Experience

Strategy Development & Implementation

Operational and strategic management of global companies (100 million to 1.8 billion euros in sales, 300 to 4,000 employees) with exceptional ability for strategy development, structure formation and organization. Consistent expansion of the business with entrepreneurial foresight and a sure instinct for the development of the industry. Adapting the portfolio to the requirements of global markets.

Technology Management / Digitalization / Industry 4.0

Technology expert in automation technology and Industry 4.0/Industry of Things (IoT) through many years of successful work in R&D, project management and technology management. Development and product management of control systems for the process industry, power generation and railway industry. Lecturer for automation systems/Industry 4.0; Implementation of IoT projects, e.g. in the area of "Deep Learning".

Sales Excellence

Sales professional for new business and after-sales service with a clear customer-focused orientation of the sales organization and digitization of sales processes, e.g. through the introduction of CRM systems. Opening up new markets and acquiring new customers in the automotive and industrial sectors. Significant increase in incoming orders through cross-divisional sales initiatives.

Change Management

Cultural change through persistent change management, cooperative leadership, and hands-on mentality

Cost Reduction / Globalization

Cost reduction and customer intimacy through building up organizations in China, India, Czech Republic and restructuring in Germany, USA, Sweden, Switzerland

New Market Development

Development of new markets and working with new customers, e.g., in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkey

Domain Expertise

Automotive

Hot stamping and Hydroforming for Automotiv industry

Electrical Connections, e.g., lead frames for power converters

Machine / Plant Engineering

Complete railway wheel forging plants built in Kasachstan and Turkey.

Various projects in the process industry

Industrie 4.0

Lecture of Industrie 4.0 at University of Applied Science Offenburg

Pilot applications, e.g., at BASF und Bayer

Participant in the Platform Industrie 4.0

Development and Piloting the IoT applications "Process Monitoring System", "Visual Die Protection" and "Track & Trace"

Application of "Deep Learning" for railway wheel production

Automation

Technology management, product management, and development of various Automation Systems, e.g., Micas, Mitrac, 800xA, Melody, Harmony, Procontrol P

Lecture of Automation Systems at University of Applied Science, Offenburg

Railway

Train Control Systems, Train Communication Network

Hot Wheel Protection: Procotrol - distributed Power,

Railway Wheel production

Pantograph control

Process Industry

Worldwide business responsibility for products and applications for the Chemical Industry, Metall Processing, Mining, Oil & Gas, Biotechnology

Publications / Scientific Work / Speeches

Patent:

Verfahren und Einrichtung zur Regelung der Kontaktkraft zwischen Stromabnehmer und Fahrdraht. Erfinder: Huber, Rode, Jörns und Prof. Dr. Litz; Patent Nr. 43 34 716

Scientific Work:

Prestudy – Model Based Predictive Control, D. Huber, M. Rode, A. Zehnpfund, ABB Corporate Research, 1993
Model-based Investigation of Pantograph Controllability, D. Huber, ABB Corporate Research, 1993
Paper Machine – Grade Change Evaluation Report, D. Huber, A. Zehnpfund, K. Forsman, E. Sparre, ABB Corporate Research, 1994
Plant Impact Study, D. Huber, E. Centenaro, ABB Corporate Research, 1994

Publications:

Control of Biotechnical Processes: Advanced Control Methods and Expert Systems, Biotech Forum Europe 1991
Simpler, more efficient setting and fine-tuning of biotechnical control loops. ABB Review 1992
Aktiver Stromabnehmer bei Hochgeschwindigkeitszügen. Elektrische Bahnen, 1993
Offenes, feldbusbasiertes Automatisierungskonzept, VDI Berichte 114 „Einsatz intelligenter Feldgeräte in der Verfahrenstechnik“, 1994
MICAS – Das Leitsystem im Zug der Zeit, ABB Henschel Magazin, 1995
IL BUS DI CAMPO E L’EVOLUZIONE DIE SISTEMI DI CONTROLLO DISTRIBUTI, E. Centenaro, S. Poretta, D. Huber, AEI Automazione Energia Informazione, 1995
The Adtranz Communication & Control System, Adtranz Magazin, 1996
MITRAC – Train Control & Communication System, Adtranz Magazin, 1999
Industrieübergreifende Kooperation zur Geräteintegration – Field Device Integration (FDI), elektrotechnik, November 2009
Movers & Shakers Interview with Mr. Daniel Huber, Business Unit Manager for ABB, Frost & Sulivan, 2010
Prozessleittechnik – Wege in die Zukunft, CHEManager, Dezember 2011
http://www.chemanager-online.com/news-opinions/interviews/prozessleittechnik-wege-die-zukunft
Gemeinsam am Lagerfeuer, P&A Magazin, November 2015
http://www.industr.com/P-und-A-Magazin/de_DE/specials/gemeinsam-am-lagerfeuer-332234

Speeches:

Panel Discussion on Field Device Integration, Profinet International, Hannover Messe, April 2010
Automation & Energie - die zwei Seiten der Produktivitätsmedaille, Rote Couch Interview, publish-industry Verlag, Achema 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1cIt7eLGR8
Prozessautomatisierer weiter auf Wachstumskurs, Pressekonferenz ZVEI-Fachverband Automation Hannover Messe, 8. April 2014
Intelligente Produktions- und Wertschöpfungsnetzwerke mit Industrie 4.0 gestalten. Handelsblatt Jahrestagung Stahlmarkt, Februar 2015
Modulbasierte Produktion – Auswirkungen auf die Automation im Umfeld von Industrie 4.0, Rote Couch Interview, publish-industry Verlag, Hannover Messe 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVUmxb99jkI
Industrie 4.0 – Mögliche Anwendungsfälle bei der Automatisierung in der Papierindustrie. Verband deutscher Papierfabriken, Kongress, Mai 2015
Industrie 4.0 – possible use cases in the process industry. International Conference Industry 4.0 in practice, Tallinn, Estland, Juni 2015
http://industry40.ee/
http://industry40.ee/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ppt-Daniel-AJ-Huber.pdf https://vimeo.com/128937191
Industrie 4.0 in der Prozessindustrie: Konkrete Lösungen und Einblick in die modulbasierte Produktion. Webinar, PROCESS, September 2015

FDI

FDI - Field Device Integration