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Mads Emil Matthiesen

Co-founder & CEO at WiMed, Research Assistant at Brigham & Women's Hospital / Harvard-MIT Health Science & Technology, Stud. M.Sc. Medicine and Technology,

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Part-Time Student
Website: http://www.wimed.dk
Industries: Biotech, Health, Nanotech
Skills: Business, Chemical Engineering, Danish, Editing, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, French, Languages, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, Norwegian, Public speaking, Sales, Spanish, Swedish, Writing
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Groups: Venture Cup Denmark, Venture Cup Idea Competition
Visas: J-1 USA
Interested in: Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Growing my group, Helping friends, Internships, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition, Partnering with other groups, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup, Starting a company
Schools: Technical University of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, University of Maryland System - College Park

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Honors Master's student in "Medicine and Technology" at Technical University of Denmark and University of Copenhagen.

Co-founder and CEO of MedTech company WiMed; engineering wireless medical solutions

Visiting Associate, The Boston Consulting Group, working on cost cutting and supply chain in the health care sector.

Part-time research assistant at company "Coloplast" from August 2010; work on successful scaffold systems for tissue regeneration.

Teaching assistant in "Human Biology and Diseases" fall 2010 at University of Copenhagen.

Technical assistant at Rigshospitalet's "Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine and PET" ; assisting in evaluating novel lung valve treatment experiments, Dotatate nuclear medicine trials and preparing weekly neuroendocrine tumor conferences

Member of networks Nova100, Moment Talent and DTU's Honors.

Entrepreneurship Ambassador at Department of Health Sciences and School of Medicine at University of Copenhagen. Member of the incubator Katapult. Co-founder of student entrepreneurship organization, Stardust KU, at University of Copenhagen (KU).

B.Sc. Medicine & Technology (Biomedical Engineering) July 2010.

Studied one year at University of Maryland, College Park, during 5th and 6th semester. Involved in tissue engineering research at Dr. John Fisher's lab during the full year, developing a bilayered cell-seeded hydrogel to mimick zonal organized tissues. Attended a 2-semester entrepreneurship and design class, leading to a proof-of-concept of a novel MedTech product.


Goals : Start-up developing diagnostic wireless solutions. Research in tissue engineernig, functional biomaterials and regenerative medicine.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: WiMed
Position: CEO & Co-founder
Time period: July 2010 - Present
Description: Electrophysiology instrumentation

Employer: The Boston Consulting Group
Position: Visiting Associate
Time period: May 2011 - August 2011
Description: Cost cutting and supply chain in health care

Employer: Coloplast
Position: R&D Research assistant
Time period: August 2010 - May 2011
Description: Biomaterials section

Employer: University of Copenhagen
Position: Teaching Assistant
Time period: August 2010 - December 2010
Description: Teaching Assistant in "Humane Biology & Diseases"

Employer: Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital
Position: Technical Staff
Time period: June 2010 - September 2010

Employer: Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Position: Undergrad. researcher
Time period: September 2009 - June 2010

Employer: DTU Nanotech / Risø
Position: Undergrad. researcher
Time period: January 2009 - July 2009
Description: Drug delivery in gene therapy; polymerization of linear high molecular weight PEI.

Employer: High Altitude Training Centre, Kenya
Position: Fitness Instructor
Time period: April 2006 - February 2007

EDUCATION

University: University of Copenhagen
Time period: 2010
Degree: Medicine and Technology, BSc

University: Technical University of Denmark
Time period: 2010
Degree: Medicine and Technology (Biomedical Engineering), BSc

University: University of Maryland System - College Park
Degree: Bioengineering, BSc

INFORMATION

Sports: Running
Hobbies: Outdoor, Music, Sports,
Memberships: Board member in Danish Student Society for Biomaterias
Undergraduate researcher, PolSENS Group at DTU Nanotech and Risø
Awards: Several national championship medals in indoor track, outdoor track, road and cross country
Number 1 on GPA among 55 mathematical oriented high school graduates in Copenhagen’s most popular high school, 2005

Mads Emil's Startups (3)

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  • SmartShirt

    En frisk start for ryglidelser!

  • BioAction Co-Culture

    BioAction engineers robust research approaches to regenerative medicine

  • WiMed

    WiMed innovates heart catheters. Focus is on efficacy and safety through smarter communication and control.

Mads Emil is Following (7)

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  • Leuconostoc Carnosum 40101

    A way for the dairy industry to increase the value of soft cheese targeted at consumer and business markets

  • BUCKY'o'ZUN

    BUCKY'o'ZUN is a new technology which, as the first in the world, can protect 99,99% against all UV-radiation making it able to prevent skin cancer and extend the lifespan of various materials.

  • MedMesh

    A new multifunctional wound dressing which allows for simultaneous delivery of several bioactive molecules

  • Phospho-tag protein purification

    One step purification technology for recombinant protein drugs.

Mads Emil's Contacts (9)

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  • Rune Paamand

    Pursuing Bachelors degree in Medicine and Technology from DTU, 3 months Traineeship at Spiegelberg GmbH, Hamburg, currently Web-programmer for Strålfors A/S.

  • Dennis Kayser

    Danish Computer Science student from the University of Copenhagen. Currently working on a startup as well as an Assistant IT Architect at IBM.