Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
In my new role I am responsible to further expand Covestro’s digital sampling capabilities to digitally enhance the color matching, color sampling and related specification processes.
World-wide product and market management responsibility for X-Rite's new Total Appearance Capture (TAC) technology - the future of rendering of automotive effect paints, textured materials and other unique surfaces. Total Appearance Capture combines color, texture, gloss and other surface characteristics into a general material description used in computer-aided design. From vinyl flooring to shingles, from automotive paint to hand-made fabric, Total Appearance Capture brings variety, efficiency and accuracy to the virtual world. Designers, 3D artists, material specifiers and marketers may now visualize their designs with unmatched realism and greatly accelerate their material design using digital information measured from real materials.
Technical pre- and after-sales support for customised solutions (tailored color measurement sensors and software solutions) within X-Rite's Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) sales division.
World-wide product management responsibility for X-Rite's i1 product line of color management products (color management software and color measurement hardware) for the prepress, professional photo and design market. Key personality for the consolidation, repositioning and rebranding of the overlapping product portfolio after the X-Rite and GretagMacbeth merger. Responsible project manager for the development of the award-winning i1Pro 2, i1iO 2 and i1Profiler.
Encouraged by former colleagues I started my first own business. Seeing the chance that the usual Apple dealer could not satisfy the needs of smaller advertising agencies, designers and prepress departments concerning their workflows. The company sold Apple Macintosh Systems, Support and Training on workflows (incl. color management) to small to mid-sized advertising agencies, designers and prepress departments of printing houses. The business was started to fund my studies. In the recent years the focus drifted away from the hardware business focusing on training and consulting. References: bvdm, Märklin, m-real, digital Xpress
"(AIPS) Advanced International Printing Standards" - Project was research project funded by the European Community, the Federal Republic Of Germany and industry partners like Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, Metadesign, Epple Printing Inks, Dalim Software and the German Printing and Media Industries Federation related to research to improve industry standards in the printing industry.
The Stuttgart Media University is one of the largest higher education institutions for the media industry in Europe. The university runs a multitude of labs which are equipped with professional equipment for real-life production which offers the students the ability to improve their skills related to real-life in the media industry. During my time there I was responsible for the technical equipment and all the hands-on training in the university's PrePress Department which includes besides the equipment of a full-scale pre-media house a professional photo studio and a laboratory focussed on colour management. I was also highly involved in the project planning and execution for a new 6-colour packaging offset printing press.
Diploma thesis on the profitability of the format variability feature of the MAN Roland DICOweb printing press. At Drupa 2000 MAN Roland introduced the DICOweb printing press to the public. The original concept of the DI web offset press included a format variability feature. For my diploma thesis I evaluated business cases which would allow a profitable use of this feature.