Education
- 1939 to 1945
- Primary School Jona/SG
- 1945 to 1948
- District School Rapperswil/SG
- 1948 to 1952
- Apprenticeship to an Engine-Fitter with Oerlikon Engineering Company, Zurich
- 1952 to 1956
- College of Engineering Zurich, Diploma as Electrical Engineer HTL
- 1963
- Course on Human Relations University of São Paulo, Brazil
- 1974
- SKU Advanced Management Program
- 1992 to 1994
- Total Cycle Time, Total Quality Management, Thomas Group, Inc., Irving, Texas
Work Experience
- 1956 to 1962
- Research Engineer Mercury Arc Rectifiers and Test Engineer Locomotives with
BBC Brown Boveri Ltd, Baden - 1963 to 1964
- Head of sales and Engineering Department Converters with
IEBB Indústria Eléctrica Brown Boveri S/A, São Paulo, Brasil - 1965 to 1969
- Sales Engineer Electric Traction, Project Manager Development Converter
Locomotives with Brown Boveri Ltd, Baden/AG - 1970 to 1994
- General Manager Traction Division
Senior Vice President Transportation Systems
Business Manager Electric Locomotives ABB Transportation- In charge of contract negotiations worldwide
- Responsible for strategic planning and development of main line motive power (locomotives with three-phase drives)
- Special tasks in the field of Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Partnership agreements, Organizations, Consultancy (e.g. Conference on Strategic Planning for Transport, Communications and Financing, Ministry of Finance, Beijing 1994)
- 1995 to 1997
- Senior Consultant with ABB Consulting Ltd, Baden/AG
- Activities in Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine
- Word bank Mission: “Restructuring and Modernization Study of the Chines Railway Locomotive and Rolling Stock Manufacturing Industry” (Ministry of Railways)
- 1997 –
- Private Consultant
- 2001 to 2008 Delegate of VSBTU Vereinigung Schweizerischer Bahntechnik Unternehmen (Swiss Association of Railway Trackwork Contractors)