Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Over the course of the last 27 years Thomas was working in the German and Australian automotive, aeronautics, defence, mining, oil and gas industry. He successfully managed and delivered a wide variety of multi-discipline and inter-continental innovative R&D projects and built effective teams from ground up. Thomas congregated solid international business experiences in product commercialization including general management, strategy development, business development, sales, engineering, intellectual property management, product development, product validation, product manufacturing and quality systems. He believes that excellent liaison with all stakeholder and customers combined with transparent project cost controlling, risk-mitigation strategies as well as project execution is paramount for a successful completion of any project regardless of the industry. He is most certain about the fact that the most valuable capital of every business are its employees. With the right approach to innovation and the mindful utilisation of the potential of the employees a business will be successful. Words like, innovation, transparency, accountability and openness should not just be phrases but rather the true recipe for success.
I am a passionate /automotive/ engineer, manager, innovator, leader and team player with more than 27 years extensive international experience in a broad range of different industries such as automotive, defence, aeronautic, mining and oil and gas managing full lifecycle product strategy and development within OEMs, suppliers and consultancies, and a track record of start-up in innovative technologies, products and teams through to successful market and B2B business growth. business growth. Gruen-Tec.Consulting is offering: • Introduction of defined technology development road map with clearly defined entry and exit points (gates) synchronised with industry accepted TRL (technology readiness levels) • General engineering consulting (Automotive engineering, Oil and gas, HME Mining, 3D CAD, 3D printing, alternative energy sources, ATEX/IECEx, visual data capture, testing and instrumentation, control systems, etc ) • Business development • Benchmarking • Feasibility studies • Support and engagement in developing strong and collaborative R&D and product development teams from ground-up covering position advertising, short-listing, interviews, and offer of employment • Development and introduction of project management principals covering entire R&D project life cycle, incl. acquisition, quotation, opening, execution, change, invoicing, and closing of R&D projects • Introduction and setup of required PM and controlling software for time, budget and project progression reporting • Introduction of processes, forms, and procedures to ensure successful project delivery
Responsible for all engineering activities at RemSense’s - delivered successfully more than 50 R&D and product development projects as part of the team primarily for oil and gas industry -Established and developed RemSense’s multi-discipline R&D engineering capabilities from ground up -Expanded RemSense’s engineering team size from 2 to 8 engineers in time frame of 2 years -Developed and introduced RemSense’s Engineering project execution and technology development process -Developed and introduced RemSense’s Project Management process and PM software covering entire project life cycle incl. acquisition, quotation, opening, execution, change, invoicing, and closing of R&D project portfolio -Multiplied RemSense’s engineering revenue in short time frame -Build team capabilities to cover engineering areas such as software development, advanced mechanical design, robotics, mechatronic, CAD, CFD, FEA, AM, 3D scanning, etc.
RemSense creates, supports and operates sensors and imaging technology to deliver solutions for clients across multiple industry sectors
Managing team of experienced software and hardware engineers with objective to develop new automation and autonomous systems solutions for heavy mining machinery. Strong engagement with all involved stakeholder such as development, deployment, maintenance and operations. Involvement in continuous improvement process as part of the product life cycle.
Team leader for Orbital’s group of experienced project engineers, responsible for all matters concerning team management, performance reviews, resource planning
Managing, executing and controlling all project activities of a wide range of programs conducted with a variety of international partners and customers (e.g. Australia, Germany, Spain, France, Austria, USA, Brazil, China, UAE and India) with overall budget of around 10 mil $AU. Selection of R&D programs completed in role of Project Manager - Advanced development of fuel system for high efficiency heavy duty combustion engine for US customer - Specialist Consulting Engineer – 3 month on-site support from May 2016 – August 2016 at IAV GmbH, Berlin, Germany - Development of alternative fuel operated power generation system for Brazilian market, product development program with Spanish customer - Conversion and operation of a heavy duty engine (Scania DC9) into single cylinder research engine for multi/dual fuel (ethanol, diesel, natural gas), R&D program with Brazilian customer - Design, manufacturing and testing of a prototype UAV engine for an US customer - Development, design, testing of a new high flow CNG direct injector and cylinder head assembly for high boosted single cylinder research engine for French OEM - Study of the potential for emission reduction, combustion efficiency and fuel consumption by utilising advanced HP direct fuel injection for HCCI/CAI operation, cooperation with German Tier 1 automotive supplier, - Concept development, design, manufacturing, calibration, prototyping and demonstrator presentation of a 2-stroke single-cylinder off-road bike with direct injection for European motorbike manufacturer - Development, design, calibration and prototyping of a 2-cylinder, 2-stroke boxer DI-engine for an US customer
- Production development and calibration of a DI-engine, responsible for exhaust gas aftertreatment and simulation of exhaust gas temperature model (Matlab/Simulink), BMW - Concept study of an engine test bench of bi-turbocharged V6-DI-engine, AUDI - Pre-production development of 4-cylinder DI engine, test bench calibration, exhaust system layout, NOx-trap development, EGR-system development, stratified and homogeneous lean operation calibration, VW AG
- SI - engine calibration - Research for Master thesis - Natural gas vehicles and engine development