1. 2004-07-13 WHR Portal on DHL Conference
(In Public/In the Press)

This article was published on the Whirlpool Intranet Portal about the Digital Home Leadership conference, an industry conference I designed and sponsored within the Internet Home Alliance. I had asked ...

2. 2005-01-20 IGD Horizonscan
(In Public/Public Speaking)

... first some facts, then the big picture, then the strategy and what it means in the market. The takeaways: displays and digital content will enter the kitchen wthin the next 10 years. Do not hold your breath ...

3. 2008 - On the use of Simulation
(In Public/Public Speaking)

I was invited to speak about one of the digital products SarJay provides right now: Simulation of Manufacturing Systems. This specific talk I have given at the Fachhochschule Melle, a local university ...

4. Digital Home Leadership Conference
(Achievements/Strategies)

In May 2004, I designed and sponsored the First Digital Home Leadership Conference. This was a vehicle for us to manifest Whirlpool's leadership position in the Digital Home space. This was a "strike the ...

5. Digital Logistics Management Solution
(Achievements/Software Dev)

... the next day, tested, installed remotely and put through the wringer at 3pm. The solution provided: A visual route planning system, based on a digital map. This application was capable of working directly ...

6. Digitize Logistics Department
(Achievements/Turnaround Management)

... if possible. The resulting applications were so good that the supplier of the digital maps came into take a look. They later one tried to launch something like it. It took them 3 years to get to the level ...

7. Director, Broadband Services, Integrated Home Solutions, 1/2000 - 10/2001
(Career/Whirlpool Corp)

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI Challenge: Commercialize a New-to-the-World Digital Product Offering consisting of a Web Tablet mounted on a refrigerator, connected major appliances, a suite of ...

8. Director, Global Retail Launch, Integrated Home Solutions, 10/2001 - 9/2002
(Career/Whirlpool Corp)

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI Challenge: Accelerate a new digital offering into the retail channels in USA, UK and Italy. Achievements: IHS Retail No formal departmental budget, only one employee: ...

9. Disruptive Software Business
(Achievements/Strategies)

After a few years back in Germany, I was asked to drive the development of a new digital product. I cannot say too much about it, as the work is still ongoing. We are looking for angel funding right now.  ...

10. Formal CV (sanitized)
(Documentation/CVs)

...  Director, Integrated Home Solutions/Services - 2000 to 2002 Commercialized a world-first digital product offering, interconnecting kitchen appliances with a suite of software and an extensive ...

11. Forthcoming Book Contribution
(In Public/In the Press)

... the new ‘bricks and mortar’ of purposeful activity. Many organizations have ‘gone digital’ – replacing bricks and mortar with a digitized presence - only to find that a key element, that of collaboration ...

12. Innovation
(You/Your Challenges)

... and deployed a digital portfolio of products and services in a company with distinctly non-digital products developed and tested ideas in a network of partners, rather than all in-house, and developed ...

13. Owner / Project Leader, Business Process Reengineering, 1995 –1997
(Career/Germany in the 90s)

... to move the logistics department of the largest European Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturer from heavily paper-based to digital Achievements: Cost Capture and Analysis Tool Digital Logistics Management Solution ...

14. Strategy & Execution
(You/Your Challenges)

... and business plan Digital, connected diagnostics strategy for the appliance industry: market assessment and business case, technology architecture and roadmap Connected Home Strategy to boost consumer ...

15. System Architecture
(The Person/Skills)

... for the Connected Home, including appliances, web tablets and software services Common Global Security Architecture including Single Signon Web Portal Architecture Digital Fleet Management Architecture ...

16. Technology
(You/Your Challenges)

... I developed a completely digital solution to fleet management. Just take a look at my achievements, you will see the strong affinity to technology in almost every one.  In 2001, Whirlpool conducted a 360 ...

17. What we can do together
('Uncategorised Content')

Making Product Development more profitable.  Business Model Change Digital Global Innovation Leadership People ProductDevelopment Software Strategy ...