Bio and Interests:
Graduated in Electrical Engineering from ETHZ in 1992 and received his Ph.D. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich in 1996 titled “TCAD Based Development of a Polysilicon Emitter Transistor in a BiCMOS Technology. Joined Integrated System Engineering AG specialized in semiconductor process and device simulation. As a Co-Founder of the BridgeCo AG (a fab-less semiconductor start-up company) he was in the position of COO since 1999 leading the company through three Series of financing, helping to grow the company to 70 employees. In 2005 he joined Synopsys Switzerland as director of the worldwide TCAD Consulting and Services group.