Jean-Marc Wismer

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Silicon Microstructures, Inc. manufactures low pressure silicon sensors for communications, video, and imaging markets. The firm’s products include digital, analog, digital & analog, compensated, uncompensated and minimally invasive sensors. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Part of Holbrook Business Systems Ltd., Lysis develops computer software solutions for livestock auctions. Lysis was acquired by Holbrook Business Systems Ltd. on April 30, 2004.

Innovative Silicon, Inc. is a privately-held, venture-backed memory chips development company. Innovative Silicon specializes in random-access memory technology and Dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) devices. Founded by Pierre C. Fazan and Serguei Okhonin in 2002, Innovative Silicon is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Sensimed SA develops non-invasive soft contact lens-based solutions. It offers solutions to monitor fluctuations in intraocular pressure continuously. The company was founded by Matteo Leonardi and Sacha Cerboni in 2003 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

SpinetiX SA provides digital signage hardware devices. It develops hyper media appliances and multi-platform software solutions. The firm’s products include HMP100 and Hyper Media Director. The company was founded by Yann Guyonvarc’h and Didier Roncin in 2006 and is headquartered in Hergiswil, Switzerland.

AXSionics AG provides a global IT security infrastructure solution, which allows companies and individuals, independently of each other, to authenticate identities and verify internet based transactions - in a very simple, elegant and economical manner. The solution is visible to its users through a single, really 'smart' card -the AXSionics Internet PassportTM - integrating multiple innovative security technologies including biometrics. It protects the user's privacy, as all biometric data remains exclusively on the Internet Passport and therefore under the users' complete control. The company was founded in 2003 as a Spin-off from the Berne University of Applied Sciences in Biel/Bienne and implements patented and award winning technologies. AXSionics operates globally and has sales partnerships with leading companies. AXSionics is member of the 'European Network of Excellence FIDIS', and is winner of Swiss ICT Award 2008, the RedDot Design Award 2009 as well the RedHerring 100 Europe Award.