Xi Dr. Chen

WAGO China is a wholly-owned subsidiary of WAGO Group, established in 1997 at Tianjin Wuqing. With more than 1000 employees in China, WAGO China achieved an annual turnover of 124 Mio. € in China, which accounts for 10% of global sales. WAGO is a German based MNC from Minden that manufactures components for electrical connection technology and electronic components for automation technology.

Managing Director (CEO/COO) CLAAS Agricultural Machinery (Shandong) Co. Ltd The CLAAS Group is one of the leading manufacturers of agricultural machinery. This family-owned business employs around 12,000 employees worldwide and has an annual revenue of 6.2 billion Euros in 2023. Claas China has been part of the CLAAS Group since 2014 and produces various harvesting machines at its location in Gaomi (Shandong), primarily for corn and wheat harvesting, as well as components at the level of "made-by-Claas".

Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst is a leading developer and manufacturer of mechanical and electronic locking systems as well as vehicle access and authorization systems for the worldwide Automobile industry. Founded in 1908 in Velbert, the independent family business achieved in 2019 financial year with around 9,300 employees at locations in Europe, America and Asia, around EUR 1.1 billion in sales. - Management of product portfolio, market and product strategy - Technology roadmap and innovation management in wireless car-access, authorization, immobilization, sensor, actuator, ECU and other functional safety and security relevant systems - Coordination of the design2cost and manufacturing2cost programs - Coordination ASPICE, Cyber Security and Functional Safety (ISO26262 ASIL-B/D) in engineering projects of car access ECU

- P&L responsibility of 5 plants with 2500 employees and turnover of 300 Mio. € in 2017 - Setup a new plant and regional headquarters in China and led post-merger integration of engineering and purchasing of 4 locations - Responsible for 2 engineering- and purchasing-centers - Roll-out Purchasing Excellence Program and achieved sustainable supplier performance with annual >5% material cost saving - Sales and customer relationship management of German OEMs in China (VW, Daimler and BMW), PSA, Toyota, Dongfeng and Chery

Built up more than 23 years ago, Yantai Huf is the largest and oldest Huf Company in China. As market champion of system supplier for car access, security and safety relevant mechatronic solutions in China, Yantai Huf has more 1600 employees with subsidiary plants in Changchun, Chongqing and tool-shop Yantai, archived annual sales of more than 200 Mio.€ in 2017. - P&L responsibility of manufacturing, logistics, purchasing, Supplier management, product engineering, product costing, program management, IT of ISO27001, ERP/IFS and product management - Operational Excellence of a location with 1200 employees and double-digit annual sales growth (CAGR 2013-2017) - Efficiency Productivity Offensive by Lean-Production/-Administration and reduced Non Conformance Cost continuously in 5 years - Shopfloor management of manufacturing processes of injection molding, painting, die-casting, semi-finishing, key-milling and assembly

- Optimized supplier management process and led the global roll-out - Led the Lean Production programs in headquarters and roll-out in different production locations of Huf Group in EU and China - Optimized engineering process and roll-out of safety relevant automotive electronics according to ASPICE and ISO26262

Product Management of electric propulsion (e-motor of PMSM, DC/DC-converter, inverter) and energy storage system (OBC and BMS for HV Li-Ion Battery)

Business process optimization, market/product-strategy of electric powertrain (inc. e-motor, Li-Ion Battery, power electronics with power MOSFET and IGBT, OBC, DC/DC-converter, inverter). product costing optimization, purchasing strategy

Functional Safety of Electric Power Steering System and Active Front Steering, ISO26262, IEC61508, AUTOSAR

Electronic/Electric-architecture for the safety relevant mechatronics systems (integrated safety system based on x-by-wire system) according to ISO26262 and IEC61508 in industry consortium EASIS and AUTOSAR, ISO26262 Work Group

ISO26262, functional safety relevant Electric/Electronic architecture, software, hardware architecture and engineering process of automotive electronics

Communication networks

Industry computer, telematics and communication networks