Manager Engineer

EXPERIENCE

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Entrepreneur, Start up new Entertainment business. Together with Producers and other artists we developed and created performances and shows. Moved business from the South East to Las Vegas to incorporate the entertainment capital of the world.

Responsible for sales and customer relationships, managed a team of 25 employees. Agent for artists. Responsible for all finances and purchasing.

8/2004 to 12/2008

Sales Engineer and Account Manager,

Draexlmaier Automotive of America, Duncan SC

Sales Manager for Instrument Panel, Console, and Doors for GM Cadillac SRX. Responsible for all Engineering, Design, Development, Tooling costs and piece price increases.

Created and developed strong relationships with GM buyers.

Negotiated 250 engineering changes for a 71 Million Dollars price increases with a 30% profit margin.

6/2003 to 7/2004

Program Manager, Peguform GmbH, Ingolstadt, Germany

Led a team of up to 40 engineers for developing the

door panels of Audi A3.

Managed all aspects of the program: Engineering, Development,

Quality, Sales, Purchasing, Finance, Administration,

Logistics and Production;

10/2002 to 5/2003

Key Account Manager and Program Manager, Atera, Ravensburg, Germany

Management of roof and rear carrier systems for BMW and Mercedes. Responsible for the development, sales and management of roof and carrier

systems.

Developed innovative production solution, which brought additional projects from smart / Mercedes.

2/1999 to 9/2002

Sales Engineer, Account Manager MAGNA Interior, Straubing, Germany

Managed, negotiated and implemented over 500 engineering

changes in interior program Audi A8, (Cockpit module and Console),

which increased the sales by 60 Million Euro.

Account mangement for entire program

Team Manager Crash Test Dummy Technique,

MAGNA, Frankfurt, Germany

Set up the Crash Test Dummy calibration Department.

Selected and created a team for Dummy calibration.

Organized and managed the team.

6/1998 to 1/1999

Crash Test Dummy Technician, BMW, Munich, Germany

Prepared crash test Dummies.

Calibrated Hybrid III, Euro Sid, P-Dummies and equipment.

Developed and implemented a new harness system for Dummies.

1/1992 to 5/1998

President / Owner, Mortgages and Investment Services, Munich, Germany

Started up a new business. Brought in over 500 new customers and created long term trusting relationships. Used strong product advantages to sell the best mortgages efficiently.

Received three years in a row an award for the best

mortgage agent by Allianz Bauspar AG.

SPECIAL SKILLS

Fluent in English and German.

Knowledge of French and Italian.

EDUCATION

Mechanical Engineer (B.S.)

Graduated 1989

Staatlich gepruefte Technikerschule Ingolstadt, Germany

With the German equivalent of Magna Cum Laude

REFA Engineer (B.S.)

Graduated 1990

Major: Industrial Engineering

REFA Bundesverband Darmstadt, Germany

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