Rico Freund

• Development of a complex cost-tracking system to monitor cost components in procurement and sales • Ensured integration of digital solution with existing interfaces • Achieved cost transparency to meet EBIT and cash flow targets

• Management of Lean Six Sigma Black Belt optimization projects for Column-Electric-Power-Steering-Systems • Structured data analysis of functional solutions • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification • Coaching of Lean Six Sigma Belts

• Development of C-EPS product design • Management of sub-projects • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt training • Project assignment abroad for 6 months in Shanghai, China • Project assignment abroad for 3 months in Puebla, Mexico

Internship as Mechanical Engineering Trainee at Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics (LAT) • Testing alternator prototype units including hardware installation, motor control, current and torque measurement and data acquisition techniques to evaluate efficiency of various alternators. • Conducting real driving emission (RDE) measurement campaigns with specific tasks in measurement monitoring and RDE legislation evaluation.

• Responsible for maintenance, diagnosis and repair of motor vehicles, armored vehicles, petrol, diesel and electric aggregates, compressors and construction machinery.

• Diagnostic work on vehicle • Maintenance of engine, gearbox, components of the engine management, braking, chassis and steering systems • Retrofitting trailer couplings, pre-heating systems and navigation systems • Customer communication

Management Education Programme with Specialisation in: • Strategic Management • Digital Transformation • AI and Machine Learning • Production and Operations Management • Global Operations Strategy • Strategic Supply Chain Management • Human Resource Management • Power and Leadership • Corporate Finance Master Thesis: • Developing a Business Capability Map for a Department of a Tier 1 Supplier in the Automotive Industry (Grade: 5.5)

Module 1: Business Administration Basics • St. Gallen Management Model • Corporate Strategy • Methods and Techniques of Problem Solving and Decision Making • Comparison of Management Concepts Module 2: Financial Management • Balance Sheet and Income Statement • Financial Analysis • Cost Accounting • Investment Calculation • Company Valuation

SeoulTech's International Summer School STISS is a short term program designed to learn Korean and experience Korean culture and lifestyle during the 2-weeks intensive language course with a variety of extracurricular activities.

Semester abroad at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with Specialization in: • Remote Area Power Supply • Advanced Thermo-Fluid Mechanics • Engineering and Enterprise

Mechanical Engineering Studies with Specialization in: • Integrated Development and Production • Thermal Renewable Energy Bachelor Thesis: • Power-to-Gas - Development of a multifunctional catalyst for CO2 methanation (Grade: 6.0)

Abschlussnote: 5.4

Abschlussnote: 5.6