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Name: Hartmut Vogel
Address: Jorge Newbery 311, X 5194 CZD Villa General Belgrano
Provincia de Córdoba/Argentina
Telephone: ++54-3546-528405 / 03546-15-528405
++54-3546-461134
Telefax: ++54-3546-461134
E-mail: [email protected]
Home Page http://trolley-bus-consulting.com/
Date of birth: 20.06.1948
Nationality: German
Civil status: Married
Languages: German (mother tongue)
English (fluent spoken and written)
French (working knowledge)
Spanish (working knowledge)
Professional
education:
1965 - 1968 DEUTSCHE BANK AG,
Solingen/GERMANY:
Banking Specialist
1972 - 1976 University of Applied Sciences Cologne,
Faculty:
Electricity Engineering
Cologne/GERMANY:
Master of Engineering
1976/1977 Professional Engineering Association, Hamburg/GERMANY:
Engineering for Protection and Safety at
Work
Professional experience:
1968 - 1970 Deutsche Bank AG,
Solingen/GERMANY:
Banking Specialist
Responsibilities:
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Bookkeeping
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Head of credit department for private credits
1976 - 1979 Stadtwerke (City Works) Solingen, GERMANY
Electric
Power Supply Department:
Planning Engineer for the electrical
networks of high and low current-system in Solingen and
Assistant-manager
of the Planning Department
both functions simultaneously
Responsibilities:
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Planning of electrical networks including transformer stations for new
districts
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Planning of transformer stations for companies with an electrical power demand of
more than 100 kW
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Planning, projecting and Supervising construction of 75 transformer stations of
10.000/380V each Three Phase Current
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Calculation of the electrical networks of high and low current
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Development and Introduction of computer assisted Administration Systems for
Electric City Networks
1979 - 1983 Stadtwerke
(City Works) Solingen, GERMANY
Public
Transport Company:
Project Engineer for electrical systems and
vehicles
Responsibilities:
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Testing Prototypes of articulated Trolley-Buses for:
- M.
A. N., Munich/GERMANY,
- MERCEDES
BENZ AG, Mannheim/GERMANY and
- VAN
HOOL, Koningshoikt Lier/Belgium
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Projecting, developing and testing of an articulated Trolley-Bus-Prototype with
double rear traction and Chopper-control
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Elaboration of Specifications for articulated Trolley Buses with double rear
traction and Chopper-control
-
Projecting and purchasing a freely programmable long distance control (mosaic
design) for the energy system of Trolley-Bus-Operation with 21 rectifier substations
-
Association of German Transport Companies (VDV): Member (1979 - 1991) of the
"Duobus/Trolley-Bus" Committee for elaborating standard
specifications for Duo- and Trolley Buses
1983 - 1984 Stadtwerke
(City Works) Solingen, GERMANY
Public
Transport Company:
Manager of the Planning Department and
Vice-Director
of the Public Transport Company
both functions simultaneously
Responsibilities:
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Demand analysis of Public Transport
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Cost analysis of bus routes
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Income analysis of bus routes
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Planning and projecting new bus routes including:
- bus-stops,
- turn-outs
- obtaining of the necessary permissions
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Planning and projecting combinations between existing bus routes
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Analysis of new technologies in Public
Transport for decision-making of their eventual realization for:
-
new buses
-
new vehicle systems
-
data processing in Public Transport
-
new infrastructure systems for Public Transport
-
lay outs of streets
-
design of turnouts
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design of bus stops
- new information systems for
passengers
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Implementation of measures to further increase average bus speed of the Public
Transport System
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Planning and Introduction of a special tariff for very short transportation distances
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Studies on Trolley-Bus energy consumption and optimum distribution
1984 - 1991 Stadtwerke
(City Works) Solingen, GERMANY
Public
Transport Company:
Director of the Public Transport Company
Further
to above position:
President of the Committee for Protection and Safety at
Work of all City Works (Stadtwerke) Solingen
Responsibilities:
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The correct and efficient operating of Public Transport
in Solingen
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Supervising and directing the following departments with 525 employees:
-
Contact Line Department
- Maintenance and repairs of 46 km
double-hand
contact line
- Contact line planning for new routes
- Rectifier Substations Department
- Maintenance and reparations of 21
substations
- Substations planning for new routes
- Vehicle and Machine Department
- Maintenance and repairs of:
- 63 Trolley-Buses
- 44 Diesel Buses
- 6 special vehicles for maintenance and
repairs of the contact
line, substations and buses
- 1 Emergency Electricity System 1.000 kW
- all the necessary equipments
and materials
-
Responsibility for daily bus operating availability
- Mechanical training
- Transport Operation Department
- Administration and Planning of
Services for
300 drivers (working shifts and cycles)
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Training courses for drivers in the company's
own driving school
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Operation planning of Public Transport
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Planning and elaboration of bus schedules
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Planning and elaboration of route schedules
for drivers
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Efficiency Control of drivers
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Public Transport Operation Control
- Planning Department
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Efficiency control of Public Transport
-
Demand analysis of Public Transport
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Cost and income analysis of bus routes
-
Planning and projecting of new bus routes
-
Planning and projecting of combinations
between existing bus routes
-
Analysis of new technologies in Public
Transport
Special
Responsibilities:
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Purchase of 21 articulated Trolley Buses developed under my prior responsibility.
