Guillaume Hebert

R&D Director & Board Member | Mechanical/Thermal Innovation & Complex Projects | Automotive, Aerospace, New Space, Energy (Nuclear), Defense | Science Communicator & Speaker | FR/CZ

Zlin, Czechia

About

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ and ๐—ฅ&๐—— ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ with 22 years of experience in the ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ industry and cross-sector expertise in ๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, advanced imaging(CT) , New Space, energy (incl. nuclear), and defense. Specialized in budget management, innovation ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ of multicultural teams (300+ employees, โ‚ฌ18M+ budget). Expert in managing ๐—ฅ&๐—— centers, ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, compliance, and ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ/๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€. Leader of complex programs (e.g., ultra-fast charging LFP batteries, water harvesting systems). Patent holder, ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. Experienced in P&L management, strategic roadmaps, and labor relations. Fluent in ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐—–๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต, I combine deep ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ (mechanical, thermal, electronics, chemistry) with a ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ-๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ approach. My hybrid profile enables me to bridge France and the Czech Republic, aligning industrial and cultural challenges. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ as R&D Director, CTO, CEO, or General Manager in high-tech industries. Open to opportunities in the Czech Republic (Brno, Olomouc, Zlรญn, Ostrava) or Vienna (Austria).

Experience

  • Hanon Systems (17 yrs 9 mos)
    • ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ & ๐—ฅ&๐—— ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ | ๐—”๐—จ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—”๐—Ÿ (Hanon Systems Group)
      Nov 2024 - Present ยท 1 yr 9 mos

      ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€.๐—ฟ.๐—ผ. is a historic Czech automotive company with nearly 150 years of expertise, doubled sited in Novรฝ Jiฤรญn & Hluk. Specializing in ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฅ&๐——, we cover the full technical scopeโ€”from systems to mechatronics and heat exchangersโ€”primarily supporting Hanon Systemsโ€™ global operations. Our team also manages ๐—ฃ๐— ๐—ข, ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ง. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ In a challenging automotive environmentโ€”marked by ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—˜๐—  ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€โ€”we ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ within a year, by diversifying beyond our traditional large-scale automotive production business. At the same time, we ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€, ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†. Today, 40% of our operations are self-funded through external activities, enabling us to reinvest in R&D and other strategic initiatives. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒa๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ฅ&๐—— ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ (300+ employees, โ‚ฌ18M+ budget) ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, including mentoring, lectures and management of complex research projects. ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€, e.g. thermal management for ultra-fast charging batteries, water harvesting systems for injection engines... ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, negotiated with unions, designed ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€, and optimized ๐—ฃ&๐—Ÿ performance.

    • R&D Site Lead
      May 2021 - Nov 2024 ยท 3 yrs 7 mos

      Full responsibility for R&D site operations: advanced & applications engineering, full service prototype production unit, performance, endurance, material science & electronics test laboratories. 140 employees

    • Senior Manager Global Strategy & Product Development - Thermal & Emissions Europe
      May 2017 - Apr 2021 ยท 4 yrs

  • Autopal representative at JOBNAC (Josef Bozek National Center of Competence for Surface Vehicles) at Josef Bozek National Center of Competence for Surface Vehicles (JOBNAC)
    Apr 2026 - Present ยท 4 mos

    Representing Hanon Systems Autopal within the JOBNAC consortium, led by Prof. Jan Macek and Ass. Prof. Vรญtek (ฤŒVUT Prague). This national center of competence aims to advance R&D for connected surface vehicles through synergistic collaboration between industry and academia, under Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TAฤŒR).

  • Member of the Industrial Council at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Vล B-TUO
    Nov 2024 - Present ยท 1 yr 9 mos

  • Jury Member (Stรกtnรญ zรกvฤ›reฤnรก zkouลกka - magisterskรฉ studium) at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Brno University of Technology
    Jun 2026 - Jun 2026 ยท 1 mo

    Contributed as a jury member for the final engineering degree examinations (Institute of Automotive Engineering), evaluating candidates' technical and scientific competencies. A recognition of expertise and a commitment to the Czech industrial-academic-scientific community.

  • Member of the Renรฉ Gras Prize jury at Supmรฉca Alumni
    Apr 2026 - Jun 2026 ยท 3 mos

    The "Renรฉ Gras" prize was created in 1952 by GAMI (Group for the Advancement of Industrial Mechanics) at the ISMCM (now Supmรฉca) to reward the best research project by a student during their studies on a current topic in industry. It recognizes the scientific, technical, innovative, organizational, or environmental value of the final-year project and internship report. Renรฉ Gras graduated from CESTI (Supmรฉca) in 1964 and held a doctorate in physical sciences from Pierre and Marie Curie University Paris VI. He dedicated his life to research and tribology, of which he was a leading figure in France. A professor at ISAE-Supmรฉca, he led the school's tribology group for many years.