Work experience (see also LinkedIn)
Worked in supply chain and logistics for major Kinaxis, SAP and Oracle implementations. Supply Chain Planning. Mathematical Optimization.
Professional and business history
July 2020 - August 2025
Kinaxis. Product Manager supply optimization (formerly called Supply.AI). Responsible for the development roadmap, delivering many new capabilities. Solution architect for the first two optimization reference customers.
June 2012 - July 2020
Qualcomm. Information Technology. Supporting the Qualcomm Chip Supply chain, mainly with Kinaxis Maestro (formerly RapidResponse)
September 2010 – May 2012
BearingPoint. Assisting the BearingPoint Management Committee and the GSA (Germany/Switzerland/Austria) Management Board in their Strategic Initiatives, reporting to the Managing Partner.
July 2005 – August 2010
Qualcomm, Information Technology. Logistics and supply chain management with Oracle Advanced Planning and Scheduling and Kinaxis Rapid Response. Manufacturing execution systems (MES).
May 2002 – June 2005
Flextronics, Global Supply Chain Solutions Group (SimFlex), San Diego, CA. Supply chain analysis projects for Flextronics’ customers. Integration of optimization and simulation technologies.
August 99 – April 2002
KPMG Consulting, High-Tech Consulting Practice, Mountain View, CA. High-Tech clients, SAP Logistics.
July 1997 - August 1999
KPMG Consulting, SAP Logistics Consulting, Berlin, Germany. SAP implementation for large electrical engineering clients.
June 1996 - July 1997
IDS Prof.Scheer, SAP Practice, Saarbruecken, Germany. SAP Logistics in chemical industries.
Education
March 1992---June 1996
Assistant lecturer and Ph.D. student at the Christian--Albrechts Universitaet zu Kiel, department Production and Logistics. Thesis: Batching and Scheduling---Models and Methods for Several Problem Classes Subjects: Decision theory, Operations Research, Econometrics.
September 1989---July 1990
Exchange student at the Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France
October 1986---December 1991
Masters degree (Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing) in business administration and mechanical engineering at the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany, Internships at the Volkswagen AG, Germany, and Lebranchu S.A., France. Main subjects: Operations Research and Automatic Control
Miscellaneous
German (native language), French and English fluent.
Member of INFORMS