Robert Sawyer

SmartFlower ist ein Solarenergie-Technologieunternehmen mit Hauptsitz in Boston, aber mit Wurzeln in Österreich, wo es 2012 gegründet wurde. Heute noch „made in Austria“ mit weltweiten Produktionsstätten in Burgenland, gibt es weltweit >2000 Smartflower Installationen. Die intelligenteste Solarlösung, die jemals hergestellt wurde. Smartflower verwendet fortschrittliche Robotik & Automatisierung, um die Sonne intelligent zu verfolgen und erzeugt >40% mehr Energie als herkömmliche stationäre Solarmodule.

Lexi brings transparency to supply chain mgmt with its unique cloud-based enterprise software solution using machine learning to provide verified, accurate product details to leading OEMs. Lexi delivers data-driven business intelligence insights to prioritize actions for OEMs to lower costs & improve supply chain health. With predictive COGS algorithms, the Lexi Cloud System empowers manufacturing, engineering, supply chain & procurement leaders to make faster, smarter product design & sourcing decisions.

BD role incl sales, marketing, M&A and strategy, focused on DACH + CEE markets, plus targeted global accounts. Among the top ten global EMS providers with HQ in Europe, GPV offers its customers state-of-the-art mfging technology, strong leverage in global supply chain systems, focused on Industrial, Medical & Cleantech markets. GPV's >3700 employees operate from production sites in Europe (DK, CH, D, AT, SK), Asia (Thailand, China & Sri Lanka) and Mexico, with >MEUR 350 in sales.

Global leadership role for Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, EH&S, and Facilities. Approximately 300 people and USD 100 million in revenue. Microporous™ is a leading global engineered materials company, developing, manufacturing and marketing high-performance polyethylene, rubber, and hybrid separators for flooded lead-acid batteries. Microporous operates manufacturing plants in Tennessee (USA), in Austria, and a new plant ramped up in early 2018 in Bengbu, China.

MD of SVI's European electronics manufacturing services (EMS) operations in three manufacturing sites in Austria, Hungary and Slovakia with 7 SMT lines, ~700 employees, and ~12,000 sq m of advanced electronics assembly for automotive, medical, public transportation and industrial products as well as SVI's holdings in two product design companies, SEMENTIS Engineering near Vienna and EMSISO d.o.o. near Maribor, Slovenia. http://evertiq.com/news/38687 http://evertiq.de/news/17974

Responsible for all new product introduction (NPI) in Plant 2 in Penang, Malaysia (dedicated to Cisco Systems). Lead Flex's NPI Centre of Excellence (COE) for Asia with a dedicated team of 210 engineers, managers & directors, plus a production workforce of 220 operators & technicians. SMT, back-end assembly, debug & test engineering, equipment, process, product & quality engineering, materials, procurement & program management teams. Direct launch of latest Cisco high-end core routers & switches.

Based in Penang. Exclusive sales rep for MBtech’s specialized industrial equipment for ultrasonic & spray-under-immersion technology cleaning equipment for printed circuit board assembly & semiconductor operations. Territory: Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam). Sales, marketing, installation, service & support for the region, managing a team of five sales engineers, equipment engineers & admin. Customers incl Celestica, Flextronics, Plexus, Kontron, Intel, Infineon, & ESCATEC.

Based in Rennes, France, and Penang, Malaysia, for subsidiary STRiDE Electronics, was responsible for developing new product design, development, NPI and manufacturing (EMS) business for the Group globally.

ESCATEC is an electronics manufacturing and engineering design services company (EMS + design), Swiss-owned, HQ in Penang, Malaysia. Had manufacturing facilities in Malaysia, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Mexico and Switzerland. Grew from MUSD 60 to 175 million from 2002-2010. ~2,000 employees in 2010, founded in 1974.

Based in Lausanne, Switzerland, responsible for business and channel development in Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), with sales offices in Switzerland, Germany, France, UK and South Africa. Was also responsible for product innovation and new market development for Retail, POS, Hospitality and Gaming markets globally.

First employee of Elo based in Europe. Set up European sales office in Leuven, Belgium, as European sales & business development manager. Later became European Marketing Manager and finally was responsible for both sales and marketing in Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA).

Based in Dallas, Texas. Developed new business with major OEMs in the computer, display, POS and industrial markets. Led Elo’s worldwide sales effort for strategic customers, e.g., IBM, NCR, Philips, Compaq, Dell.... Reported to Joe Barresi.

Aerospace & Defense Division of Electronics Group. Design-in of Raychem's interconnection products into various military/aerospace platforms including the B-2, C-17, A-7F, F-16, YF-22 Raptor, MLRS, Hypervelocity Missile, and other top secret programs at the time. Also covered commercial aerospace and medical electronics market in Texas and Oklahoma.

Production Manager, Extrusion & Irradiation, night shift, Wire & Cable Division, Redwood City, California.

Based in Berlin in Stanford's Study Center in Dahlem. As its first coordinator, started up this academic program for Stanford engineering and science students, organizing internships in German industry and research organizations. Funded by the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung (Berthold Beitz) in Essen.

GPA 3.9. Beta Gamma Sigma honors. #2 in class of 52. Overseas study module at University of Antwerp in Belgium. Cox was rated in the top 15 among two-year Executive MBA programs worldwide by Business Week at the time.

GPA 3.2. Tau Beta Pi engineering society honors. Academic focus: production systems, operations research, statistics, quality systems, and organizational behavior, plus 2 years of organic chemistry. Minor in German. Overseas study in Berlin.