Germany
Passionate change agent: Aligning industry and customer needs cross-functionally to define and implement key solutions, ensuring impact for a sustainable future in construction. Known for: Optimizing large global and local teams to meet business needs and regulations. Focusing on individualized motivation and team enthusiasm. Building great customer relationships. Finding and implementing creative solutions to key challenges. Creating business models and commercial excitement around innovative market opportunities. Pushing efficiency and sustainability in operations. Possessing a deep knowledge of polymer and material science. Career highlights: Created innovations of lasting value in the areas of automotive, roofing, waterproofing, and industrial thermoplastics. Used pragmatic and synergistic business development approach as a catalyst to fast-track implementation of innovative solutions on regional and local levels. Improved global innovation rate of Sika Group by 20% through creating highly motivated global teams focusing on business impact. Initiated and supported global implementation of Scopes 1 and 2, thus consistently overachieving sustainability targets 3 years in succession. Addressed long-standing challenges for outdoor applications of plastic materials, unlocking major opportunities for automotive, agricultural and industrial applications in the North American market. Initiator of a new class of transparent, sweat-, UV- and impact-resistant polymers and polymer blends that drove new markets in the sports and aesthetics industry. International and cultural experience: Extensive work and life experience in the United States, European Union and Switzerland. Work experience around the world. Dual citizen of U.S. and Germany.
Great two years working with many amazing individuals and teams as Holcim U.S. transitions to Amrize. Best wishes to new Amrize leadership team!
Oversaw innovation, R&D, sustainability, corporate operations, quality, EH&S and regulations. Built Global R&D, Innovation and Operations Teams. Improved innovation by 20% while reducing number of projects by 50%. Built and led business development for 3D printing of concrete. Restructured sustainability strategy for products to combine higher performance with higher sustainability. Responsible for technology budget of CHF 90 million. Oversaw innovation and development programs of all technology areas: concrete, mortars, coatings, thermoplastics and adhesives, serving 8 target markets with more than 7500 products. Created rapport with global investors.
Global responsibility for all roofing and waterproofing technologies. Drove development of two completely new membrane systems representing the first major innovations in this area in 25 years.
Global Technology Manager for Automotive Polycarbonate Glazing Development. Focus: Coatings (CVD and Wet Coatings, Printing Technologies, Injection Molding), Method Development.
Responsible for product development team in Southern Indiana and small business development team in Southfield, Michigan (as of 2000). Commercialization of new resins, product development responsibility for Xenoy and Xylex.
Product Developer for Xenoy, Xylex and new resins. Six Sigma Black Belt with focus on DOE's and predictive modeling (Crystal Ball). Winner of Annual Product Development MVP for GE Plastics (Dan Fox Award).