Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
The energy transition isn't waiting — and neither am I. As Mario Andretti famously put it: "If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." With 18+ years of experience in building and scaling global businesses across continents, I've learned one thing: complexity is not the enemy. It's the opportunity. If you can manage it better than everybody else. Throughout my career, I made it my mission is to bring together markets, technologies, and people to create real impact. I've managed portfolios and launched solutions in medium and low voltage products, digital switchgear, digital transformers — taking technologies from ideation to concept to market and driving scale at a global level. Today, I am responsible for Hitachi Energy's Transformer Insulation & Components business: the essential materials and solutions that make transformers work — for renewable energy grids, data centers, EV infrastructure, and the electrification of society at large. What I focus on: → Global Growth & Scaling with Purpose — Got-to-market, M&A, strategic partnerships, and footprint expansion across markets → Innovation & Transformation — developing and bringing cutting-edge technologies to market → People & Culture — dismantling silos, building bridges, and creating clarity out of complexity Having lived and worked in different countries and cultures, I don't just operate globally — I think and lead that way. I build high-performing teams that thrive on diversity of cultures, perspectives, and thinking. That diversity creates the creative friction and momentum that drives real innovation and robust strategies that work in a VUCA world. I'm here to connect with people who believe business can be a force for good — and who are serious about making it happen. Let's build something that matters.
Project Leader for the ABB Ability Power Transformer, the world's first digitally integrated power transformer, launched at Hannover Fair 2018
Responsible for product management and portfolio of global business unit Electrification Solutions: - Manage business unit portfolio consisting of IEC low-voltage switchgear and MCC (MNS family), ANSI portfolio for switchgear, switchboard and MCC (ReliaGear family), Solutions (MNS Up, MNS Digital) and Service; leading a team of global product managers and function area specialists - Develop and drive implementation of portfolio roadmap, taking investment decisions on innovation projects, platform development, feature extensions, product maintenance, digital strategy etc. - Explore organic and inorganic growth opportunities to enhance the portfolio; involvement in due diligence and integration planning for major M&A project - Drive enhanced organizational set-up, processes and capability improvement for product management in global organization; including functional competency assessments and organizational maturity assessments
Responsible for product management in the Medium Voltage business unit of ABB China: - Monitor market and technology trends, regulatory environment and competitor movements - Monitor and manage portfolio performance of medium voltage product lines such as UniGear, VD4, UniSec, SafeRing, ZX - Develop overall product strategy for complex portfolio from 5 product groups and 7 factories - Define and manage development roadmap, taking investment decisions on R&D budget - Drive mid-segment strategy and launch new primary AIS and VCB portfolio to unlock growth from new segments and new geographies - Design and lead product management capability development program - Lead improvement project to enhance time-to-market by enhanced product management and R&D collaboration, achieving 40% time reduction in project initialization and significant reduction of delays LPG product management of medium voltage switchgear, i.e. primary and secondary AIS and GIS product lines: - Drive strategy implementation with R&D and marketing & sales, esp. on mid-segment AIS - Monitor market and technology trends, and competitor movement - Monitor and manage portfolio performance and development - Continuous revalidation of strategy and making adjustments where required - Enable smooth coordination between global and local product managers and R&D