Cologne Bonn Region
International leadership experience of over 20 years in Technology-, Innovation-, Alliance- Management and Business Development with track record in Material & Life Sciences
Leading a global competency center for biochemical & bioprocess engineering to • shape definition & implementation of new Cell & Gene Therapy development and manufacturing platform • support pipeline realization & troubleshooting activities by providing state-of-the-art technology solutions
• Functional lead of a center-of-excellence for process engineering for optimization and scale-up of chemical production processes for all Bayer Divisions • Head of Bayer’s cross-divisional Process Technology Community • Working areas: reaction-, reactor-, thermal & mechanical process- engineering, formulation technologies, modelling & simulation of processes and plants
• Functional lead of a center-of-excellence for biotechnological and chemical process engineering, physical chemistry, physics and equipment design • Working areas: reaction and reactor engineering; fermentation; cell-culturing; bio-catalysis and biotransformation; conti-, photo- and electro-chemistry • Supervision of INVITE GmbH
R&D center and open innovation platform for innovative production technologies for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry; Public-Private Partnership between Bayer and TU Dortmund University • Start-up, commercial, strategic and technical lead of the company • Establishment of a network of over 70 business and development partners • Definition and execution of a project portfolio comprising innovative and sustainable production approaches for chemical and biological products, concepts for CO2 conversion, new digital and robotics application in production and supply-chain • Realization of public funding projects with an overall budget of ~ € 100 Mio. • Successful technical and economic proof-of-concept of modular chemical production plants and industrial realization of first pilots • Definition and introduction of industry standards for modular production plants
• Chairman of Bayer’s global R&D community - Head of decision body for group-wide innovation / IP- topics - Steering of cross-group projects, initiatives and best practice exchange • Counsel board of management on technology-, and innovation- related topics - Unbiased assessment of key R&D-, as well as related M&A- projects - Initiate projects to assess major technology trends - Organization of technology advisory panels with external key opinion leaders • Definition of an innovation strategy for the Bayer Group - Support development of the business-group’s innovation strategies, highlights: integration of Schering’s research into Bayer; scoping of the CropScience biotechnology platform, definition of MaterialScience’s Functional Films franchise - Assessment of R&D performance & strategy in the annual strategy conferences • Responsibility for corporate innovation politics - Advice of governmental bodies during definition of public research agenda, highlight: shaping the Hightech Strategy of the German government
Global functional lead of polymer analytics, testing centers, development programs for optimization of physical and processing properties of coatings, functional films, thermoplastic polymers, polyurethanes, rubbers • Merging groups of former business-units in one integrated department and thereby realization of 30% synergies • Shift from pure service-provider to interdisciplinary co-operation partner within BPO as well as with main customers to tailor material properties to market needs • Development and implementation of innovative hard- and software methods to analyze, predict and optimize polymer properties
• Set-up and functional lead of an interdisciplinary R&D group • Scope: development of new hard- and software tools to further increase efficiency in pharmaceutical and agrochemical R&D, as well as innovative diagnostics devices Project highlights: • Imaging and high-throughput screening devices for active ingredients implemented in Bayer’s Pharma and Agrochemical Divisions • Electro-optical biosensors for food-quality tests in agrochemical industry • Utilization of pharmacokinetic simulation software to determine the ideal dosage of pharmaceutical drug development candidates
Optical laboratory equipment for polymer and semiconductor industry
University of Bayreuth: Institute of Experimental Physics & Bayreuth Institute of Macromolecular Research, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA: Institute for Polymer Science Optical and electro-optical properties of liquid-crystalline polymers, spectroscopy, holographic data storage