Gerhard Lippl

Experienced Project & Service Manager | Driving Innovation in ITSM, Lean Management & Six Sigma Excellence | Delivering Strategic Results Across Global Teams

Greater Salzburg

About

With over 15 years of engineering management experience, I am a Project Manager at RISE, a leading consulting firm for research, development, and large-scale projects. I have successfully led complex global programs with up to 50 team members and multi-million euro budgets, serving as a trusted advisor to C-suite executives and providing recommendations through data analytics. My core competencies include technical leadership, Six Sigma, Lean Management, and software lifecycle management. I have a proven track record of improving resource utilisation, delivery quality, reliability, and customer satisfaction by redesigning department process workflows, consolidating budgets, and implementing QA measures. I am also fluent in German, English, and French, and have published multiple papers on advanced process control and statistical process control in international conferences. My mission is to transform people's lives by delivering innovative and sustainable solutions for complex challenges.

Experience

  • Project Manager at Research Industrial Systems Engineering (RISE) Forschungs-, Entwicklungs- und Großprojektberatung
    Dec 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • Global ITSM Team Lead at Red Bull
    Jan 2022 - Dec 2022 · 1 yr

    · Created effective team structure to provide clear vision and mission for newly formed team of global consultants · Redesigned department process workflows to improve resource utilisation, delivery quality, reliability as well as customer satisfaction · Consolidated budget for IT Service Management across departments and areas to drive strategy, create alignment and transparency

  • Head of Software and Electrical Engineering at SEMSYSCO GmbH
    Mar 2020 - Dec 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Global leader in high speed plating (HSP) and expert in wet process solutions for the semiconductor industry. · Led and trained team of 13 global R&D staff; created an effective team structure to improve business processes · Significant reduced costs by by redefining vendor strategy and negotiating new deals for licenses · Improved internal costs by streamlining operational processes and implementing QA measures

  • Infineon Technologies (Full-time · 17 yrs 3 mos)
    • Staff Engineer
      May 2017 - Feb 2020 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      Managed global advanced process control projects between EU and Asia. Drove the product development life cycle from design, implementation, test and deployment with cross-functional teams. Created and aligned product roadmap and project portfolio planning. Researched and created new · Improved production yield which resulted in significant savings by improvement of production quality, improvement of equipment efficiency and reduction of human errors

    • Staff Engineer
      Jul 2006 - Nov 2018 · 12 yrs 5 mos

      · Manage international advanced process control projects between Austria, Germany and Malaysia in a distributed matrix organization · Successfully improve production yield resulting in significant cost savings · Enhance production efficiency with increased throughput, reduction of spills and improvement of operator efficiency · Drive the product development life cycle from design, implementation, test and deployment with cross-functional teams (internal/external vendors) · Create comprehensive documentation, communicate updates timely and facilitate best practice/knowledge sharing with stakeholders · Team leader in joint EU funded research project Power Semiconductor and Electronics Manufacturing 4.0 · Work package leader in joint EU funded research project Enhanced Pilot Power Line · Ensure advancement in engineering processes to stimulate competitive success · Research and develop new algorithms and methods for virtual metrology, predictive equipment behavior and dynamic risk assessment applications · Create and align product road maps and project portfolio planning

    • Senior Engineer
      Feb 2004 - Jul 2006 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      · Create the paperless semiconductor fab · Successfully eliminate errors related to manual inputs · Translate business needs to technical requirements in equipment automation solutions · Conduct pilot tests and rolled out automation solutions to production environment

  • Student Trainee at Hitachi Semiconductor (Europe) GmbH
    Aug 1998 - Jul 2001 · 3 yrs

    · Develop and implement factory automation software · Develop and execute plans for software tests · Design and implement a corrective action management system based on DOCUMENTUM framework