We are pleased to announce that Dr. René Schellenberger has taken over the role of Managing Director and COO of Magility GmbH as of June 1, 2021. He will lead the business of Magility GmbH together with Dr. Michael Müller, our Managing Partner and CEO, with immediate effect. With over 20 years of experience in senior management positions in the automotive and supplier industry and their value chains and his professional focus on “innovation and digitalization in international competition”, he fits perfectly in our management team. As our COO, he will bring our customers’ projects from their very first idea to the perfect realisation. With his experience, he is a great asset to magility. The whole international magility-network is looking forward to mastering the next challenges of digital transformation together with Dr. René Schellenberger and to actively address the high-tech-, as well as mega-trends of the future.
Profound industry expertise of Dr. René Schellenberger
- Automotive industry and automotive supplier industry
(research, development, production, purchasing, logistics, sales, after-sales, administration) - Management, process, change and technology consulting
- Aviation industry
- Agricultural industry
- Rail industry
meets versatile methods and skills
- Digitalization of business processes (including squads, sprints)
- Technology and innovation management
- Digital and disruptive management consulting
- Development and implementation of digital and technology strategies
- Automotive engineering incl. production relocation
- Project management
- Development and implementation of lean & agile enterprise management systems incl. design thinking, value stream mapping etc.
- Cross-cultural know-how (USA, Asia, Europe)
this resulted in successful key projects
- Design and implementation of a digital platform with standard IT architecture & API
- User interface (UI) and user experience (UX) development and global roll-out of a digital customer-centric learning platform (250,000 users in 160 countries)
- Introduction of an augmented reality (AR) technology into line operations
- Piloting of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) deployment
- Introduction of gamification for intrinsic knowledge transfer
- Introduction of robotic process automation (RPA) to digitalize business processes in terms of quality, costs, time and adherence to deadlines
- Development and implementation of digital strategies
- Development and introduction of digital business models
- Prototyping of an AI robot in contact with customers
- Lean and design thinking for strategic business decisions in development, production, logistics, administration, human resources, after-sales
- Technology and process consulting; project management; complex, interdisciplinary projects in various industries