Bridging Science, Engineering & Business
Turning Complex Technologies into Products & Ventures
DR. HOLGER ENGEL
DIAGNOSTICS & LIFE SCIENCE TOOLS
FROM TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCT
Bridging Science, Engineering and Business.
Supporting Founders, Investors and Development Teams in
Turning Technologies into Products and Ventures.
WHAT I DO
"Supporting Founders, Investors
and Development Teams in
Turning Technologies
into Products and Ventures."
Bridging Science, Engineering and Business
WHAT I DO
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTIZATION
Turning innovative technologies in to market-ready products, scalable development programs and implementable manufacturing concepts.
TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS TRANSLATION
Bridging science, engineering, operations and business stakeholders to align strategy, execution and market needs.
LEADERSHIP &
EXECUTION
Supporting Life Science and Diagnostics companies with strategic sparring, interim leadership and hands-on execution in complex multidisciplinary environments.
TYPICAL CHALLENGES I HELP SOLVE
Turning Technology into Products and Ventures
Development Stalled
Technology works but Development Progress is too slow.
Need Leadership
Start-up Interim Leadership before hiring a full-time Executive.
Investor Clarity
Addressing key investor questions and build realistic development plans.
Not Yet Clarity in Product Definition
From System Design to Specifications, Partners, Costs.
Manufacturing Bottleneck
From first Prototypes to Ramping up Manufacturing
Teams Misaligned
Teams struggle to align Science, Engineering and Business Objectives.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
QIAGEN
2001 - 2014
Director R&D
From R&D Scientist to Head of Applied Testing:
Established and led QIAGEN's Applied Testing R&D Competence Center and strategic development activities. Business Segment Leadership Team Member.
From 2001-2009, developed multiplex PCR assays, reagents and sample-to-result technologies and launched multiple products across life science and diagnostics markets.
STAT-Dx S.L.
2014 - 2017
Reagents Director
Senior leadership role driving reagent and multiplex molecular point-of-care syndromic testing IVD system development through Series C financing and successful exit to QIAGEN.
AMBIATEC BIOSOLUTIONS
2021 - 2025
CEO & Founder
Founded and led a diagnostics startup focused on ultra-fast molecular diagnostic technologies from concept to prototype.
Directed all steps from idea to technology strategy, fundraising, IP development and strategic partnerships.
ALLERGIOS B.V.
2025 - 2026
CEO
Led development of a novel allergy diagnostics platform combining microfluidics, digital imaging and AI-supported data analysis.
Strategic & Organizational Re-start, Managed fundraising activities, strategic partnerships, productization roadmap in a venture-builder start-up.
Dr. Holger Engel Consulting
2017 - PRESENT
CEO & Founder
Supporting diagnostics, life science companies in effectively translating technology into products, especially focusing on system developments.
Acting as strategic sparring partner, execution-focused interim leader and consultant for startups and established organizations.
MDx Assay Cartridge: Manufacturing Line.
Outome of this project was a validated manufacturing line for a small, room-temperature stable in-vitro-diagnostic assay cartridge with
assay for diagnosis of an infectious-disease. The cartridge is launched as CE IVD in Europe, and FDA trials in the USA are ongoing.
Middle sized Diagnostics Company
Belgium
Integrated Test Cartridge:
Cost analysis & Optimization Strategy.
The client was a diagostics start-up company developing a novel integrated sample-to-result cartridge.
VC financed Point-of-Care MDx Start-Up
Europe
Point-of-Care Test Cartridge: Reagents
Integrated Test Cartridge: Reagents.
In this project the client developed a new integrated sample to results cartridge for in-vitro-diagnostics and we helped them to get the right reagents for fast-PCR and room-temeprature storage.
VC financed Point-of-Care MDx Start-Up
Germany
Contract R&D: Efficiency & Effectiveness
Contract R&D: Efficiency & Effectiveness.
Supporting a diagnostic company in streamlining their contract R&D: From support in developing proposals for contract R&D projects, project cost calculation, project & work package planning. and coaching the team.
Mid-sized Diagostics Company
Belgium
PAST PROJECT EXAMPLES
Diagnostic Start-Up:
Structering Ideas & Investor Pitch Deck.
Coaching a start-up founder team in structuring their business idea, product offering, cost analysis, market & competition analysis and developing an investor pitch deck.
University Spin-out Start-Up
Germany
This Strategy: Business Area Invest-Divest
Strategy: Business Area Invest-Divest.
The goal of this project was to analyse the market footprint, product offering and develop a strategy around enzyme products for the Life Science market segment.
Mid-sized Life Science and MDX Enzyme Components Supplier
Europe
LET'S TALK
ADDRESS:
Hamm / Westfalen
Germany
(100 km from Düsseldorf Airport)
Email:
info@holgerengel.com
PHONE NUMBER:
+49 152 56 34 56 88