Philippe Guglielmetti
Innovation, Communication, Respect
Driving License
Satigny (1242) Switzerland
Professional Status
Employed
Available
About Me
Multidisciplinary engineer, 20+ years experience in industrial R&D, manufacturing, consulting services services for a variety of employers and customers.
Strong analytical skills for problem solving. Facts based management + agile, customer oriented vision of product development. Good team motivator.
Strong analytical skills for problem solving. Facts based management + agile, customer oriented vision of product development. Good team motivator.
Senior Engineer, Research & Innovation
Bobst SA
Since September 2013
Full-time
Mex
Switzerland
- Design and develop software for an innovation project
Lean Manager
Bobst SA
June 2011
to August 2013
Full-time
Lausanne
Switzerland
- Train employees and lead the change to Lean manufacturing and 5S
- Design and implementation of Lean Manufacturing in 3 production units. Drive the change.
- Development of “Advanced Planning and Scheduling” software with a SAP interface for "High MIx / Low Volume" production
R&D Projet Manager
Bobst Group (Asitrade)
June 2008
to June 2011
Lausanne
Switzerland
- Design, development and project management of the hardware+software control systems of the "Power Aligner", an advanced aligning system for laminating machines
Coordination with internal customer (Asitrade, Bobst subsidiary in Grenchen, SO) and a strategic partner.
Patent, implementation, tests, fine tuning and support by the fist customer. - Design and implementation of an optimal control for a box separator
- Setup of a wiki for the knowledge management for transversal R&D
- Training employees to dynamics and control
Detailed Description
- Patent
Manager, Consulting Services
e-Systems Consulting
September 2004
to June 2007
Full-time
La Neuveville
Switzerland
- Business development of consulting, training and customer support services.Improved offer for high added value products
- Management of a team of consultants and their projects in a fast growing company (40%) on a market reaching maturity.
- Direct support of demanding key customers, especially watchmakers
- Set up of new offices in Meyrin, Geneva
Founder and CTO
DynaBits sàrl
January 2000
to January 2004
Full-time
Meyrin
Switzerland
- Launch of a startup : market study, business plan, strategy, patents and trademarks
- Specification and design of technical software for mechanical engineers. Software development including off-shore outsourcing and strategic partnerships.
- Development of key algorithms in C++/STL
- Web site, e-commerce
R&D Engineer
Charmilles Technologies
September 1994
to December 1998
Meyrin
Switzerland
- Re-engineering of the "final control" of machines (MoT diploma work) in the context of a Lean + Six Sigma production reorganisation
- Development of advanced control algorithms for several products
- Evaluation of strategic suppliers for a new NC
- Project manager for several collaborations with EPFL (CTI projects)
Detailed Description
- Contribution to a 2 days reduction of leading time, i.e. about 1 MCHF/year cost reduction
- Benchmarking of the "final control" and quality in three manufacturing plants
- High-level support of customers, occasionaly solving delicate problems at customer plants
- Development of piezo-actuated micro-EDM machines and a 3D force sensor using laser interferometry
- Introduction of specialized software (Matlab, LabView) and application in several area, especially quality control
- Training and management of collaborators
- Simulation of the EDM process. Scientific publication
M. Kocher and Ph. Guglielmetti “Modeling and Simulation of an EDM Die-Sinking Machine”, 1994, Proc. ISEM XI, Lausanne
Company Description
Manufacture of "electric discharge" machine tools (EDM)
Company website