Michael Hammerschmid
Department of Life Sciences
Transform Science
Austria
Biography
CEO and Founder, studied Food- and Biotechnology at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, and has more than 17 years professional experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. He has held different leading positions, mainly at Boehringer Ingelheim RCV, Vienna (1994-2001, 2003-2013). In this period M. Hammerschmid developed strong knowledge and management skills in a constantly changing organization. He headed different functional units such as process science, production, as well as quality control and support units, as well as managing international contract manufacturing projects. The experience of working as COO in a start up company in the field of medical diagnostic supplemented his experience for the specific needs for the initial stage of an organisation (VBC-Genomics, 2002-2003).
Research Interest
Biopharmaceutical industry
