Karine Brand

Karine Brand's work experience includes serving as the Chief Executive Officer at Laird Thermal Systems, where they oversee global operations and develops thermal management solutions for medical equipment. Karine has also held the role of Vice President of Technology - Engineered Thermal Systems at Laird Thermal Systems. Prior to their time at Laird Thermal Systems, Brand worked at Wieland-Werke AG as the Director of Global R&D and the Business Development Manager. Karine also served as an Innovation Engineer at Wieland-Werke AG. Additionally, Brand was the Managing Director at Wolverine/Wieland Heat Transfer Technologies, LLC, where they integrated development platforms to create heat transfer solutions. Karine began their career as a Heat Transfer Engineer at Wieland-Werke AG.

Karine Brand has an extensive education history in the field of engineering. Karine obtained their Bachelor's degree in Chemical Process Engineering from ENSIC, Nancy, France in 1995. Afterwards, they pursued their Master's degree in Heat Transfer at Technische Universität Berlin, Germany from 1994 to 1995. Their academic journey continued as they completed their PhD in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in Heat Transfer, from Texas A&M University, United States, spanning from 1999 to 2002.