Studied biophysics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Pragueand Information and Control Theory at the Czech Technical University in Prague1976 RNDr. - Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University in Prague1978/79 - stay at the Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Scinces of the USSR, Puskino on Oka, USSR1981 CSc (PhD equiv.) - Institute of Experimental Botany, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences 1973 - 1985 researcher at the Center of Biomathematics of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences,1986 - 1991 heading Laboratory of Applied Mathematics and Information Division at the Prague Psychiatric Center1991 - liaison officer of WHO at the Czech Ministry of Health1992 - 1994 - CEO of the softwarehouse Software6021994 co-founded ILA s.r.o., innovation and technology transfer consultancy company1995 - 2000 - Heading Department of Venture Capital Financing at the Českoslovenká Obchodní Banka a.s., Prague.2001 - 2004 teamleader in and later on head of the Workout Department of the Komerční Banka a.s., PragueSince 2005 full time Managing Director of ILA s.r.o.2006 PGCertKT (Open) - postgraduate training in knowledge transfer at the Open University and AURIL (Great Britain) 2008 - co-founder and till 2013 chairman of local Association of Knowledge Transfer Organizations and Professionals (AKTOP), now Transfera.cz 2010 - 2012 participated at launching European Knowledge Transfer Society (EuKTS) seated in Brusels2012 - 2013 member of the Board of ProTon Europe (now ASTP -ProTon)2013 member of the Expert Group "Open Innovation and Knowledge Transfer" nominated by DG Research and Innovation of the European ComissionSince 2014project evaluator in the Horizon2020 programSince 2015 member of the Prahue Innovation Council nominated by the Prague mayorCurrently Partner and Managing Director in ILA, s.r.o. (www.ila.cz), expert in knowledge and technology transfer and financial consulting for start-ups and SMEs