Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Kunz

Managing Director, Lino Schweiz GmbH. Swiss manufacturing companies now have access to the expertise of configuration specialist Lino and its technology-leading software portfolio for sales and product configuration (CPQ) as well as design automation

Business Development for Tacton Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) and CAD-Automation solutions.

Leading and enabling the Product Marketing Team (Product Management, Marketing & UX) in the whole business lifecycle from product planning, execution, deployment and go to market, ensuring success in a highly competitive market by continuous exploration of product/market fit and impactful marketing campaigns.

Managed product realization of new Total Appearance Capture solution. X-Rite's new Total Appearance Capture (TAC) technology is the future of rendering of automotive effect paints, textured materials and other unique surfaces. Total Appearance Capture combines color, texture, gloss and other surface characteristics into a general material description used in computer-aided design.

Global responsibility for driving growth in imaging market segments. Successful launch of new products. Development of product and technology roadmap for photo market and adjacent markets.

Global responsibility for Imaging market segments: Photo, PrePress, Design, Display. Developed & defined market segmentation, business cases, market roadmaps, go to market strategies, value proposition, pricing & positioning, key differentiators and market requirements for new products/solutions. Launched major products & product lines and built well differentiated solutions portfolio.

Managed products through the complete life cycle, from realization throughout the entire stage gate process. Launched award winning color management solutions for Creative and PrePress Professionals.

Represented Heinrich Bauer Publishing in all interests of the advertisement production. Combined customer and publisher requirements into a profitable and market driven advertisement production.

Optimized the reproduction process reliability. Ensured highest quality of print production and especially print-ad production with a concurrent cost optimization through introduction of color management solutions. Early adopter of ICC based color management workflows into print and print-ad production. Co-Founder of the European Color Initiative (ECI) and engagement in various ECI working groups.

Led the Proof Production Team to meet deadlines as well as quality & performance requirements.

Optimized and enhanced the Proof Production.