Bosshard and Bucourt join EPIC's board of directors

Date Announced: 12 Jun 2019

CSEM Muttenz chief and CEO of Imagine Optics to help lead European industry group.

Christian Bosshard, Vice President, Head CSEM Center Muttenz and Samuel Bucourt, CEO of Imagine Optic, will be joining the distinguished Board of Directors of [the] European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC), replacing Kurt Weingarten, Managing Partner, Tarkas Ventures and Bruno Mourey, Vice President, CEA-Leti, as announced at the EPIC Annual General Meeting 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. Christian and Samuel will bring together their experience and expertise of advanced processes and entrepreneurship respectively in the field of photonics.

Christian Bosshard said, on joining the EPIC Board of Directors: “Over the years, EPIC has built a strong network of companies across the entire spectrum of the European photonics industry. Today, EPIC is a leading advocate in the industry with its trusted experts and leaders. I am privileged to be a part of EPIC Board of Directors and look forward to the commitment towards the growth of the photonics industry.” Samuel added: “EPIC is a leading photonics association in Europe and has been actively involved in bringing its members together resulting in partnerships and collaborations, thereby integrating the industry and improving the workings of photonics ecosystems. I am very excited to work with EPIC towards this development.”

Dr. Christian Bosshard is the Vice President at CSEM, a leading non-profit swiss research and technology organization. Christian is managing developments in the fields of MicroNano Optics & Photonics, Sensing & Security, Large Area & Flexible Systems and the associated integration technologies for applications including lighting, space and aeronautics, pharma and bio, health and medical. Christian received his degree in Physics (1986) and his doctorate (1991, Silver medal award) from ETH Zurich. After a postdoctoral stay at the Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL) in Orlando, Florida, he was Senior Scientist and Lecturer ('venia legendi’) at ETH before joining CSEM in 2001. Christian is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA), managing director of the Swissphotonics technology network and member of the Board of Stakeholders of Photonics21.

Samuel Bucourt founded Imagine Optic in 1996, and Imagine Eyes in 2003. These companies are focused on offering instrumentation based on wavefront sensing and adaptive optics for academics, industrial and medical purpose. Samuel graduated from Institut d’Optique Graduate School and HEC Paris. He started his career by developing a 3D probe based on conoscopi holography (Le Conoscope). He is the co-author of [a] few patents and scientific articles as well as an expert in optical metrology and adaptive optics. Along with his experience of 25 years in [the] photonic[s] industry, Samuel also serves as a VP of Photonics France (the National French Photonics trade association). As an entrepreneur, Samuel brings to the association his expertise in corporate management and his spirit of growing a startup company.

“It’s a privilege to have Christian and Samuel on our Board of Directors and to have their expertise and knowledge of the photonics industry to EPIC association and its members. EPIC’s model of connecting the European photonics community worldwide is through collaboration and partnerships and we look forward to working with Christian and Samuel to further promote photonic technologies and innovations.” says Benno Oderkerk, President of EPIC.

2019 EPIC BOARD OF DIRECTORS

· Benno Oderkerk, CEO, Avantes (The Netherlands)

· Christian Bosshard, Vice President, CSEM (Switzerland)

· Jan Meise, CEO, AMS Technologies (Germany)

· Martin Schell, Director, Fraunhofer HHI (Germany)

· Maurizio Gattiglio, Vice President, Prima Electro, and Chairman & CEO, Convergent Photonics (Italy)

· Petteri Uusimaa, President & CEO, Modulight (Finland)

· Samuel Bucourt, CEO, Imagine Optics (France)

Source: EPIC