Christian Bender

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ABOUT CHRISTIAN BENDER

COMPETENCIES19 years management experience in technical and program management in the area of power plant engineering (gas and wind turbines), commercial vehicle systems and energy storage (lead acid batteries). Leadership of organizations with up to 176 engineers located in USA, France, India, Italy, Spain, Poland, Switzerland and Germany. 13 years experience of implementing Operational Excellence (Lean and Six Sigma methodologies) in companies with over employees globally and annual sales of $ 10 billion in the power generation and automotive sector.Initiative leader for development and engineering process improvements (Lean Product Development)Implementation of DFMA (design for manufacturing and assembly) methodologyImplementation of DFSS (Design for Six Sigma)Implementation operations system (WOS, MOS) based on Lean and Six Sigma principlesImplementation of Lean in the process industry, Continuous ImprovementSpecialties: Thermodynamics, internal combustion engines, fluid dynamicsSystems engineering gas turbines and wind turbines (AEG, ALSTOM, MAN Turbo, GE Power Systems)Leadership role in corporate cost reduction activities (ALSTOM, GE)Program management (turn key gas turbine power plants, commercial vehicle drive train component development)Six Sigma Master Black Belt, DFSS (GE, WABCO)Business transformationGlobalization of engineering force (GE) to offshore development centers (India)Development of Lead acid batteriesChemical processes, Silicon products (GE Bayer Silicons, Momentive Performance Materials)