The principal consultant is Matthias Rasch who has unquestionable technical,
managerial and business skills. He has held senior positions in a range
of cable related organisations both within large corporate groups and
more recently as an owner and CEO.
Matthias is truly an international businessman having worked in Russia,
Germany and Italy and managed many international projects and sales organisations.
He is multilingual, speaking German, Russian, English and Italian.
1983
TU St. Petersburg (Russia)
Certified electrical engineer
Several traineeships in production of heavy electrical machines
Certified technical interpreter German-Russian
1983-88
Engineer in research and development in the Berlin cable industry
Development of new products
Application engineering interfacing with customers
Development of new technologies, machines and tools
Investment projects for new production and test equipment
Successful implementation of new products into mass-production
Management of a large interdisciplinary R/D-team
1988-98
Managing Director in the German cable industry
In different companies originally responsible for technology,
production and maintenance, later also for procurement and than working
as CEO
Responsible for businesses up to 1.000 employees
Managing Director of German subsidiaries of large international Group
Privatisation and negotiation of acquisition contracts
Structural and technical reorganisation, rationalisation of manpower resources
Investment budgets up to 25 Mio€/year, modernisation and rationalisation
of production processes
Development of a joint venture company in Russia
Creation of new sales channels
Focussing on core business activities, including mergers and disposal of
assets
Development of corporate identity
Project management for introduction of integrated IT-systems
1999-2000
CEO of a large Italian enterprise
Responsibility for a company with 600 employees and 300
BLira/year turnover
New organisation structure with strong customer focus
Efficiency improvement in production of 40%
Restructuring of internal order processing and procurement logistics
Strong improvement in customer reliability
Building of strategic partnerships with key customers
Quick improvement of economical situation (turn-around)
Negotiation for sale of the company (due diligence)
2001-2009
Owner and CEO of an engineering and contracting company
Foundation and development of a company for services in
the field of high voltage technology (engineering business with strong
international focus)
Later development of own production facilities as a second business field
Developed from a small enterprise to the international market leader with
120 employees, branches in 6 countries and annual turnover of 50 Mio€
Pre-qualification and management of business relations with German and
international major players in the energy market
Building of partnerships and sales channels in international markets (Italy,
UK, Spain, Russia, China, UAE, USA and others)
Leader in competence in the international project engineering and contracting
Building of a highly flexible installation team consisting of direct and
subcontracted employees
Securing financial sources for growth of the company
Continuous improvement of the organisation
Development of strategic partnerships with cable suppliers
2007 sale of the companies shares
