Note: This blog is my personal opinion!
My professional background and day job is Head of Future Technology at Kern Microtechnik GmbH, a Germany based machine tool company that builds probably the most advanced and precise 5 axis milling machines on the planet. My work there looks into developing radically new ideas, how material can be removed. I encounter materials daily that most people only have a bare idea about. A typical week features ceramics, high tech alloys and weird materials such as commercially pure Molybdenum. I am very fortunate to have a fantastic set of equipment there, from an awesome machine to world class, national lab grade metrology equipment. Whenever I feel the need, I dabble in technical marketing and sometimes just mill cool stuff.
Academically, my background was formed at the Technical University of Darmstadt. While probably the hardest time in my life, I have very fond memories of my alma matter. I’ve done my Bachelor of Science in Electrochemistry (Synthesis and Characterization of CoFe Nanowires), my Master of Science in Material Science (Process analysis of burnishing in hardened stainless steel) and my PhD (Dr.-Ing.!) in Material Analytics (Experimental Investigation of Milling with geometric defined cutting edge in hard, technical ceramics). I’m currently pursuing a Doctor of Business Administration with the focus on marketing.
Personally, I like to tinker in my freetime. My current super-fixation is knife sharpening. I’ve been very fortunate to have good friends that helped me get into this.
Longer intro can be found in the very first post of this blog: