M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering · Cologne, Germany

Juan AntonioMonzón Vázquez

Assoc. Director of Engineering | Chief AI Officer | Singleron Biotechnologies

Engineering leader driving innovation at the intersection of biotech hardware, CE-compliant manufacturing, and enterprise AI. 10+ years turning complex science into precision instruments — built in Germany.

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10+

Years Exp.

Patents

Engineers Led

Career

Work Experience

Assoc. Director of Engineering & Chief AI Officer 01.2023 — Present

Singleron Biotechnologies GmbH · Cologne

Lead team of 5 engineers across full product lifecycle — development, prototyping, design transfer, CE production & QC
Spearheaded Made-in-Germany hardware launch with CE compliance and IVD Class A & C regulatory processes
Drove significant production cost reductions via supplier renegotiation and BOM optimisation
Appointed company's first Chief AI Officer — LLM agents, workflow automation & internal AI tooling
Managing R&D projects with budgets exceeding €500K across engineering, sales and operations

CE ComplianceIVD Class A&CISO 13485 AI StrategyDesign TransferMade in Germany

Design Engineer — Industrial Engineering 05.2016 — 12.2022

Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG

Led clinical-grade disposable products for NGS — concept through production qualification
Drove design transfer & production implementation with full IQ/OQ/PQ qualification
Awarded two patents for novel biomedical device designs in cell tissue dissociation

NGS DevicesIQ/OQ/PQPatent HolderFMEA

Design & Development Engineer 09.2014 — 04.2016

Bohrtec GmbH

Designed tunnel boring machines and novel drill heads for micro-tunneling applications
Technical client support for the Latin American market

Mechanical DesignCADLATAM

Capabilities

Core Skills

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Engineering Leadership

Cross-functional teams, R&D ownership, full product lifecycle

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AI Strategy & Implementation

LLM integration, AI agents, enterprise workflow automation

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Biotech Hardware

IVD Class A & C, ISO 13485, CE marking, design-to-production

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Mechanical Design & CAD

Advanced CAD (5/5), FEA with ANSYS, BOM optimisation

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Project Management

Agile/Scrum, €500K+ budgets, risk management, FMEA

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Multilingual & Global

ES native · DE & EN professional · German-Mexican dual citizen

Technical Proficiency

CAD Software100%

AI / LLM Platforms95%

MS Office / VBA95%

Python / CPython75%

MATLAB80%

SAP PM Module75%

ANSYS FEA60%

SQL / Data Tools55%

Academic & Professional

Education & Training

2012 — 2014

M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering

University of Kassel, Germany

Mechanics & Automation · GPA 3.7

09.2025 — 02.2026

Applied AI & Intelligent Systems Programme

Claude / Anthropic Platform

LLM integration, AI agents, prompt engineering, enterprise AI deployment

07.2024 — 09.2024

Leadership & Conflict Management

The Knowledge Academy (DE)

Advanced management for cross-functional engineering teams

01.2022 — 05.2022

Agile Project Management

Miltenyi University (DE)

Scrum framework and project planning fundamentals

Granted Patents

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Perfusion Device For Biological Tissue

Miltenyi Biotec · November 2016

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Needle Head Design & Process for Dissociation of Cells in Organ Tissue

EU 16196797.1-1501 · Miltenyi Biotec