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Dr. Elmar Platzgummer

Chief Executive Officer

IMS Nanofabrication AG
   
Education:  

Ph.D. Surface Physics, Vienna University of Technology

   
Experiences:  
• CEO, IMS Nanofabrication AG, Vienna, Austria
CTO & COO
> 30 Patents, > 100 publications
   
Biography:  
Elmar Platzgummer received his Physics Diploma 1995 and his PhD 1999 from Vienna University of Technology. His academic studies involved investigations of the stoichiometry and nano-structure of metal-alloys and were based on the optimization of surface science analytical tools. He joined IMS in 1999 and has taken a key role in the development of IMS’s multi-beam technology and its application fields. Elmar has generated more than 30 patents laying the foundation of the company’s leading position in the area of electron and ion multi-beam technology, and he co-authored more than 100 publications. In Oct 2005 he became CTO and COO of IMS, and in this role built IMS’s innovative team of experts and realized several R&D tools and prototype systems for the industry and in the framework of EU funded projects. In Oct 2011 he was promoted to the board of managing directors (“Vorstand”). Since Oct 2012 Elmar is Chief Executive Officer of IMS Nanofabrication AG.