Education
Vollmer studied industrial design at the HfG Schwaebisch Gmuend in Baden-Württemberg, Germany and business administration (Master of Business Administration) at the Mannheim Business School and Tongji University.
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Vollmer studied industrial design at the HfG Schwaebisch Gmuend in Baden-Württemberg, Germany and business administration (Master of Business Administration) at the Mannheim Business School and Tongji University.
Before September 2015, he was Vice President Design Strategy for TEAMS Design in Esslingen. Until summer 2013, he was one of the key principles of TEAMS Design Shanghai Company, Limited. in Shanghai, China. He is best known for his award winning work for Siemens, Spirella, Intel, Bissell, and Bosch.
He has been instrumental in keeping many long term relationships alive with companies such as Bosch and Siemens and establish new ones to companies such as Intel, Dell and brands ranging from the sports industry to medical.
Recently he has been managing large user experience innovation and brand strategy programs for Skil, Bissell, Dell and Wik. He designed for TEAMS Design GmbH in Esslingen for 3 years before he opened the Shanghai office together with An Luo in January 2006.
Today he continues to be actively contributing to the design culture. Vollmer is also regularly asked to contribute articles and lecture at neighboring universities in addition to writing articles
Vollmer worked with the Chinese design community to establish a China chapter, the first chapter of IDSA to be founded outside of the United States of America. He was serving as the IDSA China Chapter Vice Chair until summer 2013.
Since September 2015 he works for Siemens Healthcare in Erlangen, Germany, as principal designer. At Siemens, Vollmer is responsible for harmonizing and further developing the hardware and software product portfolios strategically. Patents 1
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Vollmer and his teams have collected over 30 awards during his career with TEAMS. Here are some of the more recent awards: 2006 Red Dot Siemens Synco Living Silit ‘Tasty’ 2007 Red Dot Bosch GSH 16 Kaercher Vacuum cleaner 2008 iF China Award Intel Classmate Personal Computer 2009 Appliance Design Excellence in Design Award Intel Classmate Personal Computer 2010 Red Star Gold GSB 19 Red Star Originality Intel Classmate Tablet Red Star Excellent: Bosch drill Personal Computer iF China: Intel Classmate Tablet Personal Computer.
