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 Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Tomas Brenner:

2004 – now VentureLeap, USA / Switzerland
VentureLeap, advises startup companies & their investors (VCs, Biz Angels, etc)
Managing Director
responsible for all client projects
• Interim Management assignments, as seen below
• Lead due diligence Analyst for approx. a dozen (12) startup companies
• Member of Technical Advisory Board for Teknoinvest Management AS
• Member of Advisory Board for QuNano AB
• Coach for startup companies of the CTI-startup network

 2007  QuNano, AB, Lund, Sweden
QuNano AB is a Nanotechnology startup, spin-out from Lund University, Sweden
• Co-founder
• Business Development Manager
• Project Manager
  

2006  Chesapeake Innovation Center, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
The Chesapeake Innovation Center (CIC) is a venture incubator
• Vice President of Portfolio Development

2005  COVEGA Corp., Jessup, Maryland USA
• Senior Director of Product Management

2000-2003 OCG Ventures, Columbia, Maryland, USA
OCG Ventures was a $250 Mio Venture Capital fund and 60,000-sqft incubator
• Chief Technology Officer & Managing Director

2002 Optinel Systems, Inc., Elkridge, Maryland, USA
Optinel Systems is a cable communications systems provider, acquired 2005
• Vice President Engineering
 

1997 -2000 Ciena Corporation, Linthicum, Maryland, USA
Ciena is a telecommunications systems provider
• Principal Engineer & Lab. Manager
 
1995 -1997 Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs, Holmdel, New Jersey, USA
Lucent designs, develops, manufactures and services network equipment
• Postdoctoral Member of Technical Staff
 
1984-1994 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zόrich, Switzerland
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), rank 25 out of 500 Univ. globally
• Research Assistant
 
1996 CPM, Certificate in Project Management
1994 Doctorate in Natural Science, Physics (ETHZ)
1988 Master in Physics, Mathematics (ETHZ)
Other 9 international patents
29 papers & presentations in international scientific journals and conferences
Languages: English, German, French, Czech
Citizen of Switzerland & USA
 

 
 

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