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Oslo, Norway

Business Development of material science and medtech innovations emerging within the University of Oslo and the university hospitals, towards creating societal impact by out licensing to industry and creating new ventures.

Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

• Venture building, managed business cases and coached entrepreneurial teams from inception to founding of spin-off companies, shaped their initial funding roadmap and played a key role in successful subsequent VC fundraising.• Portfolio management of over 30 technology business cases and over 40 active patent families.•Played an active role within new national and regional level funding initiatives for early-stage technology-based entrepreneurship and maintained an active… Show more • Venture building, managed business cases and coached entrepreneurial teams from inception to founding of spin-off companies, shaped their initial funding roadmap and played a key role in successful subsequent VC fundraising.• Portfolio management of over 30 technology business cases and over 40 active patent families.•Played an active role within new national and regional level funding initiatives for early-stage technology-based entrepreneurship and maintained an active relationship with various VC funds and angel investors.• Facilitated tech transfer to industry, specifically: licensing and transfer of patents, responsible for internal stakeholder alignment, negotiation and contracting. Show less

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Omics2Image BV, part of Amsterdam Scientific Instruments, developed a novel detector platform, utilizing a hybrid pixel ASIC from CERN, enabling higher resolution and higher throughput Imaging Mass Spectrometry, contributing to a better understanding of diseases, improved medical diagnostics, and drug discovery applications.I led product development of our technology platform, in close collaboration with partners in industry and academia, managed our intellectual property interests… Show more Omics2Image BV, part of Amsterdam Scientific Instruments, developed a novel detector platform, utilizing a hybrid pixel ASIC from CERN, enabling higher resolution and higher throughput Imaging Mass Spectrometry, contributing to a better understanding of diseases, improved medical diagnostics, and drug discovery applications.I led product development of our technology platform, in close collaboration with partners in industry and academia, managed our intellectual property interests, coached our academic partner in securing IP and contributed to several successful large grant applications. Show less

Palo Alto, California

Integrated Plasmonics, a VC funded life science startup worked on developing low-cost & compact Point-of-Care diagnostic devices capable of carrying out thousands of tests on a single drop of blood simultaneously, by utilizing Surface Plasmon Resonance sensors integrated with CMOS pixel technology, allowing for real-time and label free detection of bio-molecular interactions.I led prototype development of SPR nano-antenna device integration with CMOS imaging sensors platforms at… Show more Integrated Plasmonics, a VC funded life science startup worked on developing low-cost & compact Point-of-Care diagnostic devices capable of carrying out thousands of tests on a single drop of blood simultaneously, by utilizing Surface Plasmon Resonance sensors integrated with CMOS pixel technology, allowing for real-time and label free detection of bio-molecular interactions.I led prototype development of SPR nano-antenna device integration with CMOS imaging sensors platforms at facilities at Stanford University and the Amsterdam nanoCenter. I Developed our microfluidic test platform for biological assay verification on SPR-CMOS sensor arrays and managed initial integration tests in our demonstrator system. Show less

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

AMOLF is a leading research institute performing research on novel strategically important complex molecular and materials systems, in partnership with academia and industry I developed and managed the nanoCenter facility, an independent entity within the institute, with 5 permanent staff members and 60+ internal & external users annually. Enabling scientists to perform high impact basic research for future technologies, published in top journals, such as Nature, Science, PNAS, Cell and… Show more AMOLF is a leading research institute performing research on novel strategically important complex molecular and materials systems, in partnership with academia and industry I developed and managed the nanoCenter facility, an independent entity within the institute, with 5 permanent staff members and 60+ internal & external users annually. Enabling scientists to perform high impact basic research for future technologies, published in top journals, such as Nature, Science, PNAS, Cell and PRL. And I provided consultancy and led development of a multitude of novel fabrication processes for nanophotonic, plasmonic and microfluidic devices for internal & external parties in both academia and industry. Show less

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

I provided day-to-day operational management of the nanofabrication facility, implemented online planning tools to optimize systems usage & maintenance cycles by our user community and support staff, and provided over 30 PhD students & postdoctoral researchers with nanofabrication & characterization training, additionally I developed nano & micro fabrication processes and performed fabrication of experimental devices for nanophotonic, plasmonic and biophysics research

I managed the project team for setting up a new facility within the institute to provide state-of the art opportunities in nano research for the scientific community within the greater Amsterdam area and institute partners.