Ulrich Hase is an experienced professional in franchise development and project management with a focus on the solar and semiconductor industries. Since January 2017, Ulrich Hase has held dual roles as Manager Franchise-Entwicklung at FranNet and as a Franchise Business Consultant at FranNet Deutschland. Concurrently, Ulrich Hase serves as an independent consultant at Projects & Solutions, providing project and account management services for European, Russian, and Asian customer projects in the solar and semiconductor sectors. Prior experience includes positions as Senior Project Manager at TEL Solar and various management roles at Applied Materials from 1989 to 2010, where responsibilities ranged from project and production management to system startups and technical training. Early career experience at Philips involved technical service in vacuum systems for semiconductors.