David Leuenberger, MBA

Head of Product Management at Optotune

Zurich, Switzerland

About

- Expert in optics/photonics (13+). - Clear business-focus (MBA). - Startup experience (Co-Founder). - Industrial R&D and innovation experience (6+), e.g. wrote several patents. - International project management (6+), e.g. WP leader in EU project. - Leading interdisciplinary project teams. - Full professional proficiency in German, English (2 years USA) and French (5 years in Lausanne).

Experience

  • Optotune (12 yrs 6 mos)
    • Head of Product Management
      Nov 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 8 mos

    • Senior Business Development Manager
      May 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 2 mos

      Business development & product management of medical & optical actuators Key account management

    • Business Development Manager
      Feb 2017 - May 2020 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      Business development medical Product management & business development "beam steering solutions"

  • Co-Founder/Engineering & General Management at Crealumina
    Feb 2013 - Feb 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Start-up in the domain of LED-lighting / 3D-Printing / Parametric Designs: - General management. - Prototype manufacturing and sourcing components from China.

  • Lehrbeauftragter at Kantonsschule Olten
    Feb 2013 - Jul 2013 · 6 mos

    Teaching Physics, Mathematics and ICT at high-school level.

  • CSEM Basel (6 yrs)
    • Senior R&D Engineer
      Jan 2009 - Jan 2013 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      Project management in R&D in the field of printed/organic electronics: - WP-leader of WP ‘Integration’ in EU project ‘PHOTO-FET’. - Lead of multidisciplinary inter-divisional development project on biosensors. - Acquired a new industrial client. - Co-supervision of 2 PhD students. - Supervision of 3 bachelor theses at FHNW. - 2 book chapters and 5 journal/conference contributions. - Generation of 3 patent applications. - Introduction and setting-up of 2 key technologies in printed electronics. - Project lead in a matrix organization incl. management of small technical teams within constrained timeframes and budgets. - Support in project acquisition (EU, CTI).

    • R&D Engineer
      Feb 2007 - Dec 2008 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Project management in R&D in the field of printed/organic electronics: - Capability building (encapsulation robot, permeation testing) - Presentations at clients and conferences. - Lead of R&D project with a budget of 1 mio CHF. - Generation of 1 patent application.

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at University of California Berkeley
    Jan 2005 - Dec 2006 · 2 yrs

    Research in the field of micro- and nano technology, integrated optics and optical communication networks: - Research in the domain of Micro- and Nanotechnology. - 3 journal/conference contributions. - Supervision of PhD students. - Organization of the department seminar. - Support of proposal writing.