Norbert Leinfellner On His Passion For Change Management

Prior to joining Fresenius, Norbert worked as a Program Manager at other medical device companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, most recently at Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. in Dublin, California, for the development of devices in the Carl Zeiss Retina Diagnostics product line. Norbert holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Technical University Graz, Austria.

Norbert has a long history of passionately implementing cultural change at companies which are increasingly challenged to deliver value in a rapidly changing market. The cornerstones of such a cultural change include the implementation of effective project management and the transformation to a matrix organization that promotes ownership, transparency and clear roles & responsibilities.

Norbert will be speaking about “Organizational Change Management as a Strategic Growth Initiative” at our upcoming 2018 American Medical Device Summit taking place October 23-24, 2018 in Lombard, IL. We spoke with him in advance of the summit to hear more about his passion for change management.

Questions explored:

• How did you find yourself in the role of VP, Product Development Engineering at Fresenius?
• What inspires you to develop products?
• Why is organizational change management a passion of yours?
• How did you develop the 5 strategic pillars for Organizational Change Management?
• What resources (books or otherwise) do you recommend for executives interested in change management?
• What advice did you receive in your career that you would like to share with our readers?

Click through to read the interview with Norbert Leinfellner.