Brno, South Moravia, Czechia
Electrical engineering professional and manager, very experienced in a wide range of Technology management and R&D disciplines incl. Post-Merger Integration in the Technology area, Licensing and Transfer of Technology processes within a part of a large MNC, as well as company and functional establishments in various parts of the world (Europe, US, India, China) Main highlights: - Coordination of Post-Merger Integration in the Technology area - Analysis, design and implementation of R&D management models incl. relevant SW tools - An integrated system designed to collect, store, and process data generated during the various stages of the R&D process, interfacing with other business functions, formulated and implemented for the PPMV business area at ABB (Zurich); later adopted as a platform for new product development at a higher level within the global organization. - Managerial, process, legal, ownership and business issues of the foundation of pure Technology Company with distributed product development identified and implemented in daily-operational mode. - Implementation of knowledge management, collaborative work and information aggregation elements in distributed product development - Global R&D Team Competence Portfolio Management University tenure (23 years + 4 years part-time) active mainly in Electrical engineering materials & their degradation Specialities: Post-merger integration in Technology area - Technology management - Business aspects of Licensing and Transfer of technology processes - R&D process management (Design, Modelling; Execution, Monitoring and Optimization) - collaborative R&D in MNCs - Open Innovation Processes - Global R&D Team Competence Management
Advisory to University cooperation and complex technology projects. Advisory to Open Innovation projects. Tools for Competence portfolio management of Global R&D Teams
Advisory: University Collaboration & Open Innovation Projects The Joint Laboratory Brno University of Technology and 3S.cz. LLC - Member of Steering Committee
Managing commercialization projects, Coaching Technology Transfer efforts (project finished - contract expired in 2015). Member of University President’s Advisory Board for Commercialisation of R&D Projects (2012 - 2021)
Technology management; Post-Merger Integration in Technology area ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Business Unit Technology Sr Consultant (responsible for Post-Merger Integration in Technology area, R&D process and implementation of R&D management models, Licensing and Transfer of technology processes) (1999 – 2009) - Support to building ABB Material Testing Laboratory, Beijing, P.R. China (part-time activity, strong interaction with Supply Chain Management activities) (2008 – 2009) - Business Unit Technology Training Responsible - content, preparation, organisation and follow-up of training activities within R&D community (~ 400 engineers world-wide) (2004 – 2007) - ABB India; International Assignment; building the ABB Technology Centre in Nasik in 2004, followed by coaching this Centre (2004 – 2009) - Head of ABB Technology Ltd. /PPMV Support Department (promoter of department, built an international team of co-workers) (1998 – 2003) - Business Unit Patent Officer (responsible for patent organisation, policy, and reviewing / assessment of patent portfolio) (2000 – 2004) - Business Unit Technology Assistant (responsible for R&D process administration and implementation of R&D management models) (1995 – 1999) - Global Project Manager - MV Apparatus, yearly Budget ~ 2 MUSD (1994 - 1996)
Electrical engineering materials & their degradation Statistical treatment of data & reliability analysis Power cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - 54 technical papers and 12 research reports published (mainly in the field of ageing of electrical engineering materials) - New study branch (reliability and utilisation of materials) at faculty of Electrical Engineering formulated and implemented (including new subjects) - Supervisor of 49 diploma and 5 PhD students