Dr. Klaus Monz

Angestellt, Head of Coating, R&D Microbusiness Owner, Swarovski

Wattens, Austria

Skills

Research and Development
R&D Management
Coatings
Vacuum Technology
Ellipsometry
Project management
Thin film technology
Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD)
CVD
Chemical Vapor Deposition
Thin Film Characterisation
Department Management
Budget Management
Budget Planning
Innovation
Technology development

Timeline

Professional experience for Klaus Monz

  • Current 2 years and 5 months, since Jan 2021

    Head of Coating, R&D Microbusiness Owner

    Swarovski

    Leading an R&D microbusiness unit providing coating solutions with end-2-end responsiblity: From development of coatings supporting Swarovski's design requirements to equipment needed for state-of-the-art production.

  • Current 9 years and 8 months, since Oct 2013

    Head of Coating Development

    Swarovski

    Responsible for development of decorative and functional coatings for Swarovski products, by means of PVD, CVD, Electroplating, Lacquering & Printing.

  • 4 years, Oct 2009 - Sep 2013

    R&D Project Manager Coatings

    Glas Trösch Group

    Management of development projects to realise new or improved PVD coatings for architectural glazings, including - Successful design and test of control software concept for coating production - Build custom software for operators and engineers running large area coaters based on the concept. - Establish customer application software for calculation of glazing figures as a web application.

  • 6 years and 4 months, Jun 2003 - Sep 2009

    R&D Engineer

    Swarovski

    Development of decorative and functional PVD coatings on glass, including - Transfer of new coating solutions to production - Improvement of production processes - Specification of PVD coating equipment - Evaluation & introduction of process control equipment for production

  • 6 years and 9 months, Sep 1996 - May 2003

    Systems Programmer

    ARZ Allgemeines Rechenzentrum GmbH

Educational background for Klaus Monz

  • 1986 - 1996

    Physics

    Universität Innsbruck

    Experimental Physics Solid State Physics Semiconductor Physics and Technology Vacuum Coating Technology

Languages

  • English

    Fluent

  • German

    First language

  • Italian

    Basic

Wants

Colored Glass Coatings

Interests

Golf
Reading
IT

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