Lucilius M. Constantinescu

Christian Abel

EDUCATION

1985 Master of Business & Information Systems, HEC-Lausanne
1984 Degree in Economics & Finance, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Strassbourg

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1997-2000  CLEMESSY, Quality Manager
1993-1997  CLEMESSY, Quality Engineer
1988-1993  CLEMESSY, R&D engineer

FLUENT LANGUAGESS

French, English

Béatrice Arnold

EDUCATION

1996 PhD, Docteur ès Sciences, UNIL
1990 B.Sc in biology, UNIL 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1999-2000  Interwise, e-learning expert, Project Manager
1996-1999  Bio-Rad Laboratories, Area Sales Manager
1992-1995  CHUV Laboratory of Neurochemistry

 FLUENT LANGUAGESS

Italian, French, English, German

Bernd Averesch

EDUCATION

1997  Degree in Chemical Engineering, Technical University, Munich

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1997-2000 Eastman Chemical Company, Technical Sales Representative

FLUENT LANGUAGESS

German, English, Spanish

Paulo Renato Barone

1995 B.Sc. in Food engineering, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1996-2000 Nestlé Brasil, Process Analyst
1995-1996 Laticinios Catupiry, Project Engineer

FLUENT LANGUAGES

Portuguese, English, Italian

Isabel Bejar Alonso

EDUCATION

1995  Bachelor degree in Physics, University of Barcelona, Spain

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1988-2000  CERN, Quality Manager
1996-1998  CERN, Scientific Associated
7-96-10-96 Andersen Consulting, Consultant Assistant

FLUENT LANGUAGESS

Spanish, English, French, Italian

André Brice

EDUCATION

1989    Law degree, UNIL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1994-2000  Hotela, Board Member
1990-1994    SUVA, Assistant Managing Board

FLUENT LANGUAGESS

French, English, German, Spanish

David John Brunner 

EDUCATION

1998  Master of Science in process engineering, ETHZ

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000  Siemens AG, International Product Marketing, Wireless Products
1998-2000  ABB Power, Commissioning Engineer
1995-1996  Buhler AG; Trainee Engineer R&D
1993-1995  ETHZ, Research Assistant

FLUENT LANGUAGESS

French, German, English, Spanish

 Olivier Bucheli

EDUCATION

2000 Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, EPFL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000 HTceramix, Co-founder and Executive Officer
1998-1999 Business Start-Up Tool Kit, Adaptation of the software
1998 Fluka Chemie, Trainee

FLUENT LANGUAGESS

German, French, English

Pierre Cesinski

EDUCATION

1993   Business degree in Economics and Management, UNIGE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1999–2000 ART Computer SA, Manager
1995-1998  ART Computer SA, Manager and Buyer 

FLUENT LANGUAGESS

German, French, English

Lucilius Mihai Constantinescu

EDUCATION

1996  Postgraduate Studies  in Management of International Transactions, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest
1994  Bachelor degree in Mechanical engineering, Politechnic University of Bucharest

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000 Bouton Hotel Hannover EXPO 2000, Sales Manager
1999  Virtual World Design, Facility Management Programs Manager
1997-1999  Agricola Alcohol Products, Marketing Manager

FLUENT LANGUAGESS

Romanian, English, French, German

 Damien Douchet

EDUCATION

2000  Master Degree in Micro-Engineering, EPFL 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998-2000  Mediapolis, Co-founder and Technical Director
1997(4 months) Telecom Inter@ctive 97 (ITU), Project Leader 

FLUENT LANGUAGESS

French, English

Serge G. Fafalen

EDUCATION

1999 QLTT, England & Wales Solicitors exams, London
1992 Master in Finance (M.A.), Webster University, Geneva
1986 Swiss ( Geneva) Bar Examination
1984 Bachelor in lawss, University of Geneva

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1992–2000 Law firm of S.G. Fafalen, Founder/Partner, Geneva
1988-1992 Law firm of Tettamanti - Spiess & Partners, Partner in charge, Geneva
1986-1987 Law firm of S.G. Fafalen, Founder/Partner, Geneva
1984-1986 Law firm of De Pfyffer, Hafner & Argand, Article Lawyer, Geneva
1981-1983 Firlen SA, Founder/Managing Director, Geneva

FLUENT LANGUAGES 

French, Italian, English, Spanish, Russian

Paolo Fessia

EDUCATION

1996 Degree in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Torino  

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998-2000 CERN, R&D and Production Engineer
1996-1998 CERN,  Fellow 

FLUENT LANGUAGES 

Italian, English, French, Spanish

Stéphane Guélat

EDUCATION

1997 Master of Science in Civil Engineering,  EPFL 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1997-2000 Saint-Gobain Isover SA, Manager of Logistics
1997 Isover SA, Industrial Logistic Engineer

FLUENT LANGUAGES

French, English, German, Italian

Benno Hirt

EDUCATION

1994  Master of Science in Micro-Engineering, EPFL 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998-2000 Lysis SA, Project Manager
1997-1998 Workstation AG, Consulting Engineer
1996-1997 Deutsche Bank, System Engineer

