TAKENCO - Accelerating your future
Our Core Expertise
Driving Innovation in Mobility Systems
TAKENCO delivers unparalleled leadership in strategic product development across the rail, aerospace, and automotive sectors. Our integrated project and engineering expertise ensures exceptional reliability, clear strategic direction, and transformative leadership, guiding every mobility project to successful completion.
Strategic Engineering Leadership for Advanced Mobility Systems
TAKENCO provides deep technical leadership for complex projects across aerospace, rail, and automotive sectors. We specialize in elevating system design, architecture, and innovation, ensuring technical challenges are met with cutting-edge solutions and robust problem-solving.
Our expertise delivers the technical clarity, innovative approaches, and meticulous execution vital for developing advanced mobility systems that meet stringent quality and performance standards.
Mastering Mobility Program Management
Strategic Governance & Risk Mitigation
We implement disciplined program leadership, proactive risk management, and rigorous milestone tracking to stabilize critical product development projects and ensure on-time delivery.
Unified Stakeholder Alignment
We bridge communication and foster shared objectives across engineering, production, and business teams, ensuring cohesive strategy and execution for complex mobility systems.
Sustained Program Value Optimization
Through stringent financial discipline and senior program leadership, we safeguard contracts, optimize margins, and drive long-term competitiveness in advanced mobility programs.
When the success of a complex mobility program is paramount, TAKENCO provides the strategic clarity and decisive action required. We deeply understand the inherent challenges: diverse stakeholders, technical intricacies, and relentless cost and schedule pressures. Our leadership navigates these with unwavering confidence, ensuring your critical initiatives not only progress but achieve their full potential and value.
Our Core Expertise
TAKENCO specializes in providing comprehensive project and technical leadership tailored for complex product development within the rail, aerospace, and automotive sectors. Our approach combines rigorous execution with deep engineering insights, ensuring successful outcomes from conception to deployment.
Program Leadership & Governance
We deliver disciplined project management, focusing on strategic planning, proactive risk mitigation, and efficient resource allocation. Our expertise ensures timely delivery, budget adherence, and seamless coordination across all project phases.
Advanced Engineering & Architecture
Our technical specialists drive innovation through system design, robust architecture development, and advanced problem-solving. We guide teams through complex technical challenges, from initial concept to industrialization and certification.
Lifecycle Management & Support
We oversee the entire product lifecycle, from initial concept studies through industrialization, rigorous certification processes, and ongoing field support. Our focus is on long-term product viability and sustained performance.
Program Leadership Expertise
TAKENCO provides disciplined program leadership for complex, multi-stakeholder mobility programs. We ensure successful delivery by managing all aspects from initial concept to sustained field support.
Our core program leadership encompasses:
  • Strategic contract negotiation and margin optimization
  • Proactive risk identification and critical milestone management
  • Advanced planning and robust governance (PDR, CDR, FAI)
  • Rigorous configuration and change management
  • Expert coordination of diverse cross-functional and international engineering teams
Our fluency in German, English, and French ensures seamless communication and highly effective project delivery across European and global teams.
Technical Leadership & Engineering Innovation in Mobility
Rail Systems Engineering
Driving the technical design and integration of complex systems, such as advanced passenger information platforms, within the stringent regulatory framework of rail environments.
Aerospace Engineering
Pioneering the technical development of safety-critical rotor systems and innovative composite components, ensuring adherence to rigorous aerospace certification standards.
Automotive Engineering
Leading technical excellence in powertrain system design, architecture, and innovative product solutions, delivering competitive advantages for global automotive markets.
Our engineering leadership delivers specialized technical expertise, expertly navigating the critical intersection of R&D, system design, and industrialization across diverse mobility sectors. We excel at establishing robust technical specifications from inception, meticulously balancing pioneering innovation with practical manufacturability. Our guidance ensures products are developed with technical precision, progress seamlessly through rigorous qualification and certification, and result in solutions that are technically superior, operationally safe, and commercially viable within the demanding mobility sector.
Strategic Program Leadership & Transformation
Successful transformation in mobility systems demands exceptional program leadership and rigorously structured execution. It requires seamless cross-functional alignment and a clear economic rationale, precisely tailored to the intricate challenges of advanced product development. TAKENCO empowers strategic initiatives to redefine mobility product portfolios, achieve optimal cost efficiency without compromising safety or quality, and align ambitious technical roadmaps with critical market demands and regulatory imperatives.
Our specialized program leadership support encompasses:
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Portfolio Revitalization
Crafting product-roadmap programs that decisively position your offerings for enduring competitiveness and future growth.
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Value Engineering
Executing design-to-cost strategies that optimize expenditures while rigorously upholding performance and certification standards.
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Business Case Development
Delivering robust financial and technical analyses to strategically validate development ventures and ensure market viability.
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Cross-Functional Alignment
Expertly facilitating workshops with proven methodologies to forge alignment and enable decisive actions across your engineering and project teams.
Empowering Data & Decision Support for Mobility Programs
Navigating the intricacies of mobility system development demands precise, reliable information. Leaders often grapple with fragmented data, inconsistent reporting, and the sheer volume of information, which can hinder decisive action. TAKENCO specializes in architecting the critical information infrastructure that transforms time spent searching into time spent acting strategically.
Standardized Program Metrics
Establish consistent metrics and robust reporting frameworks, precisely tailored for mobility programs, ensuring unparalleled oversight across rail, aerospace, and automotive sectors.
