Thomas Friese, MBA

Integrated Management Systems ISO 9001 - 14001 - 27001 - IATF 16949 / TQM Expert / Switzerland

Aarau, Aargau, Switzerland

About

20 years of hands-on experience building, managing, and maintaining integrated management systems - ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, and IATF 16949. International experience across Germany, Hungary, Australia and Switzerland - bringing a cross- cultural perspective. I know the real challenges of introducing and certifying integrated management systems in small and large organisations - from the inside, as a person responsible.

Experience

  • TQM Manager at Ricoh Schweiz AG
    Aug 2019 - Present · 7 yrs

    Responsible for the integrated management system acc. ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001. Quality management responsible, Information security responsible, Health & Safety responsible, Environmental protection responsible. Responsible for the integrated management system for Ricoh Switzerland.

  • Head of Quality Management at Sensirion Automotive Solutions AG
    May 2018 - Jul 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Responsible for the Management System for SAS (Switzerland, China, Korea) according to IATF 16949 and Automotive SPICE, with Development in Switzerland and Korea and Production in China and Korea.

  • Global Quality System Manager at Comet Group
    Mar 2017 - Jan 2018 · 11 mos

    Responsible for the Management System of IXT for Switzerland, USA and China according to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.

  • Global Processes Manager and Global Health and Safety Coordinator at Swisslog
    Mar 2010 - Feb 2017 · 7 yrs

    Define, implement and improve all processes for the division WDS according to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHS 18001 and CMMI. Align the Process Owners (Line Managers world-wide) and Process Key Users to continuously improve the quality management system. Establish, implement and maintain the backbone of the QMS. Establish and coordinate the global Health & Safety Organization.

  • Bosch (7 yrs 10 mos)
    • Quality Management Responsible
      Sep 2005 - Dec 2008 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      Quality Management representative for the ECB: Passed the ISO/TS 16949 and ISO 14001 certification. Initially established, implemented and maintained the QM-System, technical superior of the QM-coordinators of all departments, coordination of certification audits, execution of audits, execution of management review. Engineering Process Group: Passed CMMI appraisal – Level 3 Initial roll out of HW and SW-development processes according CMMI, execution of trainings, contact partner for developers, internal auditor for projects according to Automotive SPICE. Team leader of development and test team: Established a new group for development and SW-System test, working in cooperation with German development departments. Passed ISO/TS 16949 certification as Quality management responsible.

    • Software Project Manager
      Mar 2001 - Aug 2005 · 4 yrs 6 mos

      Software project leader, successful series start of the QBA project for BMW. Customer care for electronics development, creation of requirement specification, software development for motor cooling fans and BLDC water pumps including software systems tests for product release, software project leader for employees from Robert Bosch India.