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Current
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International advisor to governments, VC associations, and intl. VC firms in Asia,
Europe, Israel and USA, as well as university lecturer in USA and Europe on "Entrepreneurship
& Venture Capital", and non-executive board member for Swiss-based international
technology companies (SMEs)
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Past
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Business executive and engineer in electronics, machineries and aerospace in Europe,
Asia, and USA since 1978 (11 years overseas)
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Business
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Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) and MBA at CSIM-USA; Senior Executive Program
at UC Berkeley/USA; Board Management Program at Univerity of St. Gallen; 2 Post
Graduate Programs at UC Berkeley/USA
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Engineering
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Information Technology, BS-eq. BBC Eng. School/Switzerland; Microprocessor Technology,
Control Data Institute, San Francisco/USA
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Languages
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English (in UK-1yr, in USA 5-yrs); French (in Nice & Paris 1-yr)
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Venture Capital &
Innovation &
Internationalization
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- Stanford University (SPRIE) – ‘Senior Advisor on VC’ (since 2008)
- World Economic Forum (WEF) – ‘Core Team’, Multiple projects (since 2004)
- E&Y (VCAG) – ‘Academic VC Advisor’ to global VC think-tank (since 2002)
- Beijing Government – ‘Advisor for VC & Internationalization’ (since 2009)
- Shanghai VC Association – ‘International VC Advisor’ (since 2009)
- SECA – ‘Co-chairman for Research & Statistics’ (since 2002)
- etc.
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Other
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- Largest research ever on “The Globalization of VC” (600-page book)
- Research on “High Growth Startups” (Stanford University & WEF)
- Swiss national marketing champion in 1994
- etc.
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