Dipl.-Ing. David May

Main tasks: - Develop customer projects from first commercial offer up to and during series production - Plan and execute commercial activities as central customer contact - Define and monitor pricing strategies to insure a profitable increase of turnover - Forecast and monitor near- to long-term sales volumes and turnover - Investigate market information and identify/evaluate business opportunities

Main tasks: - Act as the interface between customers and production plants for all commercial aspects - Manage existing accounts and develop new customers - Define and maintain a sales forecast - Negotiate pricing and conditions for long-term supply contracts - Respond to customer RFQ's and adapt pricing to market conditions and sales targets - Assess technical feasibility with the production plants' technical departments

Worked as technical customer support engineer within the European development group for Automotive & Specialties. Main tasks: - Provide customer support as technical contact at the production sites - Support internal and external sales departments - Develop and optimize production processes and practices - Define, plan and control production for new products - Play the role of "Voice of customer" within the production plants - Manage continuous improvement projects

Worked as development engineer within the European development group for Automotive & Specialties. Main tasks: - Provide customer support as technical contact at the production sites - Support internal and external sales departments - Develop and optimize production processes and practices - Define, plan and control production for new products - Play the role of "Voice of customer" within the production plants - Manage continuous improvement projects

Worked as research engineer in the field of composite materials for the automotive industry as part of the Industrial Implementation Group of EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) - Develop new processing methods for thermoplastic composites - Perform processing trials and tests on composites - Design and modify processing equipment - Collaborate with and report to industrial development partners

Management and Corporate Finance

Materialtechnik (Materials Science)