Automated Program Visibility
Leverage automated dashboards and intuitive tools to provide real-time, comprehensive visibility into program risks, costs, and performance.
Strategic Engineering Analysis
Utilize advanced competitive and technical analysis tools to deliver robust support for strategic planning and critical decision-making on complex engineering challenges.
Actionable Insights
Gain clear, concise, and impactful insights that empower leaders to make faster, more confident decisions, directly driving successful mobility outcomes.
Our solutions provide the foundation for informed leadership, enabling effective steering of complex programs and accelerating progress towards strategic objectives.
On-Demand Senior Leadership & Engineering Expertise
Successful mobility programs demand more than individual talent; they require the precise deployment of specialized expertise at critical junctures. TAKENCO provides immediate access to top-tier professionals, ensuring your project is equipped with the exact capabilities needed to expertly navigate complex challenges and accelerate progress.
Our specialized expertise includes:
  • Program Leadership & Governance: Senior PMO and project controllers delivering rigorous financial discipline, strategic planning, and risk management for intricate product development initiatives.
  • Technical Leadership & Innovation: Engineering leaders and specialists with profound domain knowledge across aerospace, rail, and automotive. They drive system design, architecture, and technical problem-solving.
  • Data & Automation Architects: Experts who construct intelligent tools, empowering data-driven program decisions and optimizing workflows.
  • IT experts & Integration Strategists: Ensuring seamless system interoperability, robust connectivity, and secure infrastructure within mobility solutions.
TAKENCO's core mission is to provide overarching leadership to champion your program, meticulously assembling the ideal blend of expertise precisely when it's most needed. This strategic approach offers unparalleled agility without compromising accountability, driving forward your mobility systems with confidence.
About Kevin TCHAKOUNTE
Senior Project & Engineering Leader | DE · EN · FR
As the leader of TAKENCO, I bring over 18 years of hands-on experience in mobility systems, focusing on reliability, strategic clarity, and impactful leadership for successful project outcomes. My expertise spans both comprehensive project management and deep engineering specializations.
Project Leadership & Management
I specialize in instilling calm, establishing robust structure, and providing clear strategic direction in challenging environments. This includes rigorous adherence to timelines, risk management, and fostering cohesive efforts by effectively connecting diverse stakeholders—from engineering teams to management and customers. Fluent communication in English, German, and French ensures unified program execution, whether stabilizing programs or driving strategic realignment.
Engineering Expertise & Technical Oversight
My technical background covers complex engineering and product development across the mobility sector, specifically rotor and helicopter systems, rail passenger information, and automotive powertrain engineering. I provide decisive engineering leadership across the entire product development lifecycle, from R&D and certification to production and addressing field issues, all grounded in a profound understanding of industry realities.
Through TAKENCO, I deliver hands-on leadership to critical mobility projects, integrating additional specialized engineering and project experts as needed to provide scalable support for unique program requirements.
Organizations partner with me when their critical programs require stabilization, strategic re-alignment, or expert guidance through complex phases—seeking a trusted partner for both technical mastery and leadership excellence.
You can reach me via TAKENCO, on LinkedIn, or at contact@takenco.com.
Selected Project Highlights
These examples showcase successful outcomes across diverse mobility projects, demonstrating both strategic program management and deep engineering expertise. Client confidentiality is strictly maintained in all project details.
Strategic Rail Program Delivery
Led comprehensive program delivery for complex rail passenger information systems from tender to international deployment (e.g., China, Europe). Directed multi-disciplinary engineering teams, managed critical customer interfaces, and ensured rigorous compliance with regulations. Successfully delivered advanced solutions on schedule, within budget, and meeting superior compliance standards.
Advanced Electrification Engineering
Formed and directed high-performing, cross-functional teams to drive strategic product innovation in electrical energy management for propulsion systems. Championed design-to-cost imperatives, developed clear technical architectures, and established a robust pathway to market leadership for vital components in electric vehicles and other advanced platforms.
Aerospace R&D & Certification
Orchestrated R&D, stringent certification processes, and seamless technology transfer for next-generation rotorcraft systems. Managed critical qualification campaigns and industrial scale-up, effectively de-risking programs and substantially accelerating production readiness for cutting-edge aerospace platforms.
Engineering Process Optimization & Data Infrastructure
Pioneered the standardization of competitive analyses and automated crucial documentation workflows, establishing a robust data and reporting infrastructure for product development. Implemented key performance metrics, facilitating faster, more informed strategic decisions and optimizing engineering outcomes across the lifecycle.
Contact TAKENCO
TAKENCO provides strategic leadership for complex development programs across the rail, aerospace, and automotive sectors throughout Europe. Fluent in English, German, and French, we empower organizations to secure critical initiatives, align technical stakeholders, and expertly navigate advanced engineering phases. Our hands-on approach ensures excellence from initial concept to successful market launch, helping you achieve your strategic objectives.
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Location
Based in Germany — working on-site or hybrid across Europe, depending on project needs.
How We Work
  1. Initial 30-minute consultation to meticulously define your program's core challenges.
  1. Tailored proposal detailing how TAKENCO's expertise will strategically align with and achieve your specific objectives.
  1. Dedicated, hands-on project and engineering leadership, with the flexibility to integrate additional specialized senior experts as required.
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