Experience

Aleva Neurotherapeutics SA

• Switzerland
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  → Responsible for Business Development and Financing activities in collaboration with Board of Directors→ Define company strategy and objectives with Board of Directors and C-Level→ Responsible for building and maintaining proper structure to deliver on goals (HR, infrastructure, finance)

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Oct 2011 - Present

  → Program Manager of the directSTIM Deep Brain Stimulation System, an innovative active implantable device used for treatment of Movement Disorders diseases (CE-Mark in 2019).→ Resource Management (Human Resource, Infrastructure and Finance).→ Supervision of R&D and Manufacturing.→ Management representative for Quality Assurance.



Allergan

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Manager - Director R&D, Technology & Production

  • Mar 2007 - Jun 2011

  → Responsible of Lausanne site with a team of 29 people. → Responsible of developing a revolutionnary adjustable gastric banding. → Strong interaction with local outside vendors. → Direct reports to Allergan Medical Headquarters, located in Santa Barbara,California. → Responsible of Lausanne site with a team of 29 people. → Responsible of developing a revolutionnary adjustable gastric banding. → Strong interaction with local outside vendors. → Direct reports to Allergan Medical Headquarters, located in Santa Barbara,California.



EndoArt SA

• Medical Device
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Technology & Production

  • Jan 2006 - Feb 2007

  → Set-up and validation of Easyband (remote controlled adjustable gastric band) production line in Lausanne.→ Responsible of transfer of Easyband production to outside manufacturer's Moroccan plant.

• R&D Project Manager

  • Oct 1999 - Dec 2005

  → Easyband: Development of a remote controlled adjustable gastric banding system for treating morbid obesity (CE-Mark in 2005).→ FloWatch-PAB: Development of a remote controlled adjustable pulmonary artery banding system for treating congenital heart desease in new born babies (CE-Mark in 2003).→ 3 US Patents.



Microsystems Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

• R&D Engineer

  • Apr 1998 - Feb 1999

  → Development of a miniaturized mass flow sensor in collaboration with Endress + Hauser, Basel, Switzerland → Development of a miniaturized mass flow sensor in collaboration with Endress + Hauser, Basel, Switzerland