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Axel

Integrative leader with deep Software development and Smart Manufacturing experience

About Me

…integrative executive with more than 15 years of experience in SME management as well as 5 years in second - level executive roles in corporations and great enthusiasm and hunger for topics around management, digitalization, and transformation…

Jurisdiction

Germany

Experience

Seniority LevelC-Suite
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Head of Business Development
2024 - 2025

• Development of the sales organization (MEDDICC) • Development of visions together with the customers, transformation from E - BOM to MBOM and BOP • Implementation of Objective Key Result based leadership GmbH and consulting afr - GmbH Acquisition, realization, and support of clients such as VW, BMW, GEA, Radeberger Group, ZF, Schaeffler, Optima, Schiess with own solutions Development and implementation of ERP + MES systems at Härtewerk Chemnitz, Gealan CAX Solutions, and Comte Galvanotechnik [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE]

Global Program Manager Digitalization
2022 - 2023

• Development of the digitalization strategy (worldwide) • Creation of project organization and task planning • Roadmap derivation and budgeting • Project leadership covering integration of MES, Worker Assist, CRM, focusing on the service department, integration speech - to - text and AI solutions and Empolis knowledge management integration

Managing Director
2021 - 2022

• Restructuring East German locations • Project Engineering (BMW Leipzig, Porsche Leipzig, Hirschvogel, Sludge2Energy, biogas - plants) • Establishment of Leipzig location • Fluctuation reduction • Profit improvement

Vice President and managing director
2017 - 2021

• Post Merger Integration autinity systems GmbH and afr consulting GmbH to the Schaeffler group • Merging autinity systems GmbH and afr - consulting GmbH to Schaeffler Digital Solutions GmbH • Rollout "autinity" software in all Schaeffler factories (worldwirde >70 factories) • Establishment of a service center incl. Service processes for condition monitoring • Digital project engineering internal and external

Founder and managing director
2012 - 2017

• Engineering customer projects (GEA, Radeberger Gruppe, ZF, Magna, Schaeffler) in the area condition monitoring, IIoT and ERP / MES • Consulting of transformation projects worldwide

Founder and managing director
2004 - 2017

Founded directly after university. The idea was to link production technology directly with the company´s key performance indicators. Resulted in a comprehensive machine data acquisition system (IIoT) incl. Various evaluations (e.g. vibration monitoring). Special knowledge established in vibration and condition monitoring (bearings). • Built management, development and service organization from 1 to 40 employees • Multiple recognitions for best apprentice IT specialist / application development in Saxony • Successful software development, delivery and rollouts at companies like BMW, Volkswagen, GEA, Schaeffler, ZF, Radeberger Group, Magna • Software used successfull on all continents • Connection of approx. 15.000 machines worldwide (excluding Schaeffler)

Education

Diploma of Dipl. Economical Engineer /Technical University of Chemnitz
1998 - 2003

Certification

Total Certifications1

VDMA, DKE, Lions Club, IQ Central Germany Award Automotive 2016 (Development of a process to evaluate gears during the honing process with ZF and ifm), and implementation of the, monitoring major project at Schaeffler with up to 26,000 machines worldwide and subsequent sale

Skills

Core skills10
Languages2

Skills

Management
Digital Transformation
Business Development
Sales
Leadership
Digital Transformation
Organizational Skills
Software
MES
ERP

Languages

English
German

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