About Harald
Harald is the leader of our Semiconductors Practice in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; he is also the practice’s global convener. Additionally, Harald is a leader in both our High Tech and Operations Practices. Based in Frankfurt, he has extensive experience serving companies across the entire semiconductor value chain and in adjacent high-tech industries.
Harald advises clients primarily on issues related to operations, strategy, and performance transformation. Recent examples of his work include advising a power semiconductor company on strategy, helping a fabless player transform its R&D program, and supporting a global semiconductor client in developing a program to optimize manufacturing. In addition, Harald has advised companies on the topics of technology-process development, memory-chip design, and complexity management. He also leads our internal knowledge-building efforts on the future of Moore’s Law.
Harald holds a PhD in physics from the Max Planck Institut for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg and an MS in physics from the University of Darmstadt.
Published work
“The supercomputer in your pocket,” McKinsey on Semiconductors, Autumn 2012 (PDF–679 KB)
“Big data and the opportunities it creates for semiconductor players,” McKinsey on Semiconductors, Autumn 2012 (PDF–630 KB)
“Semiconductors for wireless communications,” McKinsey on Semiconductors, Autumn 2012 (PDF–487 KB)
“Mastering variability in complex environments,” McKinsey on Semiconductors, Autumn 2011
“Getting Mo(o)re out of semiconductor R&D,” McKinsey on Semiconductors, Autumn 2011
Education
| Max Planck Institut for Nuclear Physics |
PhD in physics |
| Technical University of Darmstadt |
MS in physics |