FLUENT LANGUAGES 

German, English, French

Jonas Lindblom

EDUCATION 

1999 Degree in Business Administration, University of Zürich

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000 Aventic Partners, Business Analyst Private Equity
1999-2000 Ernst & Young, Global Finance Services
1995 Ringier, Assistant Project Manager

FLUENT LANGUAGES 

Swedish, German, English

Joseph Maisano

EDUCATION

1995 Ph.D., Docteur ès Sciences Techniques, EPFL
1990 Master degree in Electrical Engineering, EPFL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998-2000 Phonak Communications, Morat, R&D Engineer
1996-1998 Phonak Hearing Instruments, Stäfa, R&D Engineer
1990-1996 EPFL-LEMA-DE, Doctorant/Assistant

FLUENT LANGUAGES

French, Italian, English, German

Amir Marrei

EDUCATION

1995 Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, ETHZ

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1995-2000 Rockwell Automation, Development Engineer
1992-1995 ETHZ, Assistant

FLUENT LANGUAGES 

English, German

Christian Merbach

EDUCATION

1993 Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, EPFL 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2001 Planet Info, CEO
1995-2000 Bobst SA, Mechanical Engineer
1994-1995   HCT Shaping Systems, Process Engineer

FLUENT LANGUAGES 

French, English

Marco Michielis

EDUCATION

1989 Master degree in Computer Science, EPFL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000 Rolex Industries, Data Warehouse Developer
1989-1999 EOS, Project Leader 

FLUENT LANGUAGES 

French, Italian, English

Nicolas Mivelaz

EDUCATION

1995  Degree in Business Administration, UNIGE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1999-2000 Caterpillar, Territory Administrator
1996-1998 Caterpillar, Product Support Analyst
1995-1996  ADPAC Corporation, Marketing Intern 

FLUENT LANGUAGES

French, English, German

Alexandros Pappas

EDUCATION 

1991  Master in Computer Science, ETHZ

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000 Freelance, Consultant Software Engineer
1998-2000 UBS, Software Engineer
1996-1997 SENA, Software Engineer
1995-1996 Silicon Graphics, Software Engineer

FLUENT LANGUAGES

Greek, German, French, English

Christophe Peytremann

EDUCATION 

1997 Master in Environmental Sciences, UNIGE-UNIL
1994 Licence ès Science, UNIGE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2001 Firmenich SA, Operations Division
1997-1999 McDonald’s Suisse Sarl, Environmental Consultant
1995-1997 Department of Education Geneva, Teacher

FLUENT LANGUAGES 

French, English, German

Olimpio Pini

EDUCATION

1974    Master degree in Civil Engineering, ETHZ

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1995-2000 Pini & Associati, Director
1982-1994 Ufficio Ing. L. Pini, co-director

FLUENT LANGUAGES 

Italian, French, German, English

Christina Potter

EDUCATION

2000 Degree in Economic Sciences, HEC-UNIL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

99 (3 months) Bank Metzler Frankfurt, Intern in Research/Equities
98 (4 months) Banque SCS Alliance, Intern in Inverstment/Trading
97 (1 month) J.P. Morgan, Maintenance worker

FLUENT LANGUAGES 

French, English, Greek

Frederic Reboulleau

EDUCATION 

2000 Master of Science in Mobile Communication, Ecole Centrale d’Electronique, Paris and  Aalborg

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2001  Ernst & Young, Zürich, Junior Consultant
2000 AXS Marine, Engineer
1999  Bureau Veritas  Paris, Engineer
1998  Unishipping Texas, Shipping Management

FLUENT LANGUAGES 

French, English

Violette Ruppanner

EDUCATION

1987   Degree in Economic Sciences, HEC-UNIL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1999- SECO, Senior Program Manager
1995-1999 Swiss Embassy Vietnam, Second/First Secretary
1993-1995 SECO, Project Manager
1991-1993 SECO, Deputy Head, Pacific countries & Latin America

FLUENT LANGUAGES

German, French, English

Gretchen Shaw

EDUCATION

2000 Bachelor degree in Packaging, Michigan State University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000 Riverspeed, Co-founder
1998 Nestlé, Research Scientist Packaging

FLUENT LANGUAGES 

English, French

Salvatore Sturniolo

EDUCATION

1995   Master degree in Mechanical Engineering, ETHZ

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000  SID SA, Technical Director
1995-1999  SID SA, Project Manager

FLUENT LANGUAGES 

German, Italian, French, English

Georges Wagnières

EDUCATION 

1992  Ph.D ès Sciences, EPFL
1986 B.Sc. in Physics, UNIL 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1992-2000 EPFL-DGR/LPAS, Project Leader
1993-1994 Harvard Medical School, Post Doctoral Fellow
1986-1992 EPFL, Graduate Research Assistant 

FLUENT LANGUAGES

French, English

Pierre Wiederkehr

EDUCATION

1982      Master degree in Electrical Engineering, EPFL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1992-2000   LEM SA, Sales Manager
1990-1992   ABB, Sales Manager Suisse Romande
1985-1990   AMESA Technologies, Regional Sales Manager

FLUENT LANGUAGES 

French, English, German