General
◦ Acting as intermediary between engineering, management and finance
◦ Summarize and illustrate technical content to non-technical staff (e.g. finance, HR, etc.)
◦ Elicitation of technical expert knowledge into principles/models and translation into product and investment strategy
Engineering
◦ Automotive Electronic Control Unit platforms, Base Software and Software Tools
◦ Rapid diving into complex software and IT challenges
◦ Team build-up, mentoring software experts, and management of international teams
Project Management
◦ Successful project execution
◦ Automotive Development Processes Tier 1, partially OEM, and implementation of relevant Automotive standards: QS 9000, ASPICE, ISO 26262, TISAX
◦ Training project managers
Product Management
◦ Market analysis, portfolio management, and product strategy definition in line with company system strategy, reporting of product line P&L for platform and customer projects
◦ Network in Automotive (OEMs, Tier1s, semiconductor and software supplier)
◦ Technical sales
Engineering:
- Managing Automotive Tier1 projects, software product, maintenance, DevOps
- Automotive Electronic Control Unit (ECU), Base Software, Autosar, ADAS, Autonomous Driving, Software-Defined Vehicle, Central Compute Unit, Zone Controller, SoCs, POSIX, QNX, Infineon Aurix
- International project teams (Europe, US, India), developing experts, expert career definition, BCC transfer, engineering team build-up, matrix organization, indirect leading
- System engineering process definition including Functional Safety (ISO26262) and Cyber Security (now ISO21434), safety and security analysis of ADAS feature from top level to software/hardware requirements on ECU
- Software Development, C, C++, Swift, Xcode, ARM, RISC-V, V-Model, Agile, Scrum, JIRA, Confluence, Kanban
- Automotive Development Process Tier 1, Automotive standards: QS 9000, ASPICE, CMMI, ISO 26262, TÜV certifications, TISAX, Process definition, QA reviews.
- Successful outsourcing to suppliers and consultants
Project Management:
- PMI process areas, Project Definition and Change Process (CCB), Statement of Work, Project Monitoring and Escalations, Releases, project manager training, project manager supervision and mentoring
- Project management, resource allocation and prioritization, multi-project tool (Atlassian, JIRA, Confluence),
- MS Project, PowerPoint, Word, EXCEL
Product Management:
Market analysis, portfolio management, product strategy definition, key component selection, reporting of product line P&L
Network into German OEMs, Tier1s, Semiconductor and Software supplier
Sales:
Technical sales, customer relationship management, Tier 1 RfQ process, offers, product calculation, business case, invoicing and tracing until payment
General Management:
Budget definition and control, facility management, HR and hiring, talent management, supplier management, development and license contracts
Artificial Intelligence in the 1990s:
- S. Neußer, B. Höfflinger & J. Blattner, Optimierung eines Fuzzy Systems durch Einsatz Neuronaler Netze, 1993, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-78694-5_19
- J. Blattner, H.-J. Gutt, Sensor-less, neuronal-network-based cage defect diagnosis for induction machines, European Transactions on Electrical Power, Volume7, Issue4, July/August 1997, Pages 281-286 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/etep.4450070410
Focus Points:
• Driving product strategy and automation in software development to improve competitiveness
• Preparing and executing strategic company decisions
• Mentoring for project and line managers