Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Aviation Executive with hands-on experience in Engineering, Operations, Production and Maintenance. Competences: - Certification of products and companies - Digitalization projects, PLM and ERP - Operational Excellence - Supply chain development and management - Product configuration - Regulated industries, auditing
Product owner of the software CIVIRES, jointly developed with the professional staff of the partner codire GmbH CIVIRES is the only purpose-built aviation certification software for aviation that puts requirements and project at the centre, not documents!
Some recent projects: - Airworthiness, Quality and Safety post-holder for 21J, 21G and Part-145 - Safety Management System in the public health sector (40 employees) - Knowledge transfer of staff competence assessment and development methods from aviation to automotive software domain (>1000 employees company, working group 100 persons) - Training and management workshop for mid-term strategy and process landscape redefinition in a small engineering organisation (20 employees) - Post carve-out analysis and rationalization of a multi-site management system in a chemical company (4000 employees) - Certification of a small Part-145 maintenance organization (8 employees) - Deployment of Lean and 5S methods in a medium size production company (60 employees) - Re-certification to ISO 13485:2016 of a small manufacturer of medical devices (3 employees)
Management Staff reporting to the CEO responsoble for: - Company Operations Development - Airworthiness and Regulations Management - Supply Chain Development - Integrated Process Excellence unifying QM and CM under a single umbrella - Information Technology
Management staff directly reporting to the CEO: - complete development and maintenance of an Integrated Management System for a commuter aircraft manufacturer (r&d and production) - restructuring and interim management of the certification office of airworthiness - responsible for the domains Quality Assurance, Supply Chain Quality and Manufacturing Quality - internal, authorities' and suppliers' audits - continuous improvement programs - suppliers development programs - PLM /ERP development and business-IT alignment Responsible manager accepted by the aviation authorities: - EASA / EU for the company's approval as Design Organisation - LBA / Germany for the company's approval as Production Organisation
Head of Configuration Management within the Design Organisation, responsible for the following domains and activities: - Initial Implementation of the Configuration Management System - Development of the change request and management processes, including effectivity control and options management - Support in the development of certification management process and production planning process - Business partner for the PLM system architect and project manager for the PLM customization and implementation of the related business processes, including drafting of Business Technical Specifications for external consultants and direct data modelling, workflows programming and system configuration - Administration of the PLM tool - Support and training of staff for the CM processes and PLM tool - Definition of Configuration Management Plans and Baselines for the assigned projects/changes - Definition of Product structure in collaboration with the Head of Design and related BOM Management - Chairing Change Control Boards - Checking for technical plausibility of changes - Establishing guidelines and policies for the management of the documentation for the assigned projects/changes - Ensuring traceable and complete documentation for all changes and related documents under configuration control - Ensuring that the dataset and documentation are consistent and complete for the assigned projects/changes - Performing configuration status accounting through PLM querying
For Large Aeroplanes: - Supplemental Type Certificates (STC) and Minor Changes EU certification and validation abroad (FAA, CAAC) - Continued Airworthiness - Certification of repairs developed without TC Holder support For the Dornier 328 fleet (until end 2011): - Specialist for Interiors and Structures - Post Type-Certificate Major and Minor Changes certification - Repairs certification - FAR 26 AASR (Aging Aircraft Safety Rules) coordinator Other activities: - Design Assurance System Nominee - Responsible and developer of the internal database software "Airworthiness Certification Management System"
Management staff responsible for: - Continuous conformity of the DOA with the applicable rules and its terms of approval - Maintenance of the Design Assurance System for the DOA, including DOH & processes maintenance, chairing of the Design Assurance System Corrective Action Board and processing of significant changes to the DOA - Continuous improvement program - Internal qualification, training and audits - Focal point for the EASA DOATL on all questions and activities related to the DOA, status accounting and the usage of the privileges granted by EASA - EASA audits management
Related to the Dornier 328 fleet (main tasks): - Design Loads - Design Airspeeds and Airspeed Operating Limitations - Supporting activities in the flight physics area for other departments: wing loads factorisation, FDR read-outs, incidents analysis, repair solutions preparation. - Control surfaces balancing computations and check. - Interiors design support: rapid decompression analysis. - Pressurised Compartment Loads Other activities: - Design Air speeds and Wing loads production for a Part 23 Light Business Jet. - CLS (Cargo Loading System) loads modelling and analysis for the Airbus Wide Body aircraft family. - Loads computation for external installation certified as STC.