Dr. Roland Schaefer

Angestellt, VP, Innovation Management, Balluff GmbH

Neuhausen a.d.F., Deutschland

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Innovation Management
Engineering Management
R&D
Operation
Logistics
R&D strategic planning
Lean Production
Process Development
Strategy development
Cost reduction
Controlling
People Management
Coaching
Multicultural experience
EU Projects
Supply Chain Management
International relations

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Roland Schaefer

  • Bis heute 3 Jahre und 8 Monate, seit Sep. 2020

    Associate Lecturer

    Esslingen Graduate School, Hochschule Esslingen - University of Applied Sciences

    Lecturer in the Innovation Management Masters-level program

  • Bis heute 8 Jahre und 4 Monate, seit Jan. 2016

    VP, Innovation Management

    Balluff GmbH
  • 2012 - 2016

    Director, Operations - Devices

    Balluff GmbH
  • 2010 - 2016

    Associate Lecturer

    Hochschule Furtwangen University

    Lecture "Operations and Quality Management" in the International Engineering Bachelor Program

  • 2012 - 2014

    Corporate Industrial Engineering

    Balluff GmbH
  • 2008 - 2012

    Director, Global Industrial Engineering

    BDT Media Automation GmbH

    Global responsibility for Operations Processes ; Set up of worldwide manufacturing systems for new products; Systems analysis and optimization of Manufacturing Plants on 3 Continents; Strategic Planning; Project Management; Knowledge management; Risk management.

  • 2004 - 2008

    Project Manager, R&D

    BDT Media Automation GmbH

    Schedule, Budget and Technological responsibility of a Development projects. Direct customer contact to align expectations and activities. Managed large (>60 team members) multidisciplinary and multinational (3 continents) teams.

  • 1996 - 2003

    Director, R&D

    Corrsys-Datron Sensorsysteme GmbH

    Part owner and Head of R&D and IT for Automotive opto-electronic Sensors

  • 1994 - 1996

    Industrial Fellowship

    INO

  • 1995 - 1995

    Visiting Researcher

    Kansai Advancend Research Center

Ausbildung von Roland Schaefer

  • Business

    Open University

    Technology and Innovation Management, Knowledge Management, Strategic Planning

  • Electrical Engineering

    Carnegie Mellon

    Optical computing; Electro-optic design and characterization; Image processing and pattern recognition systems; Fourier Optical processing systems; Teaching undergraduate level EE and optics courses

  • Semiconductor Physics

    Carnegie Mellon

    Development of Scanning Tunnelling Microscope; Analysis of semiconductor structures; Teaching undergraduate level EE courses

  • Electrical Engineering

    University of Alberta

    Electrical engineering and semiconductor physics

Sprachen

  • Englisch

    Muttersprache

  • Deutsch

    Muttersprache

  • Französisch

    Fließend

Interessen

International Contacts
Asian Culture
Business
Economics
Technology
Mountaineering
Long distance hiking
bicycle tours

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