Coaches
BOB coaches support the participants during the contest in various ways. The functions of the coaches during BOB are specified below. They are experts in all commercial aspects of innovation in the life sciences.
Dr. Florian Becke
Project Manager, CAST, Innsbruck, Austria
- Main point of contact for projects from Tyrol and Vorarlberg
- Workshop Organization Tyrol: 12. April 2010, 30. June 2010
- Coaching of projects from Tyrol and Vorarlberg
Markus Costabiei, MBA
CEO, tech2b, Linz, Austria
- Main point of contact for projects from Upper Austria
- Coaching of projects from Upper Austria
Dr. rer. nat Irene Fialka
Consultant, INiTS, Vienna, Austria
- Main point of contact for projects from Vienna
- Workshop Organization Vienna: 9./10. April 2010
- Coaching of projects from Vienna
- Coach at coaching session 15.-16. September 2010
Dr. Michaela Fritz
Program Coordinator Life Science Austria (LISA), Austria Wirtschaftsservice, Vienna, Austria
- Coach at workshop in Vienna: 9./10. April 2010
- Coach at coaching session 15.-16. September 2010
- Consultant for further financing: PreSeed and Seedfinancing programs of Austria Wirtschaftsservice
Dr. Walter Koppensteiner, MBA
Market and Research Analyst, Austria Wirtschaftsservice, Vienna, Austria
- Expert on market research and analysis
MVDr. Michal Kostka
COO, South Moravian Innovation Center (JIC), Brno, Czech Republic
- Main point of contact for projects from the Czech Republic
- Coaching of projects from the Czech Republic
Dr. Manfred Lampl
Patent and License Manager, Austria Wirtschaftsservice, Vienna, Austria
- Coach at coaching session 15.-16. September 2010
Urban Lapajne
Project Manager, Tovarna Podejemov, Maribor, Slovenia
- Main point of contact for projects from Slovenia
- Coaching of projects from Slovenia
DI Roland Moser
Project Manager, accent Gründerservice GmbH, Krems, Austria
- Main point of contact for projects from Lower Austria and Burgenland
- Workshop Organization Vienna: 9./10. April 2010
- Coaching of projects from Lower Austria and Burgenland
Kazimierz Murzyn
Managing Director, LifeScience Cluster Krakow, Poland
- Main point of contact for projects from Poland
- Coaching of projects from the Poland

Antal Ordogh
Executive director at Hungarian Biotech Association, Szeged, Hungary
- Main point of contact for projects from Hungary
Dr. Arnold Reikerstorfer, MBA
Investment Manager, Austria Wirtschaftsservice, Vienna, Austria
- Coach at workshop in Vienna: 9./10. April 2010
- Coach at coaching session 15.-16. September 2010
- Consultant for further financing: PreSeed and Seedfinancing programs of Austria Wirtschaftsservice
Dr. Nina Sallacz
Investment Manager, Austria Wirtschaftsservice, Vienna, Austria
- Coach at coaching session 15.-16. September 2010
- Consultant for further financing: PreSeed and Seedfinancing programs of Austria Wirtschaftsservice
Johannes Sarx, MBA
Investment Manager, Austria Wirtschaftsservice, Vienna, Austria
- Best of Biotech Project Leader
- Coach at workshop in Vienna: 9./10. April 2010
- Coach at coaching session 15.-16. September 2010
- Consultant for further financing: PreSeed and Seedfinancing programs of Austria Wirtschaftsservice
Mag. Gabriele Steinkogler-Scherzer
Innovation Manager, BCCS, Salzburg, Austria
- Main point of contact for projects from Salzburg
- Coaching of projects from Salzburg

Ing. Vladimír Švač, PhD
Head of Strategy Department at Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency (SARIO), Bratislava, Slovakia
- Main point of contact for projects from Slovakia
Dr. Uwe von Ahsen
Consultant, INiTS, Vienna, Austria
- Main point of contact for projects from Vienna
- Workshop Organization Vienna: 9./10. April 2010
- Coaching of projects from Vienna
- Coach at coaching session 15.-16. September 2010
Mag. Bernhard Weber
Consultant, SciencePark Graz, Austria
- Main point of contact for projects from Styria and Carinthia
- Workshop Organization Graz
- Coaching of projects from Styria and Carinthia
Dr. Ludwig Weiss
CEO, Scixess, Kissing, Germany/Consultant, CAST Tyrol, Innsbruck, Austria
- Main point of contact for projects from Tyrol and Vorarlberg
- Workshop Organization Tyrol: 12. April 2010, 30. June 2010
- Coaching of projects from Tyrol and Vorarlberg
Ing. Monika Vrbková
External Affairs Manager/Consultant, South Moravian Innovation Center (JIC), Brno, Czech Republic
- Main point of contact for projects from the Czech Republic
- Coaching of projects from the Czech Republic





































