Dr. Michal Ruzicka

Seasoned Head of Engineering with extensive experience leading cross-functional teams in the automation and automotive sectors, including GE Fanuc, Siemens, Lego, and Kostal. Proven track record of delivering complex engineering projects on time, within budget, and to the highest standards. Expertise in driving innovation, improving operational efficiency, and leading large engineering departments. Strong leadership, strategic planning, and financial acumen with an emphasis on improvement and growth.

Responsible for complete project cycles of holistic solutions of web application development projects for corporate customers including SLA. This role includes leadership of cross-functional team, responsibility for project planning, timeline, budget and technical delivery. Java scripts used: React, Angular and Ruby on Rails, and PostgreSQL.

Responsible for leading project concerning production transfer from Germany to Czech Republic (52% of product range); this role contained interdisciplinary activities across the departments and sites (purchasing, material management, engineering, programming, IT, production planning, HR, production incl. migration from MBI to SAP) with focus on timeline, technical deliveries, and design of processes and systems incl. design and introduction of material flow system.

R&D Packaging & Processing Responsible for projects in international company at global level; role consists in developing new equipment and production lines including SW development, and their standardisation at other sites (Europe and Mexico), focused on increasing flexibility, variety and product quality, and decreasing changeover and design cost.

Responsible for managing and motivating a project team of up to 30 people from multiple disciplines engaged in delivering projects up to £ 10M for major companies such as Skoda Auto, Hyundai and TPCA which included programming of robots, SPS, visualisations, upper controlling systems, data collection and storage (IT) including Java and C++. Agile PM approach.

Accountable for postsale customer support for PLCs, networks and industrial communication across industries including customers with GlobalCare Support such as Skoda Auto and Novotech. Key activities and achievements include: • Fast and high quality technical support and information provision including plant down cases to wide range of customers • SW and HW troubleshooting and solving technical problems of PLCs, industrial communication and networks including bug, configuration and compatibility issues

Responsibilities included robot, manipulator and screw driver system programming, as well as design of pneumatic systems and manipulators for customers such as Skoda Auto, Bosch Diesel and Automotive Lighting.

Dissertation: Risk Behaviour and Failures of Project Managers; Consultancy project: Company strategy for Tissue Solutions Company, Glasgow, UK as team leader Full-time; Self-funded

Dissertation: Object Identification in Extreme Industrial Environment; Outcome: Developed software for internal transponder temperature simulation which was tested in paint shop of Skoda Auto Company. Consequently tests of new transponder generation were performed for R&D Siemens Company

Dissertation: Automated packaging by means of robot - application