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Curriculum Vitae

since : Project leader at The Boston Consulting Group (Hamburg, Germany)
: Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group (Hamburg, Germany)
: Research Stay at University of Salford (Manchester, United Kingdom)
  • Scholarship by the Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS)
: Research Associate at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Karlsruhe, Germany)
  • Autonomous control in construction site logistics (research project)
  • Manipulator operated release measurements of surfaces (research project)
  • IT representative of the institute

Skills

High-level view on different fields of expertise.

Strategy Consulting
IT Strategy
IT Transformation
Project Management
Virtual Reality
Augmented Reality
Stochastic Simulation
Programming

Projects

Conducted several projects across industries and countries with focus on information technology.
  • Definition of a stringent data governance model for a multinational Automotive corporation
  • Review of current project setup and definition robust project plan towards pilot go-live and roll-out for an automobile manufacturer
  • Detailed organizational target picture and communication for the legal department of a multinational Automotive corporation
  • Go-live preparation of a digital labor market platform
  • Development of a disruptive digital strategy for the wholesale banking business of a regional German bank
  • Detailing IT strategy for a health care services company with focus on master data management
  • Complete list of projects on request
PhD Thesis cover page

Publications

PhD Thesis: Application of Lean Principles in Earthworks – Development of a Virtual Reality-based Construction Site Control Centre
Full list of publications
  • K. Kirchbach, L. Koskela and F. Gehbauer: Digital Kanban for Earthwork Site Management. In: Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction – Understanding and Improving Project based Production, pages 663–676, B.T. Kalsaas, L. Koskela and T.A. Saurin (editor), Oslo, Norway: IGLC and Akademika forlag, 2014.
  • K. Kirchbach: Anwendung von Lean-Prinzipien im Erdbau – Entwicklung eines Baustellenleitstands auf Basis von Virtual Reality. (Application of Lean Principles in Earthworks – Development of a Virtual Reality-based Construction Site Control Centre). Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, Geo and Environmental Sciences, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology. 2014.
  • K. Kirchbach, D. Steuer and F. Gehbauer: Introduction of a Digital Earthwork Construction Site. In: Proceedings of the 21th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, pages 791–800, Fortaleza, Brazil, 2013.
  • K. Kirchbach: Augmented Reality on Construction Sites using a Smartphone-Application. In: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Information Visualization, pages 398–403, London, United Kingdom, 2013.
  • C. Runde, J. Siegle and K. Kirchbach: Ein Virtual Reality Leitstand für die Visualisierung autonomer Baustellenprozesse. In: Autonome Steuerung in der Baustellenlogistik – Modelle, Methoden und Werkzeuge für den autonomen Erdbau, pages 125–138, S. Kirn and M. Müller (editor), Cuvillier Verlag, 2013.
  • K. Kirchbach: Augmented Reality zur Überwachung autonomer Baustellenprozesse. In: Autonome Steuerung in der Baustellenlogistik – Modelle, Methoden und Werkzeuge für den autonomen Erdbau, pages 139–153, S. Kirn and M. Müller (editor), Cuvillier Verlag, 2013.
  • K. Kirchbach, T. Bregenhorn and F. Gehbauer: Digital Allocation of Production Factors in Earth Work Construction. In: Proceedings of the 20th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, pages 1161–1170, San Diego, California, USA, 2012.
  • K. Kirchbach and C. Runde: Augmented Reality for Construction Control. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Visualization, pages 440–444, Montpellier, France, 2012.
  • K. Kirchbach and C. Runde: Vr-based Construction Site Control Center. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality, pages 136–141, H.-J. Bargstädt and K. Ailland (editor), 2011.
  • K. Kirchbach and C. Runde: Optimized Work Flow through VR and AR Technology on Construction Sites. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Information Visualization, pages 549–551, IEEE Computer Society, London, United Kingdom, 2011.

Contact

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