Michaël Thémans
Director of Development Office
michael.themans@epfl.ch +41 21 693 99 58
Citizenship: Swiss & Belgian
Birth date: 17.08.1980
SQIE p/o Fondation EPFL Innovation Park
Bâtiment C
1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 99 58
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Fields of expertise
Business development Technology Transfer Industrial relationships Multidisciplinary innovation Project Management Nonlinear optimization Operations Research Mathematical Modeling Discrete Choice Modeling Transportation demand analysis Design of Experiments Statistics
Mission
As the Director of the Development Office, directly reporting to EPFL's President, my main missions include:- Alumni Relations
- Donors Relations
- Strategic partnerships & Initiatives
- Representation of the President and of the Institution in various Boards
Biography
See LinkedIn profile. ;-)Professional course
Director
Presidency - Development Office
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2021-
President
President of the Board
Société Simple pour le Quartier de l'Innovation
2021-
Board Member
Member of Foundation Board
EPFL Plus Foundation
2021-
Group Research & Innovation Director
Member of Senior Management
Richemont International SA
2019-2021
Deputy Vice-President and Head of Corporate Relations & Innovation Projects.
Vice-Presidency for Innovation
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2017-2019
Vice-President
EPFL Innovation Park Foundation
2017-2019
Deputy Vice-President
Vice-Presidency for Innovation and Technology Transfer
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2015-2016
Deputy Director
Transportation Center, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2010-2014
Data scientist and R&D specialist
Nestlé Research Center, Nestlé S.A.
2007-2009
Lecturer
Transport and Mobility Laboratory
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2007-2018
Research and Teaching Assistant
Transport and Mobility Laboratory
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2002-2007
Project manager
Project for the Swiss Federal Office of Roads (collaboration with ETH Zürich)
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2002-2004
Education
Ph.D.
Mathematics - Operations Research, Data Sciences, Modeling
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2003-2007
M.Sc.
Applied Mathematics (Numerical Optimization and Statistics)
University of Namur, Belgium
1998-2002