Patrick Weiland

Director Prototype & Validation Management, Tech Center Manager, Chairman of the Supervisory Board @ZF Group

Director of Global Prototyping Braking and Steering, Validation Management for the product lines Braking, Steering, Suspenssion, chock absorbers, Chassis Components. Tech Center Management of Tech Centers in Koblenz (GER) and Jablonec/Liberec (CZ). Chairman of the supervisory board of ZF Active Safety GmbH- Global responsibility for Validation/Test Management activities (Mechanical & mechatronic System)- Global responsibilty for prototype production braking and steering->300 employees including offshore- Managing workload, method, tools for demand planning of about engineers- R&D Transformation for increased engineering efficiency- Global responsibility for annual Engineering CAPEX for Prototyping and Infrastructure- Member of the engineering board, reporting to VP Engineering- Managing the engineering tech centers in Koblenz/GER (~ heads) and Jablonec/CZ (~ 200 heads)Expertise: Teammanagement · Teamleading · Engineering · Automotive · Software · Product Development · Research and Development (R&D) · Strategy · Project Management · Prototyping · Tech Center Management.