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Scientist, Entrepreneur & Angel Investor specializing in IT companies and startups applying Computer Vision, Machine Learning in Pharma, Microscopy, and Robotics. CEO of Tooploox Research (www.tooploox.com) - formerly called MicroscopeIT - a software house specialing in R&D, AI, and Computer Vision. In 2019 successfully merged MicroscopeIT with Tooploox (www.tooploox.com), effectively scaling up the organization to 180 people. Head of the R&D department of the Tooploox group, which is 30+ researchers & staff engineers. CSO of Cat-astrophe Games Studio (www.cat-astrophe-games.com), an indy game studio focused on AR applications. Senior Staff Scientist & Lead of Image Analysis at Scientific Center of Optical & Electron Microscopy at ETH Zurich working in Life Sciences and Computer Science's multidisciplinary interface. Focused on substituting current state-of-the-art Computer Vision and Data Analysis methods with groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence techniques. Spent +15 years of life in the R&D sector. Have worked with great minds in institutions like the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Humboldt University Berlin (HUB), and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). Selected projects: 2020: Angel Investor @ ZOWIE (zowie.ai), MobilWay S.A., and a few others in the seed phase 2018: Co-founder @ Cat-astrophe Games: An indy game studio specializing in AR/VR technologies. 2017: Co-founder @ ZIDAS (www.zidas.org): An international school on Image and Data Analysis for Life Scientists. 2015: CEO & Partner @ MicroscopeIT: An AI R&D software house specializing in Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Optimization. Now, after successfully M&A part of Tooploox Group. Finished projects: 2017: Investor @ Vratis (www.vratis.com): Consultancy in Computational Fluid Dynamics consulting. Exited in 2020. 2016: Co-founder @ Histopixel (www.histopixel.com): A startup that provides machine learning-based tools that help pathologists. Exited in 2019. 2012: Founder @ Yeast-Image-Toolkit (YIT). 2011: Founder @ Systems Biology Model Checker (SBMC). 2009: Founder @ Spatio-Temporal Simulation Environment STSE (http://stse-software.org). Teaching (selected): - Deep Learning for Bioimage Analysis 2020-2021, EMBL Heidelberg - Microscopy Summer School 2016-2021, Center for Experimental and Clinical Imaging Technologies Zurich - Swiss Image and Data Analysis School 2016-2021, ETH Zurich & EPFL Lausanne