Mario Muhren

Head of Development Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG Duisburg

Cologne Bonn Region

About

Goal "I excel in a leadership positions in order to manage the development of technically challenging products successfully" Profile Leading Mixed-Signal / RF development teams (up to 35 employees) for more than 18 years Technical expert in Microelectronic / Solid State development Responsible for 802.11x / 802.16x product development incl. system definition, application, customer support Long-standing experience in working for an international company headquatered in the US Sense of responsibility and entrepreneurial attitude: founded, established and ran an own ASIC Design Center Realistic and pragmatic realization of strategical goals to meet management expectations Get-it-done attitude taking into account the precision and quality of the final product

Experience

  • Head of Development Duisburg at Rohde & Schwarz
    May 2008 - May 2010 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Responsible for all development programmes at the design center in Duisburg as well as crossfunctional programmes including ressource planning, approving development plans, tracking schedules and controlling investments

  • Managing Director at ATMEL Duisburg GmbH
    Aug 2000 - Apr 2008 · 7 yrs 9 mos

    Running the design center with 35 employees. Responsible for the development within the"Wireless Prduct Line" Managed crossfunctional development teams in Europe together with production in the US which led to 1st time right silicone/protoypes for Wireless LAN and subsequently for WIMAX Common product definition with marketing in Colorado Springs Coordinated, introduced and tracked a quality process in preperation for certification acoording to ISO 9001 Realized cost reduction of 10% by sociable head count reduction

  • Managing Director & Owner at FS Chip Design GmbH
    Apr 1992 - Jul 2000 · 8 yrs 4 mos

    Founded, established and managed an engineering office in concept, development and the manufacture of customer specified integrated circuits Actively supported the sales representative in the acquisition phase of acquiring new customers for ASIC design. Presented the design services at the customer site as well as conferences, conventions and other development platforms Realised the company strategy of "RF Wirelss Communication" by initiating the acquisition of the FS Chip Design GmbH by the ATMEL Corp

  • Siemens AG (3 yrs 8 mos)
    • Circuit Designer
      Jan 1991 - Apr 1992 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Trained and cooperated in product definition and development of customised integrated circuits (ASIC's) Independently developed ASIC modules

    • Project planning engineer
      Sep 1988 - Dec 1990 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Project planning for quotations and orders in the area of hardware for automation technology Provided sales support by preparing offers Introduced, constructed and administrated a CAD system for creating wiring diagrams