As a member of the scientific staff at SCHOTT, she completed her PhD in materials sciences in glass melting kinetics. Starting in 2015 as technical director in a mid-sized glass manufacturing company she improved set-up times and scrap rates. She successfully completed the project of rebuilt and volume increasing of the resizing department with the installation of a liquid hydrogen environment. From 2018 to 2021 she headed the optical hot processing department in a corporate company (Heraeus Quarzglas). Major successes: Introduction of a new ERP system while up keeping production, preparation for a new manufacturing facility and relocation, increasing production volume with a staff increase of 40 colleagues. At the same time, she completed her MBA degree in Engineering Management. Since June 2021 she is Head of Production at the Zeiss Hunting & Nature department with strong focus on strategy, teamwork and continuous improvement to face the challenge in the border area between traditional and digital products.

Operations = it just never gets boring. My goal is to move everyone forward: Continuous development of the team, work content & myself. I'm a big fan of the Pareto principle - 80% success at 20% effort. Especially empowerment is very important to me e. g. like the continuous wide rollout of new optimization methods e. g. PDCA, Kaizen moderation, KATA coaching. It is not only the awareness of these methods that is necessary, but also the application of them in day-to-day work from everyone. This attitude should be applied by everyone from the shopfloor to the bottom up. What’s more, I always like new challenges. If this generates added value for the company and its colleagues, I am very happy.