Martin A. Bopp

Managing Director at Hightech Zentrum Aargau AG

Zurich, Switzerland

About

Entrepreneurial experimental physicist with an eye for the big picture and future opportunities Strong team-builder, seasoned project and change manager, and engaging leader who knows how to unite diverse different stakeholder groups to achieve a common goal Effective mediator between technical experts and customers Network at the cutting edge of innovation and technology transfer at all Swiss universities, renowned institutions and many others abroad Numerous scientific publications and patents

Experience

  • Managing Director at Hightech Zentrum Aargau AG
    Feb 2013 - Present · 13 yrs 5 mos

  • Head of Division CTI Start-up and Entrepreneurship at Innosuisse - Swiss Innovation Agency
    2005 - 2012 · 7 yrs

    Member of the Management Board responsible for the development and execution of CTI's program in sensitizing and educating young entrepreneurs and the coaching of new technology oriented start-up's

  • Director Production and System Development at Zeptosens a Division of Bayer (Schweiz) AG
    2002 - 2005 · 3 yrs

    Member of the Management Board responsible for building from the ground up and leading Zeptosens’ production facilities for all products and headed the technology development (hardware and software)

  • Director System Development at Zeptosens AG
    1999 - 2002 · 3 yrs

    From 2001 Member of the Management Board, led an interdisciplinary team to develop a biochip reader system and the corresponding control and analysis software

  • Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Pennsylvania
    1996 - 1999 · 3 yrs

    Led a research project on the spectroscopy and optical detection of single biological macromolecules with cw lasers and ultra-short laser pulses in the group of Prof. Dr. R. M. Hochstrasser