CR Management UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Vor der Sommerweide 7
73278 Schlierbach, Germany
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Mail: info@p2cr-management.com
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Phone: +49 (0) 7021 405 5413
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Vor der Sommerweide 7
73278 Schlierbach, Germany
Phone +49 (0) 7021 405 5413