Patrick Brigger

Patrick Brigger has an extensive work experience spanning over several companies and roles. Patrick is currently serving as the Co-Founder and Chairman at getAbstract since 1999. In addition, they hold the role of Beirat Hochschule Luzern, Informatik at Hochschule Luzern since 2019. Previously, they worked as a Member of the Executive MBA Advisory Board at HFU Hochschule Furtwangen since 2001. Patrick also founded Imageminds, LLC in 1998 and served as its Founder until November 1999. Patrick Brigger has worked as an Independent Consultant at IBM Research Center, New York from November 1998 to July 1999. Additionally, they were the Head of the Image Processing Lab at NIH from June 1997 to August 1998. Patrick started their career as a PhD Student at Swiss Federal Institute in Lausanne from 1991 to 1995. Patrick Brigger is also a member of the Kuratorium at aha - Ein Festival für wissen since April 2018.

Patrick Brigger's education history is as follows:

- From 1980 to 1986, they attended Kantonsschule Reussbühl, where they obtained their Matura degree in Science.

- From 1983 to 1984, they attended Woodland High School and earned their High School Diploma.

- From 1986 to 1990, they pursued a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne).

- From 1990 to 1995, they continued their studies at EPFL and completed a Dr. es. sc. (PhD) in Computer Science.

- From 1996 to 1998, they engaged in a Post Doc program at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland, USA. Their focus was on Computer Science and Image Processing.

- In 2009 and 2010, they attended NS Aviation to obtain a Pilot IFR Certification for a Single Engine Plane based on Instrument Flight Rules.

- In 2018, they participated in the Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. However, no specific degree was mentioned for this program.