Josef Krautkraemer, Dr.
Dr. Josef Krautkraemer received a PhD in Computer Science in 1986 and an MBA in 1985 of the London Business School and has 20 years experience in ICT and business management. He served major ICT companies in various management functions and successfully developed the first European etix systems for Deutsche Lufthansa, Alitalia and others. Lately hen is focused on funding and coaching young high-tech startup companies, he is an accredited HTGF coach and KFW-ERP Startfond lead investor.

Mike Beunder, Dr.
Dr. Beunder CEO of Vector Fabrics joined Vector Fabrics in May 2007 and was previously CEO at Cavendish Kinetics, The Netherlands, Manager Strategy & Marketing Design Technology at Philips Semiconductors (Eindhoven, The Netherlands); Co-Founder and Vice-President of Silicon Access Networks Inc. (Santa Clara, USA); Director Library and Process Technology, Avant! (Fremont, CA, USA); Director of Technology Development at COMPASS Design Automation (Sophia Antipolis, France; San Jose, CA, USA); Designer & Manager VLSI Design at IMS (Stuttgart, Germany); Design Methodologist, Philips Telecommunications (Hilversum, The Netherlands) and Designer, VLSI Program, C.S.I.R.O. (Adelaide, Australia). Dr. Beunder published over 30 publications and 3 patents.

Rainer Brück, Prof. Dr.
Prof. Dr. Rainer Brück received a diploma in Computer Science from the University of Dortmund in 1983. From 1983 to 1996 he has been working at University of Dortmund, DE, Fachbereich Informatik, Lehrstuhl 1, first as a research assistant, since 1989 as an Assistant Professor. In 1989 he received his PhD in Computer Science from University of Dortmund. From 1986 to 1996 he has been heading the research group Physical Design of Micro Electronic Systems. His research work in these years was mainly dedicated towards CAD tools for Microelectronics and Microsystems. From November 1996 to March 1998 he was Associate Professor at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, DE. There he extended his research work towards Multimedia for Teaching and Training in Microtechnology. Since April 1998, Prof. Brück is a Full Professor at the Institute of Micro System Technologies at Siegen University. His research focus there is on methods and tools for physical design and process support in silicon-based MEMS and microelectronics technologies.

Wilbert G. M. van den Hoek, Drs.
Drs. van den Hoek is the President and CEO of Novellus Development Company, a venture fund that will focus on strengthening Novellus’ technology portfolio for both existing and new potential market opportunities by investing in promising technologies. Since joining Novellus Systems, Inc. in 1990, Drs. van den Hoek has held numerous technical management positions, including Director of technology for Nippon Novellus, Senior Director of dielectric technology, and Vice President of the company’s Dielectrics Business Unit. During his time in that position, he was also in charge of Novellus’ Manufacturing organization. Prior to his current position, he was Chief Technical Officer and Executive Vice President of integration and advanced development. In that role, he was responsible for setting the long-term technical direction of the company as well as driving the merger and acquisition strategy. He was also acting General Council and in charge of Human Resource, while he was CTO. Before joining Novellus, Drs. van den Hoek held various management positions in the Philips Electronics Research Organization in both The Netherlands and the United States. Drs. van den Hoek holds a Doctorandus degree in Chemistry from the Rijks Universiteit, located in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Albert Stritter, Dr.
Dr. Stritter is Vice President and Managing Director of Bangalore, India for Infineon Technologies AG. Albert Stritter is in charge of the complete Indian Operation of Infineon including R&D with about 600 engineers for software and hardware development, Marketing and Sales, Finance, Human Resources, IT, and Facility Management. Previously, he was Vice President of Design Automation and Technology for 7 years and responsible for the design automation, library development, technology integration and EDA contracts for the whole company. Before joining Infineon Technologies AG, Albert Stritter was the director of Compass Design Automation in San Jose, USA. He was responsible for development, worldwide strategic and regional marketing of libraries, library development tools, technology integration, foundry relationship, interface to other EDA tools and IP development and integration as well as application engineering.