Dr. Ernst Affolter

Education
Trained as a Physicist, Executive MBA, IMD in Lausanne
Numerous further training courses in the field of project management, communications, business administration, sales and corporate management

Professional experience
Director of a development team in a large electronics manufacturer, director of production and logistics in the headquarters of a business globally active in the field of instrumentation /measurement technology (800 staff), director of worldwide production and logistics at the same company, managing director of a telecommunications company (20 staff), managing director of an engineering services firm (180 staff), project responsibility for the restructuring of a large-scale production site, project responsibility for the restructuring of a global manufacturing business and the associated logistics and procurement, project responsibility for the development of a country-wide data transmission network, project manager for the implementation of a GSM licence.

Areas of consulting
Design and monitoring of complex projects in the electrical and electronics industries, telecommunications, IT, automotive components. Project management training and project coaching

Personal
Lives with Alejandra, two children (Yvonne and René), travelling, opera (nothing compares to Verdi), wine, jogging, skiing, sad golf newbie (it is much harder than it looks)

Motto
"Life is hard, but it is also great."

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