With over 30 years of international experience in Germany and the US, we transform technical challenges into competitive industrial solutions.
As a Mechanical Engineer with decades of expertise in globally operating companies, I understand what matters in the B2B sector: Evidence-based solutions rather than mere intuition.
My experience ranges from deep R&D projects in the German automotive industry to highly complex system developments in the USA. Through my work on both continents, I combine German precision with American innovation.
Dipl.-Ing. General Mechanical Engineering
From concept phase to production readiness for complex mechanical systems.
Detailed validation of structural integrity before prototype manufacturing.
Hands-on training and strategic consulting for engineering teams.
Transitioning development outcomes into serial production.
Proven experience across 9 industry sectors — from automotive supply to high vacuum technology.
Air suspension systems, compressors for premium vehicles, body welding fixtures and chassis development.
Channel presses, linear drives, slitting and winding machines, paper processing and packaging machines.
Turbomolecular pumps, vacuum coating technology and contactless linear drives in vacuum chambers.
Metal enclosures for electronic components (PDU), thermal furnaces for wafer production in vacuum.
Air and gas heat exchangers for combustion power plants in heavy mechanical engineering.
Aluminum structures for hangar doors and helicopter traversing systems with FEM structural calculations.
Cleaning systems for light metal castings and refrigeration machines for tool cooling.
Press brake and drop forging dies for automotive sheet metal forming and light metal forging.
Facade maintenance systems — design and creation of manufacturing and quotation drawings.
Consulting and design in interdisciplinary projects (mechanical engineering, shipbuilding, high-tech). Focus: Creo Parametrics, FEM analysis, methodical product development.
Development, design and project management of air supply systems and compressors for premium car air suspension systems.
Development of turbomolecular pumps (Leybold Vacuum) and CAD administration in precision engineering and mechanical engineering.
Machine and plant design, including project management and commissioning in the USA (Procter & Gamble) and automotive tooling.
Comprehensive mastery of industry-leading CAD and CAE systems for implementing highly complex mechanical designs and finite element analyses.
TH Köln, Campus Gummersbach
Focus: Design Engineering
Apparatebau Rothemühle
Specialization: Mechanical Engineering
Cornell University (CornellX)
05/2020
INNEO Solutions
09/2015
CADFEM (D-A-CH)
09/2013
University of Cambridge
11/2010
INNEO Solutions
08/2005
Sonneborn + Wagner
11/2000
Development and design of channel presses and attachments. Consulting engineers on using Creo Parametrics with the Top-Down method.
Design of aluminum parts for hangar doors and helicopter traversing systems. FEM analyses and structural calculations.
Design of metal enclosures for electronic components (PDU). Consulting and development support with CAD tool Creo.
Development of channel presses. FEM verification of deformations and stresses. Standardization of the press shield from various variants.
Development of a thermal furnace for wafer production in vacuum. Design of the mechanical rotation-lift unit and service equipment.
Development of air supply systems and compressors for premium cars and SUVs. FEM verification of deformations and stresses.
Design of contactless linear drives in vacuum chambers. Conceptualization of new machines and assemblies in vacuum coating technology.
Design and development of a new air compressor generation for car air suspension. Conducting risk analyses (DFMEA).
Project management of air supply systems and compressors for premium cars. Installation studies, risk analyses and supplier coordination.
Development of air supply systems and compressors for premium cars and SUVs. FEM verification and BOM creation in Windchill.
Development and design of turbomolecular pumps in high vacuum technology. Adaptation of series pumps to customer applications.
Development of a turbo centrifugal blower for fuel cells. Bearing design for the impeller.
Design of air and gas heat exchangers for combustion power plants. Modeling and drawing derivation.
Development of turbomolecular pumps in high vacuum technology. Adaptation of series pumps to customer applications.
Design of clamping devices for welding automotive body parts.
Design of facade maintenance systems. Creation of manufacturing, assembly and quotation drawings.
Design of slitting and winding machines for plastic and aluminum foils.
Design of paper processing and food packaging machines. Acceptance and commissioning in USA and Europe.
Design of paper processing machines and safety guards. Sub-project management and creation of layout plans.
Development of cleaning systems for desanding light metal castings using shock wave technology.
Design of press brake dies for forming automotive sheet metal parts.
Design of refrigeration machines for tool cooling.
Design of drop forging dies for light metal in the automotive sector. CAD programming for automatic drawing generation.
Whether you have specific technical challenges in development or need strategic consulting for complex mechanical engineering projects – I am at your disposal.