We are offering our Consulting Services in the following areas: Internet Services, development and design of new websites, updates and rework of existing websites, website analytics implementation, help with your monthly reporting needs, marketing expertise, social media and web 2.0 support, ROI tracking possibilities and management consulting.
For more information about our company please see the owners resume below.
We'd like to put you into the drivers-seat!
Please contact us with your business inquiry, we appreciate your business!
Michael Fritz
Owner at Fritz Solutions LLC
Location: Greater New York City Area , Woodcliff Lake, NJ Current
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Past
- Innovation Officer at AA Electric Inc.
- Quality Engineer at Harman/Becker Automotive Systems
- Advanced Consultant at BMW of North America
- Resident Quality Engineer at Siemens VDO Automotive AG
- Validation Engineer at Siemens VDO Automotive AG
- Systemintegration Engineer at Mannesmann VDO automotive
- Information Electronics Technician - Azubi at Philips Car Systems
Education
- Staatliche Technikerschule Weilburg
- Bundeswehr Rennerod, Sanitaetszentrum
- Werner-von-Siemens Technical School
Summary
multiple years (>15) experience in the automotive industry: system integration, error analysis, product test, product validation, production support, customer support, quality, error documentation, Automation, several task forces, solution suggestions, improvement suggestions
Special skills
- highly motivated
- self driven
- goal oriented
- fast learner
- computer literate
- strong analysis and solution skills
- passionate about work
- striving to improve status quo
- thinking outside the box
- creative
- Fluent in English and German (native language)
- Advanced programming knowledge in Visual Basic for Applications (Excel, Access)
- Database design, Data evaluation, Pivot Table
Further knowledge:
Infotainment, Car Multimedia, Telematik, deep knowledge about navigation systems, MOST, CAN, IBUS, GPS, FASTA, FBM, PuMA, Change Synergy, OS9000, Diagnostics, Telematics, SOS, TMC, RTTI, CISCO CCNA, TCP/IP, LAN, WAN, Ethernet, CSMA/CD, Unix, Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, C, Visual Basic, CMMI, GS95004, xCursion, MASK, CCC, CIC, MS Office, SAP, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, HTML, Teile Clearing, MULF, Visual Basic
Experience
Owner at Fritz Solutions LLC
Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry March 2009 - Present (1 year 8 months)- Manager of single member LLC
- Consulting Services for the Automotive Industry
- Website development, Marketing strategies, Web2.0 support
- Development and support of Visual Basic tools
Development Engineer at BMW NA - Betrandt US
Public Company; Automotive Industry December 2010 – present (2 months)- Test Management, Problem Management
Innovation Officer - AA Electric Inc.
Privately Held; Industrial Automation Industry May 2008 – December 2010 (2 years 8 months)- Innovation Officer, Webmaster, Application Engineer, IT support
- Developing and communicating processes
- Creation and support of Intranet site 'The Place to get Information'
- Marketing strategies, ROI tracking, Web2.0, Social Media
- Automation of recurring tasks with Microsoft Visual Basic
- Reporting (Sales, Profit, Accounts, POS, ..)
Quality Engineer - Harman/Becker Automotive Systems
Public Company; Automotive Industry September 2006 – March 2009 (2 years 7 months)- Resident Quality Engineer at BMW of North America
- Project Lead Teile Clearing Project for MOST bus components
- Primary interface to German engineering teams
- Team training for new products/functions
- Development of Automated Tracking and Reporting Tools (Excel VB), also used in Germany
- Decreasing warranty costs, decreasing no trouble found and detection of new fault patterns
- Audit support according to BMW Group Standard GS95004 and ISO TS16949:2002
Advanced Consultant at BMW of North America
Public Company; Automotive industry June 2004 – February 2009 (4 years 9 months)- Technical Hotline Support for MOST bus car series (E6x, E9x, E7x, R5x)
- Primary interface to German engineering teams
- Implemented Teile Clearing Project for the US market
- Supervision and training of Teile Clearing team
- Decreasing warranty costs, decreasing no trouble found and detection of new fault patterns
Resident Quality Engineer at Siemens VDO Automotive AG
Public Company; Automotive Industry June 2004 – September 2006 (2 years 4 months)- Resident Quality Engineer for Siemens VDO at BMW of North America
- Technical Hotline Support for MOST bus car series (E6x, E9x, E7x, R5x)
- Primary interface to German engineering teams
- Implemented Teile Clearing Project for the US market
- Supervision and training of Teile Clearing team
- Pre-analysis and replacement authorization decreased replacements about 60% (no trouble found)
- Implemented recovery functions for fatal SW problems with Siemens Head Unit (CCC) utilizing dealership tools. Avoided replacements with a worth of 2 Million Euro per year
Validation Engineer at Siemens VDO Automotive AG
Public Company; Automotive Industry February 2003 – May 2004 (1 year 4 months)- Part Project Leader Opel EHU4 (GM Germany) in Product Test and Validation
- Focus: Navigation, On/Off, Software Loading
- Error analysis, documentation and verification of corrective action (Change Synergy)
- Design, implementation, maintenance and performance of tests for predefined products
- Start of production of ‘Entertainment Head Unit 4’ on schedule.
Systemintegration Engineer at Mannesmann VDO automotive
Automotive industry April 1998 – January 2003 (4 years 10 months)- System integration of Navigation Systems (I-Bus, BMW)
- Root cause analysis of hardware and software related problems on component level
- Customer support, internal and external production support
- Participation in several task forces (Booster teams)
Information Electronics Technician (Azubi) at Philips Car Systems
Automotive industry August 1992 – February 1996 (3 years 7 months)- Education in Electronic Engineering
- Dual Education: Company & School
Education
Staatliche Technikerschule Weilburg
Computer & Network Technician, Computer & Network 2001 – 2003 (2 years)- Computer and Network Engineer
- Specialized education in electronic communication technologies
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
- Training of Trainers (AdA)
- Project: ‘Single sign on’ concept, realization with multiple OS platforms
- Graduated valedictorian
Bundeswehr Rennerod, Sanitaetszentrum
Medical Soldier, Education as Medical Soldier 1996 – 1997 (1 year)Werner-von-Siemens Technical School
Information Electronics Engineer, Information Electronics Engineering 1992 – 1996 (3.5 years)- Dual education, school & company
- Education in Information and Communication Electronics Engineering
- Project: Processor (8085) controlled Harness Tester, programmed in Assembler
- Project: ‘Photomultiplier Positioning System’ to be used in Particle Accelerator CERN
