Dr. Thomas A. Louis

Beratung von Unternehmen sowie Übernahme von Führungsaufgaben als Interims Manager.

Aufbau und Leitung des BFH Flaghsip Energy Programmes (befristetes Mandat). Überführung des Programmes in das BFH-CSEM Energy Storage Research Center (ESReC) Design und Implementierung der eSIgn@BFH Architektir für die digitale Abwicklung von Geschäftsvorfällen. Unterstützung beim Aufbau des BFH Center Digital Society als Mitglied des Institute for ICT-based Management (ICTM). Mitwirkung als Experte in der Beurteilung von Executive MBA Absolventen in Innovation, International und General Management.

• Devised strategy for services in wind power, onshore & offshore. • Developed and implemented business plans in EMEA region • Advised decision makers on market trends, success factors, risks • Managed bids and steered project development with key accounts.

Aufbau und Führung des AGCS Global Change Programms, verantwortlich für Entwicklung und Implementierung einer weltweit einheitlichen Architektur für AGCS Geschäftsprozesse, Applikationen und Information. Leitung Programm Management Organisation (PMO), Operational Excellence (OPEX) Initiative. Führung eines internationalen Teams von Projekt-, Prozess- und Versicherungsexperten in München, London, Paris und Chicago.

Leitung der Konzernfunktion Qualität & Prozesse. Implementierung Lean Six Sigma und EFQM Excellence Modell. Verantwortlich für Erhalt der Zertifizierung und Weiterentwicklung des Carl Zeiss Integrierten Management Systems, weltweit.

Group Y2K Officer. Member of The Executive Council of the Global 2000 Group. Responsible for implementation of Business Application Architecture (BAA) and Business Information Architecture (BIA) across Swiss Re Group.

Advised major European financial services firms on investment process, asset management, business process design, use of information technology, strategies for profitable growth, M&A. Member of Financial Services Industry Group, Information Technology and Organizational Effectiveness Practice Area.

Process Manager Innovation, ABB Corporate Research (1995). Manager New Products and Business Development, ABB Power Generation Segment (1991-94).

Technical Director of Europe’s largest solar thermal test facility for large scale, grid-connected power generation systems and technologies.

Leading product developer for the award-winning PLuS-2 (Photoluminescence Lifetime Microscope Spectrometer), a diagnostic tool for optoelectronic device and semiconductor wafer manufacturers. Recipient of The Photonics Circle of Excellence Award in 1989.

Lectured to undergraduate physics students and performed research on non-linear phenomena in semiconductors and bi-stable optoelectronic devices.

Diploma thesis in physics on “Energy balance of the Solar Chimney Power Plant in Manzanares, Spain”. Doctoral thesis in physics on “Pico-second time-resolved and micrometer spatially resolved minority carrier lifetime measurements on GaAs”.

Led research programme, on site in Spain, and held responsibility for operation of grid-connected pilot solar chimney power plant. Represented German interests vis-à-vis project partners Union Electrica Fenosa and CIEMAT, Spanish Ministry of Energy and Industry.

Risk Management in Finance Leadership Dilemmas and Profitable Growth Breakthrough Program for Senior Executives CEO Seminar

Solid state physics, Si, a-Si, III-V semiconductors Pulsed lasers, time-domain reflectometry Photovoltaics, thin film, high efficiency Grid-connected solar thermal power Wind energy and biomass

Amorphous silicon Crystallographic analysis Thin film deposition techniques