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Michael Lanker

Industry Consultant

€1,500/day
Zürich, CH
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Michael

I lead projects focusing on production-related software such as MES and databases, as well as quality and ticketing tools. With over 20 years of industry experience, I connect IT, processes, and production – efficiently, hands-on, and sustainably.
  • German

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • French

    Conversational

  • Spanish

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Zürich (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Diwings AG,
    Partner
    January 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)
    Freienbach, Switzerland
    We support companies with project management, process management, process optimization, and quality management.
  • Stoppani Contract Manufacturing AG,
    Head of Quality, Projects and Technology
    January 2024 - December 2024 (11 months)
    Neuenegg, BE, Switzerland
    • Development of business processes at Stoppani Contract Manufacturing AG as a member of the management team
    • Leading the Quality and Project Management departments
    • Preparing sales offers, conducting negotiations, and processing contracts, advising clients
    • Responsibility for the functionality, administration, and content of our collaboration tools (Q-Wiki, Salesforce, Monday.com, Miro, TrackingTime, Hasura on Azure) Achievements
    • The improved processes enable us to respond to customer inquiries 3 times faster.
    • Our surveillance audits for standards ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001, as well as for ISO 13485, were successful and revealed no major deviations.
  • Mettler-Toledo Schweiz,
    Manager SW, Test and Layout
    August 2008 - December 2023 (15 years and 4 months)
    Nänikon, ZH, Switzerland
    Manager Industrialization PCBA – 4 years
    • Team leadership of more than 10 engineers for PCBA industrialization, PCB layout, and board test engineering.
    • Responsibility for production software as well as for the selection, renewal, and engineering of production equipment Achievements
    • After careful evaluation and well-prepared implementation, we successfully introduced a new Manufacturing Execution System (MES) into production without interruption.
    • The evaluation and introduction of new equipment lead to production cost savings of 0.5 million CHF per year.

    Manager SW, Test and Layout – 7 years
    • Leadership of Hardware Engineering teams for Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (PCBAs) Achievements
    • Evaluation of an external service provider for the manufacturing of test adapters upon the retirement of the specialist
    • Design, coding, database connection, and line introduction of production software that is more reliable and significantly easier to maintain compared to the old one.

    Manager Project Office – 2 years
    • Establishment of the Project Management Office, implementation of processes and tools for the development department with 50 employees.
    • Coaching of project managers.

    Team Lead Production Concept Platform – 2 years
    • Further development and maintenance of production software and database tools for production.
    • Organization of support and training for production concepts at Mettler Toledo at production sites in Switzerland, China, and the USA.
    Success
    • The production platform is used worldwide at 4 locations in Switzerland, China, and the USA.

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Education

  • MBA
    Quantic School of Business and Technology,
    2023
    MBA
  • Microsoft 365 Certified Fundamentals and MS Certified Azure Fundamentals
    Microsoft Online Training
    2022
    Microsoft Online-Schulung

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