Hardware Product Leader

From innovation to production.

25+ years taking hardware from concept through engineering, certification, and manufacturing to market. I close the gap between strategy and delivery.

MedtechConsumer Electronics RoboticsDefenseISO 13485
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Jean-Luc Fringeli
Two Roles

I operate in two capacities.

Business Owner

MDS+ Group

+ MDS Safetech

I chair the board and hold equity in two companies operating in engineering R&D services and commercialization of technological worker safety solutions.

mdsplus.com → mds-safetech.com →
Independent Consultant

Hardware Execution Partner

for European hardware companies

I work directly with CEOs and COOs who need a senior operational hand for complex hardware projects.

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What I Do

Three ways I add value.

01

Project Director

Concept to certified to manufactured. I manage the full product journey — engineering, regulatory certification, supplier selection, and production scale-up.

02

Fractional COO

Embedded operational leadership for companies that need a senior hardware executive without a full-time hire. I own the result — not just the advice.

03

Asia Manufacturing

10+ years of supplier relationships across Singapore, Malaysia, and China. I connect your product to the right factory and manage the transfer without losing quality or IP.

25+
Years in hardware operations
$100M+
Project budgets managed
40+
Asian suppliers qualified
Revenue growth at MDS+
3
Hardware ventures founded
The Edge

Global experience. Applied where you need it.

I have built and run hardware programs across Europe, the US, and Asia — inside Fortune 500 companies and in 3-person startups. That range is the advantage. Whether your supply chain runs through Shenzhen or Stuttgart, whether you are certifying for FDA or CE, whether you are a 500-person SME or a first-time founder — I have done it at scale and I know what works.

See how I work
Europe & Switzerland
Innovation, regulation & certification
  • CE, FDA, ISO 13485 certifications
  • J&J and Philip Morris — Swiss operations
  • $100M+ program budgets managed
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United States
Entrepreneurship & Fortune 500 scale
  • MBA — UC San Diego, entrepreneurship
  • Sempra Energy, CommNexus operations
  • Class III medical device manufacturing
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Asia
Manufacturing at scale
  • 10+ years based in Singapore
  • Supply chain projects across China and Malaysia
  • 50M devices/year — IQOS industrialization

Tell me what you are building.

30 minutes. No pitch, no deck. I will tell you directly whether I can help.

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