Tech4Eva Conference 2024

Lan is the Deputy Managing Director of EPFL Innovation Park and an Expert of Innosuisse – the Swiss Innovation Agency.  She has 23 years of hands-on professional experience in industry as well as in the ecosystem of innovation & entrepreneurship.

Lan started her career at R&D department of Rolex, in charge of creating new computer aided design and optimisation tools in the product development process. She was later appointed as Head of Operational Planning at Pictet, working closely with a startup to design, develop and implement a management information system for group operation control. As the Managing Director of Geneva Creativity Center, she connected large corporations, SMEs, startups and researchers to initiate innovative joint R&D projects.

Currently at EPFL Innovation Park, she is leading entrepreneurship training and acceleration programs and is helping startups to establish business partnership with large corporations. Lan has a PhD degree from EPFL, an MBA from HEC Lausanne and postdoctoral applied research experience at Stanford University.

Raymon uit de Bulten is an experienced and results-driven leader in new proposition and business creation at Philips. As Director Start-up Ventures he leads a team of cross-functional intrapreneurs in developing new solutions and business models via internal ventures and incubators. Outward looking, creative and forward-thinking; Raymon specializes in bringing together business opportunities, innovation and design to create meaningful consumer solutions.

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Pascal studied economics at the University of St. Gallen / Switzerland and Columbia Business School / New York. He started his career as a strategy consultant at McKinsey.

Over the last two decades he built several startups in the digital health space. The last one – Femtech company Ava – grew to a team of 100+ people working on three continents, generating eight digit USD revenue during Pascal’s tenure as CEO.

Pascal’s latest start-up Malaica is on a mission to make the pregnancy journey safe and joyful for millions in lower income countries. Co-founded in 2022 with a team of Kenyan health experts and entrepreneurs, the company is having strong impact and revenue traction.

After a scientific and R&D career in the food and pharma industry with 20 years of experience, Francois is now Innovation advisor for Life Science and Nutrition businesses where is supports and connects companies and projects with the existing ecosystem

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Julien Penders is co-founder and COO at Bloomlife, an award-winning women’s health company solving one of the most significant yet underserved global challenges today, maternal health.  Bloomlife combines its FDA-cleared prenatal wearable with connected devices and data analytics to increase access to care, provide personalized feedback to moms, and help doctors earlier predict and manage pregnancy complications. Julien is the proud dad of 3 children who were the inspiration to create Bloomlife.

Julien is a passionate entrepreneur, operator, startup mentor and early-stage angel investor with 20-year experience in med-tech, health-tech and digital health. He led international teams through the development of medical devices and digital health products for the cardiac, neurological and wellness industry, with responsibilities covering hardware, software, analytics, clinical, regulatory, manufacturing and commercialization. Julien has (co-)authored over 60 papers and 14 patents. He is a TEDx and EMBS Distinguished Speaker. Julien was a 2004/2005 fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation. He holds a M.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics from University of Liege, Belgium (2004), and a M.Sc. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University, MA (2006).

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Marketing Director at Groupe Mutuel / Working mum of 2 big kids / worked in Swiss or multinational organizations to support change.

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Dr. Pache is Senior Registrar at the Gynecology and Obstetrics, Women-Mother-Child Department, at CHUV Lausanne University Hospital.

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After graduating as a chemical engineer and gaining experience in the field of R&D, Mariana then moved into strategy consulting.

She now holds the position of "Head of Strategy & Innovation" at Groupe Mutuel.

Anna holds a MSc from Stockholm School of Economics, as well as diplomas from the Karolinska Institutet and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).

She is passionate about the mix between economics, technology and the human aspect of healthcare.

In her current role she is responsible for the Innovation activities carried out at Groupe Mutuel, aiming to constantly bringing new topics and trends to the table.

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Jérôme is an EPFL Alumni, MSc in Material Science Engineering (2011) and CAS in Management of Life Sciences Ventures (2023), Project Management Professional (PMP 2021) and Situational Leadership Trainer (SLII 2022) with 15 years of experience in innovation, operations management, 1 successful exit and two businesses up and running (Augeo Business Coaching and PhenomX Health SA).

Jérôme is currently an active startup coach/mentor at Tech4Eva, FemTechLab, MassChallenge Switzerland and, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of PhenomX Health, an early stage Swiss FemTech startup.

That’s his passion for entrepreneurship that pushes him to create his first company in 2010 while studying and after 5 years and a successful exit, join Procter & Gamble to drive and scale-up innovation. During more than a decade managing corporate innovation Jérôme developed a strong expertise in the consumer goods and healthcare industries, notably managing P&G/Teva Pharmaceuticals JV post dissolution and the integration of Merck consumer health from an end-to-end technical operations point of view.

As a coach and mentor since 2021 Jérôme regularly supports startups and SMEs in the fields of MedTech, Digital Health and BioTech. These activities helped him develop a strong understanding of the Swiss and International startup ecosystem and, network. His fields of expertise include business strategy and operations, portfolio and resources management, digital transformation, organizational design and development, strategic partnerships.

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