Dietmar Gierlich gained 5 years working experience at TUV Rheinland in the photovoltaic industry in Japan and China, including the setup of a photovoltaic module testing laboratory in his position as “Head of PV Laboratory Osaka”.

After the successful in-time and in-budget setup of the PV laboratory in Osaka for TÜV Rheinland with 5 team members, Mr. Gierlich continued working for TÜV Rheinland as Free Agent in the ASEAN region, which allowed him to study an Executive MBA at the triple accredited University of Hull on the Singapore campus, from where he graduated after 2 years with distinction.

Since 2015, Mr. Gierlich has offered engineering- and sales management services for the company BAUER and SUCO in Asia, while being enrolled in a doctoral program from UK and active as Rotarian in the Malaysian society. The doctoral study of Mr. Gierlich is concerned with the research question how manufacturing organisations can benefit from the blockchain technology.

From July 2019, Mr. Gierlich accepted a new responsibility as Managing Director for the company Meister Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd., establishing a sales network within APAC and building a local team in Malaysia to sell flowmeters and fire extinguishers from Meister in Germany.