Summary
Thomas Glanzmann is a senior consultant who bridges deep technical R&D and market-driven product industrialisation, with over 15 years delivering innovative life-science and medical-device solutions across startups, SMEs and multinationals. He holds a Ph.D. in medical physics and has led projects from early technology validation and clinical testing through ISO/FDA-compliant design controls to manufacturing and global market launches. His experience spans programmable electro-medical systems, connected healthcare devices and opto-electronic consumer products, combining scientific leadership with hands-on project, risk and commercial management. Comfortable operating in EMEA, the USA and Japan, he is trilingual (English, French, Swiss German) and adept at aligning diverse stakeholders and OEM partners. Notably, he has both founded a photodynamic-therapy startup and stabilized turnaround projects, showing entrepreneurial grit alongside large-organisational delivery. Pragmatic, market-oriented and scientifically literate, he excels at turning complex technical innovations into manufacturable, revenue-generating products.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Management of Biotech Medtech Pharma Ventures, Certificate Management of Biotech Medtech Pharma Ventures at EPFL
Master’s Degree Biophysics, Master’s Degree Biophysics at ETH Zürich
High School, High School at Gymnasium Muttenz
German, French, English