Ruediger Sprengard, PhD.

Senior Vice President - Head of Augmented Reality | SCHOTT. “Winning should be at the heart of every strategy.”

Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area

About

Seasoned high-tech executive with proven track record in delivering business results by creating an environment of commitment and achievement. Management focus on effective leadership, thoughtful stakeholder management, meticulous process discipline and devotion to highest quality standards. Seeding and bringing to fruition several double-digit million new business opportunities by driving pioneering innovation from lab to fab. Strong emphasis on long-term oriented customer intimacy as foundation of profitability and growth.

Experience

  • SCHOTT (19 yrs 2 mos)
    • Senior Vice President - Head of Business Field Augmented Reality, Advanced Optics
      Oct 2017 - Present · 8 yrs 9 mos

      Positioning SCHOTT as a enabler of waveguide technologies for Augmented Reality by leading and growing an organization with an unparalleled product portfolio in the heart of the industry ecostem of consumer brands, ODMs, optical system manufacturing companies, and design houses.

    • Director New Business Field Ultra-Thin Glass
      Jun 2014 - Oct 2018 · 4 yrs 5 mos

      Establish SCHOTT as the leading innovator and supplier of flexible glass UTG (Ultra-Thin Glass). As a result, SCHOTT Xensation® Flex is the gold standard of display glass in foldable smartphones. There is more to come in other (opto)electronic applications.

    • Director Development New Products and Materials
      May 2007 - May 2014 · 7 yrs 1 mo

      Leading SCHOTT's corporate R&D organisation for new materials and new product development. Defining and implementation of innovation roadmaps with SCHOTT's existing business units and to set the ground for new businesses. Driving cultural change from a research-oriented to an innovation-hungry organization. Co-creating multiple new businesses in opto-electronic components and pharmaceutical packaging.

  • Senior Manager Development OLED Organic Light Emitting Diodes at Merck Gruppe
    Aug 2002 - Apr 2007 · 4 yrs 9 mos

    Pioneering innovation of solid state lighting based on OLED Leading the application group of Merck's OLED material business

  • Manager Product Development Materials at SCHOTT
    Dec 1999 - Jul 2002 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    Leading material centric new product development projects. Optical telecommunication, optical fiber amplifiers.