Commissioning their new operation under my responsibility as Director of the
Department of Public Transport (1984)
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Projecting and Supervising construction of a Mainte-nance Hall including a
Brake-Test-System for articulated Trolley Buses and other bus types
-
Projecting and Supervising construction of a Hanging Work Platform especially
for maintenance of and on the roofs of Trolley Buses and other vehicles
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Projecting and obtaining of four rectifier substations for the electrical
network of Trolley Buses in Solingen
-
Projecting and developing a three doors Trolley Bus with double rear traction
and Chopper controlled motor
-
Elaboration of purchase specifications for Trolley Buses
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Projecting and Supervising construction of a new turn table for Trolley Buses
and buses up to 12 meters
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Purchase of 46 standard Trolley Buses developed under my prior responsibility.
Commissioning their new operation under my responsibility as Director of the
Department of Public Transport (1986)
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Projecting and introduction of a collective-taxi-operation in off-peak hours
to make the Public Transport more attractive
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Plan and prepare the change of two routes of diesel-powered buses to the use of
Trolley Buses (10,6 km, double-hand contact line)
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Selling of 78 used Trolley Buses of the Stadtwerke Solingen to the Province of
Mendoza/Argentina
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Projecting and purchasing of three rectifier substations for the electrical
network of Trolley Buses in Solingen
Memberships:
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Association of German Transport Companies (VDV):
Member
(1979 - 1991) of the "Dual Mode Bus / Trolley-Bus" Committee for
elaborating standard specifications for Duo- and Trolley-Buses
-
German Standards Institute (DIN) and Association of German Electrical Engineers
(VDE):
Member
(1984 - 1991) of German Electrical Engineering Committee "Electrical
Installations in Vehicles of Public Transport"
-
Association of German Public Transport (VDV):
Member (1984 - 1991) of the Committee
"Electrical and Electronic Installations in vehicles of Public
Transport"
-
Association of German Public Transport (VDV):
Member
(1987 - 1991) of the Committee "Integrated Taxi Operation in Public
Transport"
since 1986 Independent
international engineering consultant for Public Transport (until 1991 during my
holidays at the STADTWERKE SOLINGEN) and
since 1991 in my Firm
TROLLEY-BUS-CONSULTING
with
the following aims:
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Consulting for Public Transport
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Subcontracting Consultants in the field
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Preparing studies on different Public Transport projects
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Identifying, planning, implementing of Public Transport projects
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Project Assistance
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Training of technical experts in all the sectors of Public Transport
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Consulting of international transport and traffic by land, sea and air
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Negotiation of short and long-term project financing
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International trading of materials and services
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Promotion of technology-transfers
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Commercialization of materials and equipments for transport
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Advising private and Public Transport companies and Administrations
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Planning and other services for Public Transport
Project
Activities:
1986 -
Advising Transport Companies in Paraguay about the possibilities of introducing
Trolley-Buses
1987 -
Elaboration of two studies for the German Association for Technical Corporation
(GTZ), Eschborn/GERMA-NY in Mendoza/Argentina.
