Physicist and biomedical engineer

Skills: experimental physics, biomedical engineering, medical and healthcare expertise, business strategy, founding partner of creaholic spin-off company, Smixin.

Before Creaholic: Five years at MEM Research Center for Orthopaedic Surgery at University of Bern.  I was involved in development work and clinical trials of a force-sensing device to help the surgeon balance ligament tensions during knee arthroplasty. Prior to this, I spent a year at Institut de Physique Expérimentale, EPF in Lausanne.

Origin: Born, grew up and currently live in Canton Fribourg…my ancestors were Swiss farmers.

Hobbies: Quality time with the family, good food and wine, parties with friends, good movies and travelling abroad.

Favourite Album: Pink Floyd the Wall

Films: Star Wars and Once Upon a Time in the West (by Sergio Leone).

Best Book: The Lord of the Rings

Favourite Inventor: Albert Einstein for revolutionising both physics and human perception.

Languages: French mother tongue, I also speak German and English.

Nobody knows: I played bass in a rock band for several years and recorded albums that were commercialised.