Peter Qvist-Sorensen

Personal profile

Management role

• dep. Director of Institute, Deputy Head of International Management Institute
• Head of Centre, Head of Center for International Industrial Solutions

Position at the ZHAW

Senior lecturer in International Business
Department International Business

Senior lecturer in MBA

www.zhaw.ch/de/sml/themen-branchen/maschinen-elektro-und-metall-industrie/

Professional development teaching

• MBA Executive Leadership Modules
• MAS Business Administration
• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• CAS Additive Fertigung

Expertise and research interests

Turnaround Management
Strategic Management
Internationalisation
Organisation und leadership

Professional milestones

2022 - Member Advisory Board Walo International AG
2019 - Deputy Head of International Management Institute
2019 - Head of Center for International Industrial Solutions
2017 - MEM-Expert, ZHAW School of Management and Law
2014 - 2018 Head of Center for Business in the Americas, Dept. Intl. Business, ZHAW (Schweiz), Dozent
2013 - 2015 Leadership of partnership between ZHAW and Cleantech Switzerland
2012 - Senior lecturer in MBA Programmme; EAFIT Medellin, Colombia
2011 – 2014 Senior lecturer, Head of International Advisory; ZHAW (Switzerland)
2010 – 2019 Member of the Board; Erenfred Pedersen A/S (Denmark)
2009 – 2011 Advisor reseach Projects at DTU (Denmark) & CEA (France
2008 – 2009 Senior lecturer MBA Programme; Vilnius University (Lithuania)
2006 – 2011 Advisor; Danish and international companies (Europ)
2003 – 2011 Advisor to international Private Equity companies (Europe)
2002 – 2003 Chairman of the Board and CEO; O. Sivertsen A/S (Denmark)
2000 – 2002 CEO and Member of the Board; Photronic A/S (Denmark)
1997 – 1998 Global President and CEO; ALTO International A/S (St.Louis/MO – USA, Europe)
1995 – 1997 Vice President und Director; Nueva AG (Switzerland, Latin America)
1992 – 1995 International Advisor; fischerinternational GmbH & Co. KG (Europe, Latin America, USA)
1989 – 1992 CEO; fischer A/S (Denmark)
1986 – 1989 Division Head; Family company (Denmark)
1980 – 1984 Academic employee and Editor of economic journal; Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)
1978 – 1979 Management Trainee; Anchor Hocking (Lancaster, OH, USA)

Membership of networks

Industrie2025, Working Group Digital Business Models

Projects

• Green!Tea: Renewable Energy for the Vietnamese tea sector / Team member / Project ongoing
• Green!Tea – Prospective life cycle assessment of agrivoltaics in the tea sector / Team member / Project completed
• Entwicklung von Pay Per Use Geschäftsmodellen für Industriegüter / Project leader / Project completed
• Pay Per Use Benchmark Study in the Industry / Project leader / Project completed
• CerfoAM - Additive Manufacturing of high performance ceramic foams / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Wachstumsstrategie für Walo Damm- und Deponiebau / Project leader / Project completed
• Review, outlook, foresight: Working World 4.0 in the Swiss MEM sector / Project leader / Project completed
• Swiss Know-how and Technology Transfer for Wastewater Treatment in Colombia / Project leader / Project completed

Publications

• Qvist-Sorensen, Peter,

  2020.

  Applying IIoT and AI : opportunities, requirements and challenges for industrial machine and equipment manufacturers to expand their services.

  Central European Business Review.

  9(2), pp. 46-77.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.18267/j.cebr.234

• Qvist-Sorensen, Peter; Haelg, Stephanie,

  2016.

  Die Schweiz im internationalen Energie-Benchmark : Selektion der europäischen Vergleichsländer.

  Energy Governance Working Paper

  ; 1.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1046

• Cometta, Claudio; Kobe, Carmen; Benz, Astrid, eds.,

  2016.

  Umsetzung der Energiestrategie 2050: Herausforderungen und Chancen für Staat und Wirtschaft.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  ISBN 978-3-03870-001-2.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1053

• Qvist-Sorensen, Peter,

  2020.

  Know-how transfer for industrial wastewater purification to Colombia.

  In:

  Acodal, Congreso Internacional Virtual 2020, virtual, 2-6 September 2020.

• Qvist-Sorensen, Peter,

  2018.

  Expanding industrial services successfully : applying industry 4.0 and the industrial internet of things (IIOT).

  In:

  Research Colloquium 2018, Winterthur, 23. Mai 2018.

• Qvist-Sorensen, Peter,

  2017.

  Middle income trap : perspectives of escape?.

  In:

  Latin American Economic Forum 2017, Zürich, 13 September 2017.

  Latin American Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland.

• Qvist-Sorensen, Peter,

  2014.

  Additive manufacturing.

  In:

  Symposium 3D-Printing, Winterthur, 3. April 2014.

• Qvist-Sorensen, Peter,

  2014.

  Kolumbien in den Fokussegmenten : Erklärung Business Model.

  In:

  Business Workshop: Cleantech Marktchancen in Kolumbien über Universitätspartnerschaften erschliessen, Zürich, 24. Oktober 2014.

• Qvist-Sorensen, Peter,

  2014.

  Sustainable & profitable growth.

  In:

  FOCUS LatinAmerica, Medellin, Colombia, 11-13 November 2014.

Other publications

Applying IIoT and AI - Opportunities, Requirements and Challenges for Industrial Machine and Equipment Manufacturers to Expand Their Services, Central European Business Review, June 2020, cebr.vse.cz/artkey/cbr-202002-0003_applying-iiot-and-ai-8211-opportunities-requirements-and-challenges-for-industrial-machine-and-equipment-ma.php
Whitepaper Mexico Cleantech
Die Schweiz im internationalen Energie Benchmark
Rückblick, Ausblick, Weitblick: Arbeitswelt 4.0 in der Schweizer MEM-Branche. Studie im Auftrag von Swissmem

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