Frank Meder

Head of Digitalization & Agile Coaching bei ProMinent Group

Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

About

Leading and enabling teams within R&D in new product development of medical devices for the past decade - including Software Development, System Design, Risk Management, Cyber Security and Technical Project Management in a global cross-functional team setup. Have built, developed and lead teams through multiple product life-cycles -from inception to launch and post launch of products in a regulated environment. Additionally, as part of the Danaher continuous improvement culture I have been actively leading change through the optimization of required regulatory processes, agile methods and tools to deliver state-of-the-art software design and architecture.

Experience

  • ProMinent Group (Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland)
    • Head of Digitalization & Agile Coaching
      Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • Head of Standardization & Platforms
      Mar 2023 - Jun 2023 · 4 mos

  • Leica Biosystems (Nußloch, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland)
    • Manager Software Design
      Jan 2013 - Jan 2023 · 10 yrs 1 mo

      - Professional and disciplinary management of the Software Development Team - Professional development of employees - Budget and Resource planning - Collaboration in global teams - Process implementation and optimization in compliance with EN-62304 and FDA - Implementation of Cyber Security processes - Setup of first CHS development team at the Indian Development Center including Engineering Manager, Developers and Testers Note: The former Position "Software Lead" was conducted in parallel until August 2017.

    • Software Lead (Technical Project Manager)
      Jun 2012 - Jan 2013 · 8 mos

      - Managing Software Timeline, Resources and Budget for new Histology Staining Instrument - Interaction with Cross-Functional Team (Mechanics, Electronics, Verification, Quality) - Cooperation with external development partner - Member of product steering board

    • System Designer
      Jan 2011 - Jun 2012 · 1 yr 6 mos

      - Guiding and training of new development Team in Shanghai - Translation of product requirements into System Requirements and Architecture

  • Softwaredesigner at SpeechConcept GmbH & Co. KG
    Feb 2006 - Oct 2007 · 1 yr 9 mos

    - Software Application Development for Speech Recognition and Synthesis - IT Administration