Multidisciplinary engineer, 20+ years experience in industrial R&D, manufacturing, consulting services services for a variety of employers and customers.
Strong analytical skills for problem solving. Facts based management + agile, customer oriented vision of product development. Good team motivator.
Re-engineering of the "final control" of machines (MoT diploma work) in the context of a Lean + Six Sigma production reorganisation
Development of advanced control algorithms for several products
Evaluation of strategic suppliers for a new NC
Project manager for several collaborations with EPFL (CTI projects)
Detailed Description
Contribution to a 2 days reduction of leading time, i.e. about 1 MCHF/year cost reduction
Benchmarking of the "final control" and quality in three manufacturing plants
High-level support of customers, occasionaly solving delicate problems at customer plants
Development of piezo-actuated micro-EDM machines and a 3D force sensor using laser interferometry
Introduction of specialized software (Matlab, LabView) and application in several area, especially quality control
Training and management of collaborators
Simulation of the EDM process. Scientific publication M. Kocher and Ph. Guglielmetti “Modeling and Simulation of an EDM Die-Sinking Machine”, 1994, Proc. ISEM XI, Lausanne
Company Description
Manufacture of "electric discharge" machine tools (EDM)