Last update: 07.02.2024
Company and team build-up support and PT system development activities for Schaer Proton as head of systems engineering and senior scientist
Major achievements:
Adapted engineering processes to cover full particle therapy systems.
Strongly affected set-up of RA/QM processes.
Effected and strongly contributed to overall project task and resource planning.
Effected and strongly contributed to hiring of engineering, RA and QM key resources.
Introduced layout of overall system architecture.
Introduced requirements tracing process and implemented according tools.
Defined technical documentation structure.
Major achievements:
Managed technical alignment between multi-national teams.
Finalized major system design activities for new compact proton therapy system.
Ensured compliance with medical-device standards and regulations.
Major achievements:
Set up team of 10 multi-disciplinary system architects.
Evaluated and introduced new system architecture concept and methods.
Market monitoring, introduction of new product features, and research coordination for Varian Medical Systems as PT product manager
Major achievements:
Implemented new product requirements and use cases.
Conducted product review surveys with worldwide customers.
Introduced new product features and development activities into product roadmap.
Drove collaborative activities with research institutes.
Major achievements:
Contributed significantly to winning of 4 new sales contracts.
Actively participated in dialogue sessions with potential new customers.
Introduced database for tender/RFP responses.
Generated tender response documents.
Major achievements:
Introduced new risk management process complying with updated normative requirements (EN 14971, EN 60601-1, 2nd and 3rd edition).
Trained team in new process.
Major achievements:
Secured public funding.
Managed multi-company team.
Realized major project milestones (until shut-down of whole business unit for strategic reasons).
Major achievements:
Implemented business line “Treatment Delivery Systems and Systems Engineering” and team (particle therapy)
Updated proton therapy system design to enable a transition from a project approach to a product approach.
Drove adaptation of Engineering processes and full update of proton therapy product and system requirements.
Ensured compliance with medical-device standards and regulations.
Major achievements:
Established overall work break-down structure and large fractions of project planning.
Established system requirements.
Established engineering processes.
Significantly contributed to set-up of QA and regulatory environment and to generation and technical documentation for medical-device certification.
Successfully drove development, fabrication, installation and commissioning of proton therapy subsystems (scanning system, gantries, patient tables, image guidance systems)
Successfully conducted system verification and validation.
Strongly contributed to sales activities.
Major achievements:
Conducted tests enabling qualification of gantry (major proton therapy component) for shipment to customer site.
Generated installation and commissioning plan.
Significantly contributed to installation and commissioning activities.
Performed design calculations for 2nd type of double-scattering nozzles (major proton therapy component).
Contributed to RA/QM processes.
