Christof Gaenzler

Christof Gaenzler has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning over two decades. Christof began their career as a Diploma Student at Karls-Ruprecht University in 1998. Following this, they worked as a PHD Researcher at the German Cancer Research Center (dkfz) until 2002.

Gaenzler then joined LION Bioscience in 2002 as a Senior Scientific Consultant, where they worked until 2005. In 2006, they joined TIBCO Spotfire as an Application Specialist, responsible for conducting software demos and workshops for Central European customers.

From 2007 to 2012, Gaenzler held multiple roles at TIBCO Spotfire, including Senior Solutions Consultant and Manager Solutions Consultant. In these positions, they managed a team of software sales consultants, trained global sales teams, and conducted customer-specific demos and trainings.

In 2010, Gaenzler worked as an external Bioinformatics Consultant at Erasmus MC, where they contributed to genomics data mining and whole genome analytics projects. Christof also presented their work at the ECCB 2010 conference and published a use case in Biospektrum.

From 2008 to 2008, Gaenzler worked as a Clinical Data Analytics Consultant at Novartis, where they created interactive visual data analytics tools for a large phase III trial.

In 2015, Gaenzler joined Zephyr Health as a Technical Account Manager, supporting Pharma and Healthcare companies with Real World and HEOR data analytics.

Gaenzler then joined PerkinElmer Informatics in 2016, where they held various roles including Manager Scientific Analytics, Market Development Manager, and Global Marketing Manager. In these positions, they led business planning and strategy, managed product marketing and sales enablement, and built strong relationships with upstream and downstream partners.

Their most recent position is as Director of PreSales and Product Marketing at ZONTAL, starting in 2023.

Christof Gaenzler obtained a Dr.rer.nat. degree in Molecular Biology from the German Cancer Center DKFZ, where they studied from 1999 to 2002. Prior to that, they attended Heidelberg University from 1994 to 2001, also earning a Dr.rer.nat degree in Molecular Biology. In 2013, Christof Gaenzler obtained a certification in Mandel Communication SCIPAB from Mandel Communications, Inc.