Topics: Privatisation of Trolley-Bus-Companies, Production of Trolley-Buses in
Argentina including material for the
infrastructure
1990 -
Planning and elaborating the Invitation for a Tender for the Electrical Network
for Trolley-Buses in Mendoza /Argentina (3 new routes and integration of an existing
system length: 78 km; 14 rectifier substations) contracted by GTZ
1991 -
Adviser of the Transport Department in Mendoza/Ar-gentina with regard to the implementation of studies by
GTZ
1992 -
Assessment of a Trolley-Bus-System in Mexico-City contracted by LIGHT RAIL
TRANSIT CONSUL-TANTS (LRTC), Düsseldorf/GERMANY
1992 -
Studies on planning a Trolley-Bus-System in Monter-rey/Mexico including contact-lines and rectifier substations,
contracted by FERROSTAAL AG, Essen /GERMANY
1992 -
Advising a private Trolley-Bus-Company of Vancouver/Canada on restoration services for used buses in Chile
1992 -
Commercialize used Trolley Buses of the City of Salzburg/Austria
1992 -
Commercialize used Trolley Buses of the City of Arnheim/Netherlands
1992 -
Studies in Potsdam (former GDR) on the feasibility:
-
to continue
-
to complete and optimize actual Public Transport
services
-
to expand or reduce of services offered
-
to operate electrical vehicles in heavy traffic areas
1993 -
Adviser of the Transport Department of Mendoza/Ar-gentina with regard to the continuation of the
implementation of MICRONET, a software-program for planning and optimization
bus-line-networks in Mendoza/Argentina
1993 -
Consulting and project assistance to FERROSTAAL AG, Essen/GERMANY during the production of
Trolley-Buses in Hungary
1993 -
Consultant services to FERROSTAAL AG, Essen/ GERMANY
for the introduction of a new Trolley-Bus-System in MEXICO D.F.
1993 -
Studies on different alternatives of Public Transport Systems in the former GDR
1993 -
Consulting to centro de estudios del
desarollo, Santiago/Chile
for the introduction of a new Trolley-Bus-System in Chile
1993 -
Testing the feasibility of software programs for city bus lines and adapting
them to the South American markets
1993/1994 -
Medium-term consultant for GTZ (German Association of Technical Co-operation)
in Mendoza/Argentina for carrying out the following project:
-
Implementation
of the software program "MICRO BUS" in the Public Transport of
Mendoza/Argentina to improve the
administrative system including:
-
Elaboration of bus schedules
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Elaboration of route schedules for drivers
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Elaboration of bus operator instructions
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Optimizing the bus deployment in the Public Transport Companies
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Advising of Public Transport Companies
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Advising of Private Bus Companies
1994 -
Purchasing of a new traffic light system for the City of Mendoza/Argentina, contracted
by the Transport Department of Mendoza
1994/1995 - Planning
an Electrical Network for Trolley-Buses in Mendoza/Argentina (4 routes; length:
56 km; 16 rectifier substations) contracted by U.T.E. SIEMENS-IATE-OLMATIC,
Buenos Aires/Argentina
1995/1996 -
Consultant for the Transport Department (Dirección de Transporte) and the Association
of Public Transport (Cámaras: A.U.T.A.M. and C.E.T.A.P.) in Mendoza /Argentina for:
- Elaboration of bus schedules
- Elaboration of route schedules for
drivers
- Elaboration of bus operator instructions
- Optimizing the bus deployment in the
Public Transport Companies
- Advising of Public Transport Companies
- Advising of Private Bus Companies
1995/1996 -
Elaboration of a study for KIEPE ELEKTRIK GMBH, Düsseldorf/GERMANY and AEG AG,
Berlin/GER-MANY (Daimler Benz Industry) in Argentina, Chile and Brazil.
Topic: Production of Trolley Buses in South America
1996 -
Assistance to the World Bank with the supervision of a vehicle rehabilitation
program and Workshop and other
Equipment Components of a Urban Transport Project in 14 Russian Cities and
Belarus in my function as Trolley-Bus and Bus specialist, contracted by HTA
Transport Consultings, Amsterdam/Nether-lands
1996 -
Elaboration of a tender for 200 new Trolley-Buses in Mexico D.F. in my function
as Project Manager, contracted by FERROSTAAL AG, Essen/GERMANY
1996 -
Elaboration of a study for Trolley-Bus Maintenance for 200 new Trolley-Buses in
Mexico D.F., contracted by FERROSTAAL México, S.A. de C.V., Mexico D.F. /MEXICO
1997 -
Elaboration of a tender for a new high speed guide-way Trolley-Bus-System
including its infrastructure for guided biarticulated Trolley-Buses in São
Paulo/Brazil in my function as Project Manager for vehicles, substations, contactline
and control-system, contracted by FERROSTAAL AG, Essen/GERMANY and
Figuei-redo Ferraz Consultoria e engenharia de projeto Ltda., São Paulo/brazil
1997 -
Preparation of a long term project (6 years): "Planificación,
Reorganización, Actualización y Administración del Transporte Público in
Mendoza/Argentina" for the Government of the Province of Mendoza in
co-operation with the Center of International Migration and Development (CIM)
of the German government
1997ð2000 -
Assistance to the World Bank with the supervision of a vehicle rehabilitation
program and Workshop and other
Equipment Components of a Urban Transport Project in 14 Russian Cities and
Belarus in my function as Trolley-Bus and Bus specialist, contracted by HTA
Transport Consultings, Amsterdam/Nether-lands
since 1998 - "Gerente de Desarollo de
Proyectos" contracted by Deutsche Eisenbahn-Consulting GmbH (DE-Consult
Delegación Regional Argentina).
