Thomas Franke

Technical Lead Touch, including touch technology development and integration, materials for display/touch windows, decoration and lamination. Responsile for front module, driving pre-development projects

Technology Manager for touch modules and touch technology development for mobile device -> technology road map, technology scouting, technology development. Selection of technology for our products, considering user experience, cost, performance, availability, reliability... - Technology planning and budgeting, alignemt with global sourcing

- Leading a global expert team with team members in UK, Germany, Finland and China - Responsible for Visual Mechanics technology development in Nokia Mobile Phones - Close cooperation with Nokia Design Center, Nokia Development Center, global sourcing and supplier

- leading the "Mechanics Design Stream" and "Prototype Shop" - responsibility for approx 13 internal design engineers + drawing assistants and 3 external design engineers - stream responsibility for stream development (hiring), stream output, resource planning, budget planning (proto types) - technical expert for mechanics cross sites

- leading a team with 3 internal designer, - mech responsibility for 7 programs, - setup and leading quality improvement projects

- part and assembly resopnsibility in several projects - coaching of new team members - Project leader (as substitute) - Decoration technology development - Close cooperation with supplier in Europe and China

- Mech design for plastic parts, - development of maintenance station for ink jet printer - leading the mech design for ink jet print head developments (micro system technology) in close cooperation with institutes (e.g. University of Munich)

Elektronik, Optik, Informatik, Mechanik