Thomas Dobbertin

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About Thomas Dobbertin

Ambitious and committed leader with substantial international experience (5 years Asia expat) in formulating and execution of business strategies and technology development in semiconductor, photonics and optical industries with global P&L up to €500m in automotive, consumer electronics & industrial applications. Responsibilities- Profit and loss up to €500m revenue, EBIT, €20m+ R&D budgets - Direct reports for Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Operations, HR, Finance - Managing globally 300+ people in Europe, USA and Asia (China, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore) Experience- Rich product expertise in pioneering semiconductor and optics technologies on component and module level: VCSEL, Laser, LED, Advanced Power Packages, OLED, polymer Micro Optics: wafer-level replication, WLO, injection molding, functional coatings - Broad application knowledge in sensor technologies (1d/3d TOF, structured light), autonomous driving (ADAS/LiDAR) & DMS, lighting, SSL, illumination, laser projection, virtual reality (AR/VR/MR), display, HAMR, laser material processing - General Manager, GM, Managing Director, MD, Business Development Executive, Head of Product Management, Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Head of Engineering CTO, Head of Program Management, Operations Head, COO, board member - MNC, SME, Start-up, deep tech, private equity Work style- Energetic and approachable leader with a collaborative and adaptive management style - Resilient and pragmatic personality to navigate effectively in fast-paced environments - Very focused mindset to lead under constantly changing priorities and ambiguities from different stakeholders and customers - Able to keep calm and provide guidance to employees and peers of different global and multidisciplinary teams even under extreme pressure and heavy workloads - Ensuring coherence, collaboration and responsibility of remote teams across cultures and time zones Track record- Ground breaking for a new factory in Viet Nam after land acquisition, finalisation of construction design, obtaining business certificates (IRC, ERC) and tax incentives after a first time hollistic business case creation and release from the BOD in less than 1 year- Captured large value Design Wins for TSS LiDAR at > €500m LTV, MLA Welcome Light Carpet at > €70m LTV, Next Gen Face ID optics stack- Achieved 6x time revenue growth to ~ €100m over ~6 years for Laser. Established profitable revenue streams from multiple industries, applications with a healthy customer mix- Delivered CAGR > 55% over a period of 3 years for the InGaN laser product group.