about me - Curiculum Vitae

07/2019 – current     ORIZARIS CONSULTING, Owner, Rutesheim (D)

Support at all stages of the development process

Advanced development:

Innovation Management, Research and Development, New Business Development

Acquisition:

Preparation of Request for Quotation (RFQ) documents, specifications analysis, quotation presentation, preparation of resources and schedules

Series development:

Composition and interdisciplinary lead of project teams, technical project management, project organization, moderation of project team meetings, costs and schedule tracking, supplier management / auditing /selection, tracking of prototype and series tools, start-up management, SoP preparation

Product and process optimization:

Change Management / Continuous Improvement, cost and process optimization VA/VE-Plan execution and follow up of workshops

07/2017 – 07/2019    MAGNA Roof Systems (Car Top Systems), Bietigheim-Bissingen (D), Director Engineering

03/2006 – 06/2017    MAGNA Seating, Sailauf (D), Director Engineering Europe

05/1988 – 02/2006    DaimlerChrysler AG (Mercedes-Benz AG), Sindelfingen

                  07/2005 – 02/2006       Team Leader for Concept Development, Comfort Systems and Ergonomics for all Passenger Car-Seats
                  11/2003 – 06/2005       Team Leader Advanced Development and Ergonomics for all Passenger Car-Seats
                  07/2000 – 10/2003       Team Leader “Seating Ergonomics for all Passenger Car Seats”
                  05/1996 – 06/2000       Project Manager - Functional Group “Seats and Belts C-Class”
                  09/1994 - 04/1996        Project Manager - Product Group „Seats und Safety Systems C-Class“
                  04/1989 - 08/1994        Application Engineer Interior Design / Climatic Systems
                  05/1988 - 03/1989        Mercedes-Benz AG, Sindelfingen (as Freelancer)

12/1987 - 04/1988    Dr. Ing. h. c. Porsche AG, Weissach (as Freelancer)

05/1986 - 09/1987    Greek Air Force, Head of the Unit "Technical Equipment" 

08/1985 - 03/1986    Audi AG, Ingolstadt (as Freelancer)
 

EDUCATION

1976 – 1985      Technical University – Graz, Mechanical Engineering

• Machine Tool
• Materials Handling
• Automotive Engineering

1974 – 1975      Preparation for the Technical University - Graz

1967 – 1973      High School in Krya Vryssi, Greece
 

LANGUAGES                 

German:                  native tongue
English:                    fluent
Greek:                       native tongue
Bulgarian:               basic
 

EDV- KNOWLEDGE

• MS-Office / Word / Excel / Power Point (very good knowledge, over 25 years of practice)
• MS-Project user knowledge
• SAP user knowledge
• CAD-CATIA Viewer
   

 SPECIAL-KNOWLEDGE

• Innovation management
• Knowledge management
• New Business Development
• Product- und process-optimization
• Moderation und presentation techniques
• Material knowledge, light weight
• Manufacturing technology
• Ergonomics
• D-FMEA, P-FMEA
• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
• VA/VE (cost optimization)