Acobiom’s team
Acobiom’s team comprises individuals with complementary expertise and professional background in biology, bioinformatics, statistics, and finance.
Several members of the Acobiom team are involved in the ecosystem, research and higher education of the Montpellier region (France).
Didier Ritter
Chief Executive Officer
Co-founder
Education:
1996: MBA, IAE Montpellier (France);
1995: MSc in Biology, Montpellier University (France)
Other activities:
President of an association of French Life Science companies (Bio Medical Alliance LR)
Professional Background:
Founder of a consulting company focused on life science technology transfer
Dr David Piquemal
Chief Scientific Officer
Co-founder
Education:
2000: Ph. D in Molecular Biology, Montpellier University (France)
Other activities:
member of the steering committee of the Computational Biology Institute (foundation in 2012 at Montpellier, France)
Professional Background:
Coordinator & co-leader of a Master in Biology (Montpellier University, France)
Author of several patents and scientific publications.
Philippe Outrebon
Chief Financial Officer
Investor Relations
Education:
1993: MSc in Mathematics & Finance, Paris IX – Paris Dauphine University (France)
Professional Background:
founder of IT companies, former consultant for EY (Ernst & Young) and former president of the board of the University Institute of Technology of Montpellier-Sète (France)
Florian Noguier
Engineer in Omics and Molecular Biology
Education:
2007: MSc in Molecular Biology, Genomics and Transcriptomics, Montpellier University (France)
Expertise:
Technologies: Sequencing/NGS (Roche Diagnostics & Illumina platforms) and PCR/RT-PCR/qPCR (Roche Diagnostics, Applied Biosystems, Fluidigm / Biomark & Biorad platforms)
Author of several scientific publications
Fabien Pierrat
Engineer in Bioinformatics
Education:
2004: MSc in BioInformatics, Montpellier University (France);
2003: MSc in Genetics (Nancy University, France)
Expertise:
Analysis and exploration of NGS/sequencing data
Author of several scientific publications
Roman Bruno
Engineer in Biostatistics and Data Science
Education:
2017: Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt,
2009: MSc in Biostatistics, Toulouse University (France);
2007: MSc in Biology, Toulouse University (France)
Expertise:
Data mining, Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Numbers crunching in NGS
Author of several scientific publications
Pascal Laurent
Project Manager
Education:
2006: MSc in Biotechnology, Montpellier University (France)
Professional Background:
Commercial position in a laboratory of biological analyses
Amelia Gamez Pinar
Technician
Education:
2015 : Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Granada
Expertise:
Molecular Biology
Technologies:
PCR / RT-PCR / qPCR
Process & Quality in Laboratory
Author of several scientific publications
