WW Technology team

management

Pernilla was formerly the Stockholm-based Nordic marketing manager of an IKEA Group company, responsible for the group's consulting and investment activities in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark. After leaving Sweden, she worked for an Austrian mobile network operator ("ONE"), and was responsible for developing business solutions at the time of network expansion following the national launch. She has a degree in management from the Stockholm School of Economics and Business Administration, Sweden.

Jörg spent more than ten years with the Chair of Biocompatible Materials Science and Engineering at The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology as Vice Chairman. He also supervised more than 25 PhD students and was project leader for numerous implant development projects in co-operation with major medical device manufacturers. He worked as scientific advisor in the process of spinning out four medical device companies. He was the initiator of the Life Science Park Zurich Initiative. He got his engineering and PhD degrees from, ETH Zurich and holds several scientific awards.

research & development

Peter has a master's degree in mechanical and biomedical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Previously he worked for medical device companies in the orthopaedic industry responsible for leading R&D teams in the development of novel fracture treatment concepts. He also served as the divisional head for the Swiss Confederation's innovation promotion agency CTI in the Life Sciences area. Prior to his industrial career he worked as a research scientist at the M.E. Muller Institute for Biomechanics at the University of Bern.

Milica has a degree in mechanical engineering (biomechanical engineering and integrated design and production) from the School of Engineering in Winterthur, Switzerland. She is involved in R&D, procedural and hardware development in WW Technology AG's medical projects.

Thomas has a masters degree in materials science from the Swiss Federal Institue of Technology in Lausanne. His main fields of activity are R&D, procedural devlopment, process analysis and testing in WW Technology AG's medical projects.

Mario has a degree in timber engineering. He has spent five years in R&D at the Swiss School of Engineering for the Wood Industry in Biel, Switzerland, with main focus on the development of new bonding solutions for wooden material using friction welding technologies. He is mostly active in R&D, procedural and hardware development in WW Technology AG's non-medical projects.

Stephanie has a degree in medical engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Ulm, Germany and a bachelors degree(medical engineering)from the University of Bradford, England. She is involved in R&D, procedural and hardware development in WW Technology AG's medical projects.

Andrea has a degree in mechanical engineering (biomechanical engineering and integrated development and construction) from the School of Engineering in Winterthur, Switzerland. She is involved in R&D, procedural and hardware development in WW Technology AG's medical projects.

Philipp has a degree in mechanical engineering (Product Engineering and lightweight construction) from the School of Engineering (FHBB) in Muttenz, Switzerland. He is involved in R&D, procedural and hardware development in WW Technology AG's medical projects.

Laurent has been responsible for the majority of the WoodWelding^® technology development to date. He has spent five years as a wood engineer at the Swiss School of Engineering for the Wood Industry in Biel, Switzerland. He has been leading a range of R&D projects, both during the early conceptual state of the WoodWelding^® technology at the school, and later on to refine the technology at WW Technology AG.

Urs has a degree in mechanical engineering and several years' experience with a leading medical / osteosynthesis company. He is mostly active in R&D, procedural and hardware development in WW Technology AG's medical projects.

business development and administration

Isabella manages the wood / non-medical activities of WW Technology AG. She has a degree in English and American Studies in Combination of Subjects (Law and Economics) from the Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria.

Andrea is a certified public accountant (CPA) and is responsible for WW Technology AG finances.

board

Marcel is Partner and Shareholder of Creaholic SA in Biel, Switzerland. He has degrees in microtechnology and entrepreneurship, and has been with Creaholic SA since the early 1990s. He has worked on a range of highly innovative projects in the medical, sports, packaging and consumer industries. He is one of the inventors of the WoodWelding Base Technology and is on the Board of three technology based companies.

Gerhard is founder of GP International SA (GPI), Zurich, Switzerland, an IPR and technology investment and exploitation company. Before starting GPI in 1998, Dr. Plasonig worked for 7 years with The Generics Group, Cambridge, UK (an IKEA Group Company). He was a Member of the Board from 1994-1997. He also worked two years for Pugh Roberts Associates (an M.I.T. spin-off) in Boston, US. He has a degree in automotive engineering, a doctorate in strategic technology management from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and he was a Fulbright doctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology in Cambridge, MA.

• Elmar Mock, Swiss,
  of Creaholic SA, Biel, Switzerland
• Dr. Urs Isenegger, Swiss,
  of Bill, Isenegger & Ackermann Attorneys at Law, Zurich, Switzerland
• Pernilla Kvist, Swedish,
  of WoodWelding SA, Zug, Switzerland and WW Technology AG, Zurich, Switzerland