How a project bound to revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry turned sour

A wrong software patch that was going to cost me a career turned into an invaluable lesson on crisis handling.

I got an idea and I fell in love with it

Aged 4 I was sitting on a floor covered of Lego bricks building everything. Aged 10 my Lego were transistors and wires, aged 16 OR and NAND gates, aged 22...

It took me 20 years in China to finally land in the heart of where it all started: Shenzhen, Huaqiang Bei free zone

In 2012 for 2 years, with a team of 3 experts, I studied and developed new types of compactors for plastic bottles and metal tins.

A story of achievement in a project with technical and intercultural challenges. The start of long lasting friendship and cooperation. A lesson of humility that streamlined my career in China.