Bård Gjertsen

Experience

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  ExClay International

  Sept 1995 - Sept 1996

  Project manager

  In charge of implementing computer aided maintenance system

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  Balda Mikron Suzhou Co., Ltd

  Sept 1996 - Jan 2003

  Responsible for industrialising Ericsson Mobile phone models. Work include; Creating WBS, Project plan, Cost, Time and Resource planning, design reviews (design for manufacture), tool & automation specification, supplier selection, serial production verification runs, management and follow up of project team.Achievement: Successfully industrialized four Ericsson mobile phone models: Industrialized Ericsson’s highest volume project with a total turnover of about NOK 700 million (90 million Euro). Project included more than 40 moulding tools & 3 fully automated assembly lines. Show less

  • Business Development manager

    Jun 2001 - Jan 2003

  • Project Department Manager

    Oct 1999 - Jun 2001

  • Technology transfer manager

    Jul 1999 - Oct 1999

  • Project Manager

    Sept 1996 - Jul 1999
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  Balda Mikron Suzhou Co.Ltd.

  Jan 2003 - Jun 2004

  Technology Development manager

  Germany based Balda AG is one of the top two plastic component suppliers in the world for the mobile phone industry. Key customers include Apple, Alcatel, Siemens, Nokia and Sony Ericsson. Mikron is a Swiss company who targeted the same market segment. Mikron is also the manufacturer of high speed milling machines and machining centres.Reporting to: General Manager; member of the company’s management group.Responsible for establishing and developing the technology development department, and to establish relationship with key customers to analyze market trends and introducing new technology to the company. Achievements: Introduced several new technologies including hard coat for lenses reaching 7H pencil hardness, Semi transparent reflective coatings. Developed several sub suppliers with unique technology – i.e. hard coating of PMMA.Contributed to the development of the company from USD 4 million turnover in year 2000 to USD 100 million turnover in year 2004(3000 employees). Show less

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  ARWI Electronics (Suzhou) Co.,Ltd.

  Oct 2004 - Jan 2008

  General Manager

  ARWI is specializing in metalizing (Vacuum deposition) and surface treatment of plastic parts, both for shielding and decorative purposes. The company was Norway based and started up in Suzhou, China. Key end customers include Nokia, SonyEricsson, Motorola, RIM, HTC and Harman JBL.Responsible for establishing the company in Suzhou. Started from company registration and has built up both the organization and the facilities from scratch. Work included market analysis, defining the vision of the company, developing the strategy for the company, site selection, contract negotiations, factory construction and facility decoration, installation of machines, supplier sourcing, building and developing organization and customer development.Implementation of MBO (Managament By Objectives), ISO 9001:2004, Total Productive Maintenance systems, 5S (6S), Lean manufacturing system – including the whole value chain. Achievement: Established & Developed the company in China from green grass to making profit within 2 years, developed a solid customer base within 3 years. Reporting to; the Board of directors, the CEO and main shareholder. Show less

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  Laerdal Medical

  Mar 2011 - Feb 2014

  Global Manufacturing Engineering & Category Manager

  Support industrialization of new products globally – both in-house production or at sub suppliers. Also responsible for Category Management of tool purchases globally. Reporting to Director of Supply Chain & ManufacturingOther tasks and responsibilities included: Support new product development in material selection, design for manufacture and assembly analysis. In charge of a maintaining a standardized global ESD system. Sourcing, supplier evaluation, qualification and selection of tooling and machinery suppliers. Show less

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  MVP AS

  Jan 2017 - Feb 2018

  General Manager

  Manufacture of injection moulded plastic parts and tooling.

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  Stabil NDT AS

  Sept 2018 - now

  Daglig leder

  Stabil NDT as leverer referanseblokker til ikke-ødeleggende testing

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  Stabil Verktøyindustri

  Nov 2018 - Aug 2023

  Eier og daglig leder

  Stabil produserte store verktøy til skandinavisk industri. De var godt fremme på å hente inn ny teknologi for å tilby et bredere utvalg løsninger, Våren 2023 falt gulvet i bedriften 50mm på grunn av setningsskader. Skadene og produksjonsforstyrrelsene dette medførte ødela mulighetene for videre drift.

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  Servi Group

  Oct 2024 - now

  VP production