Stefan

Vice President Research and Development @Ytc America Inc. Ytca

Camarillo, CA, US

In charge of defining, building, and executing on YTC America’s R&D strategy, align R&D strategy with Yazaki’s overall technology roadmap.\\\\n Initiate and develop proposals for new material R&D projects that enable Yazaki’s participation in megatrends such as automotive electrification and light-weighting, IoT connectivity, energy storage, and carbon-negative materials, identify talent to staff projects accordingly.\\\\n Responsible for managing all R&D groups, intellectual property department, facilities and environmental health and safety groups\\\\n Plan for and manage all required resources; headcount, operating expenses, and strategic capital investments into state-of-the art process and analytical equipment, and facility improvements to lower Yazaki’s carbon footprint and operational expenses\\\\n Work with company controller to conform to all internal and external financial regulations\\\\n Work with company business strategy team to deploy developed and license technology\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n

University of Alabama

Master's degree, Physics, 4.0

Washington State University

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance, 4.0

University of Alabama

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics, 4.0

TU Dortmund University

Diplom, Physics