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Short Profile Dr. Holger Engel:

  • Grown up in a small Medical Devices Environment
  • Ph.D. in Molecular Immunology, Braunschweig, Germany
  • 20+ years Industry Expertise with Development & Commercialization of Research Tools & In Vitro Diagnostics
  • Special skills in starting new Application and Business Fields.

  • 13 Years QIAGEN, Hilden, Germany
  • 3 Years STAT-Dx (previously STAT-Diagnostica), Barcelona. Exit to QIAGEN (Now called QIAstatDx)
  • Since May 2017: Technology Consultancy Services, Essen (Near Düsseldorf, Germany): Molecular Technologies – Strategy to Product.

Expertise & Skills:

  • Experiences from Senior Management Roles, Commercialized >100 Products, >20 Patents, involved in 13 M&A Projects
  • Make things work: Starting something from scratch – Overcoming the challenges & make things work
  • Expertise in bringing an IVD Start-Up to a successful Exit
  • Strategist: System View in Commercialization of new Technologies & Building new Business Areas – Identify key success factors – Dos and Don’ts
  • Product Design, Customer View & Market Access Strategies, Partnering, Technology Scouting, M&A Projects
  • Molecular Diagnostics:
    • Multiplex Infectious Disease, PCR & Immuno Assays
    • Integrated Systems for Point-of Care Diagnostics
    • System View – Merging Reagents with Plastics and Automation
  • Manufacturing Strategy & Building Reagents Manufacturing Plants
  • Selection & Management of Suppliers and Outsourced Development & Manufacturing
  • Life Science: Academia, Applied Testing (Human Identity – Forensic, Veterinary Dx, Food Safety Testing, Biosafety, Environmental)

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