Stefan Simmerer

Stefan simmerer

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  • Timeline

    Jul 2001 - May 2002

    Customer Service Manager

    GE Renewable Energy
    Oct 2003 - Sept 2008

    Sourcing Quality Engineer, Technical Leader

    GE Renewable Energy
    Current Company
    Oct 2008 - now

    Senior Manager Manufacturing Engineering

    GE Power
    Munich, Germany / Jenbach, Austria / Houston, Texas
  • About me

    Senior Manager Manufacturing Engineering at GE Power

  • Education

    • University of erlangen-nuremberg

      1989 - 1997
      Master of science - ms materials science
    • University of bayreuth

      1987 - 1989
      Physics
  • Experience

    • Ge renewable energy

      Jul 2001 - May 2002
      Customer service manager

      Established service locations in new market countries: Sweden (Offshore), Ireland and UK (remote islands), incl. recruitment of service technicians, warehouse management & tooling.Support for our key customers in Sweden, Ireland and UK.Responsible for 98% up-time of our wind farms, especially for the world's first Offshore Wind Farm in 2001 in Kalmarsund, Sweden (7 x 1.5 MW).

    • Ge renewable energy

      Oct 2003 - Sept 2008
      Sourcing quality engineer, technical leader

      Responsible for the Quality of 300 million USD sourcing volume for composites.Key communicator towards renewable's sourcing executive, concerning all aspects around quality. Kept track of the supplier capability matrix.Provided technical guidance and coaching for a young team of seven sourcing quality engineers during supplier qualifications and production ramp up in Denmark, Spain, Poland, US, Canada, India, China.Dealt with the Ministry of Technology & Environment in Japan during the Higashi Izu weather crisis. Taken the lead on field failure analysis, root cause and FMEA, resulting in a multi million USD cost of quality recovery from a strategic supplier.Filed a Patent which describes the automated manufacturing of blade root reinforcements.Efficiency analysis on various NDT methods, to be applied on composites.Introduced Leica Laser Tracker methodology to tackle process variation. Show less

    • Ge power

      Oct 2008 - now

      Provided technical leadership and strategic direction to the aeroderivatives organization as a core member of a team, to implement composite materials into next generation products.Developed a disruptive composite manufacturing process with 78% weight reduction vs. metal, 30% lead time reduction.Initiated an all new composite design for a spring/damping element on reciprocative engines with 58% cost out. Nine metal parts were integrated into one composite part.Earned a management award for the best cost out initiative. Short communication lines with principal engineering, product line leadership and global supply chain management, to set rigor on budgets and timelines. Show less Responsible for R&D, new technologies and new product implementation for composite materials within four business units: renewables (wind energy), gas turbines, aeroderivatives and distributed power.Worked in a team of 14 highly specialized and diversified experts on manufacturing processes, highly impacted the global business.Developed manufacturing processes for carbon fibers in wind rotor blades (NTI readiness), including an all new inspection method, targeting turbine efficiency, cost, lead time and robustness of the process.Initiated and managed cost out programs, resulting in consistent annual savings between 6 and 13 million USD.Ramped up a completely new factory in India (wind blade production), incl. MPP, FPQ, Pilot Lot and Serial Production. Show less

      • Senior Manager Manufacturing Engineering

        Jul 2015 - now
      • Advanced Manufacturing Engineer (Senior Professional Band)

        Oct 2008 - Jun 2015
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

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      Concept Car of the Year -
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      Germany at it's best Award -
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      Green Tec Award -
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      Guiness Book Entry -
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      Öko Globe Award -