VentureLeap
Management Consultant
Dr. Tomas Brenner has more than 20 years of experience as a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, consultant and executive. He has worked and lived for many years in the USA and Sweden and has returned to Switzerland in 2007. As a venture capitalist and CTO for a USD 250 million venture capital fund, he worked with more than 20 high-tech start-ups and he is co-founder of a nanotechnology spin-off from the University of Lund, Sweden. His last assignments were Director of Sales & Marketing and Director of Product Management at Leister Technologies AG as well as Technology- and Innovation Expert for the canton of Aargau. He is currently mentor and coach for high technology start-ups.
Industry Experience
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10 years venture capital & start-ups
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10 years technology companies
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9 years research & development
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International Experience
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12 years USA
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1 year Sweden
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8 years Switzerland
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Education
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Doctorate in Physics (Dr. sc. nat.), ETH Zürich
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M.Sc. Physics, ETH Zürich
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Certificate of Advanced Studies in Corporate Development; ZHAW, Winterthur
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Certificate in Project Management; GWU, USA
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Research
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ETH, Zürich Switzerland
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AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA
Languages
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German
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English
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French
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Czech
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Technologies
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High-Technology
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Capital Equipment, electrical equipment
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Optical Telecommunications
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Sensors, Semiconductors
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Micro-/ Nanotechnology
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Jobs
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Partner
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Co-Founder
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Management Consulting
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Sales & Marketing
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Research & Development
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Product Management
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Innovation Management
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Companies
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AT&T Inc., USA
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Lucent Technologies Inc., USA
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Ciena Corp., USA
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Covega Inc., USA
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Optinel Inc., USA
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OCG Ventures LLC, USA
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Chesapeake Innovation Center, USA
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QuNano AB, Sweden
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Axetris AG, Switzerland
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Leister Technologies AG, Switzerland
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Hightech Zentrum Aargau AG, Switzerland
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ETH Zurich, ieLab, Switzerland
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