1998 - Director of the seminar "Optimierung
der Fahrzeugverfügbarkeit durch Instandhaltung" (Availability Optimising
of tramways, trolley-buses and buses by maintenance) in Rumania, contracted by
GTZ, together with to other experts.
1999 -
Consultant for TECNICAGUA S.A., Godoy Cruz, Provincia de Mendoza/ARGENTINA:
Elaboration of the preproject
ECOVIAS, a multimode Public Transport System for the metropolitan area of
"Gran Mendoza". Responsible for:
· Planning Public Transport
· Elaboration of technical specifications
for:
Light Rail Tramways and Interurban Trains, including their infrastructure as:
Railways, Overhead Contact Wire System, Substations, Signal system, Control
system and Supervision, Workshops etc.
· Elaboration of a specification for
introducing a new Tariff and Ticketing System ("Smart-Card").
· Planning of the Structure and the
Organisation for the future Public Transport Company
· Calculation of Investment Costs
1999 -
Consultant for TECNICAGUA S.A., Godoy Cruz, Prov. Mendoza /ARGENTINA:
Elaboration of the pre-project TRANSANDINO, long
Distance Cargo Railway System between BRAZIL (São Paulo) ARGENTINA
(Buenos Aires - Mendoza) CHILE (Santiago - Valparaiso).
Responsible for:
· Planning Cargo Transport System between Mendoza
Valparaiso including Cargo Terminal in Mendoza
· Elaboration of the technical stock for:
Locomotives, Wagons, Engines and Stock for Maintenance, Infrastructure as:
Railways, Signal system, Control system and Supervision, Workshops etc.
· Elaboration of the Cargo System Time Table
· Planning of the Structure and the Organization for the
future Public Transport Company
· Calculation of Investment Costs
1999 - Assistance to UNMIK (United
Nations interim administration mission in Kosovo), Department of civil affairs
and public administration "Pillar II", Transportation Unit,
contracted by GTZ
Local Task
designation in Kosovo/YUGOSLAVIA:
1. Preparation of the
regulation-text for Public Transport in Kosovo,
Sub-goal:
· Improvement
the operational situation of the province-own and private Public Transport
companies in economic, planning-technical and vehicle-technical view and their
control;
· Attractiveness and
mobility-increase for the population.
a) Elaboration of a suggestion to the official
integration of private transport companies (buses and minibuses), in which
Public Transport courses with UNMIK as management of one single KosovoTrans-
and terminal-high society and simultaneously as Public Transport administration
body of Kosovo, (business - and supervision-authority-structure), [phase I in
2000],
b) Elaboration of a suggestion to the
denationalisation of the Public Transport companies including the terminals
with UNMIK as Public Transport administration body of Kosovo, with the
structure of the supervision-authority, [phase II in 2001]
2. Preparation of the budget
for the remuneration of the employees of KosovoTrans, urban bus Pristina
Company and Pristina terminal [in 2000]
3. Preparation of the budget for the
redevelopment of the KosovoTrans Companies, Urban Bus Pristina Company and
Pristina Terminal including of a Demand/Offer-Analysis and completion of the
spare parts stocks for vehicles
2000 ð2001 -
Invitation of the Government of the Province of Mendoza to elaborate a multimode
Public Transport System for the metropolitan area of "Gran Mendoza" including:
·
Planning
Public Transport
·
Elaboration
of technical specifications for:
Light Rail Tramways and Interurban Trains, including their infrastructure as:
Railways, Overhead Contact Wire System, Substations, Signal system, Control
system and Supervision, Workshops etc.
·
Elaboration
of a specification for introducing a new Tariff and Ticketing System
("Smart-Card" or others).
·
Calculation
of Investment Costs
Mendoza, 17/08/2000