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President
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IP and Technology Transfer Consultant
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Chief
Scientific Officer
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Chief Operations Officer
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Business Development Director
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Chief Financial Officer
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Ernő Duda
Founder, President & CEO
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Tel: +36 62 424 729
Fax: +36 62 426 098
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Previously
General Manager of LP Invest from 1996 until 1999, a Venture
Capital consulting company that worked with high-tech Hungarian
start-ups. Between 1991 and 1996, Mr Duda was also the founder
and Managing Director of Copy General, Hungary's largest chain of
copy centers. He was Vice President of the American Chamber of
Commerce in Hungary in 1998 and 1999 and has been President of
The Junior Achievement Foundation Hungary since 1997. Mr. Duda
teaches management courses at the Open University Euro-Contact
Business School and is the President of the Hungarian
Biotechnology Association.
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Norbert Buzás Ph.D., C.Sc.
IP and Technology Transfer Consultant
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Tel: +36 62 424 729
Fax: +36 62 426 098
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Professor
Associate at the Department of Regional and Applied Economics,
University of Szeged. Dr. Buzás is a member of the
Hungarian Chemical Society and Secretary of the Innovation
Working Group of the Regional Committe of the Hungarian Academy
of Sciences. He holds Master's degrees in Chemistry (1992),
Physics (1992), and Environmental Management (1995). Dr. Buzás
started his career in the Department of Inorganic and Analytical
Chemistry, József Attila University, Szeged. He worked as
research fellow at the Technical University of Vienna, VUB
University of Brussels and the University of Palermo. After
defending his Ph.D. thesis in 1997, he worked as an application
consultant for a scientific consultancy firm. He joined SOLVO
Biotechnology in 2000 and is responsible for issues
associated with patenting, applications for grants, acquisition
of new projects and the environmental application of SOLVO's
intellectual property. Dr. Buzás has 28 papers published
in scientific journals and he is the author of four university
textbooks.
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Péter Krajcsi Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
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Tel: +36 23 503 940
Fax: +36 23 503 941
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Associate Professor at the Dept. of Medical Biochemistry of the
Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary since
1994. Before joining SOLVO Biotechnology in 2002, he worked as
Director of Biology at ComGenex Inc., Budapest, Hungary. He was
Senior Scientist of VirRex LLC, St. Louis, MO, USA between 2000
and 2001, and worked as Head of the Department of Molecular
Cell Biology and Biochemistry at Biorex R&D Co. Hungary
between 1998 and 1999. Before 1998, he held various academic
positions in Hungary and in the United States, among them position of Visiting Scientist at Northwestern University, Dept. of
Pathology, Chicago, IL, USA; and Visiting Research Associate at the
Inst. for Molecular Virology, St. Louis University Medical
School, St. Louis, MO. USA. Dr. Krajcsi has a Ph.D. in Molecular
Cell Biology and in Biochemistry. He has published 31 papers in
peer-reviewed scientific journals and is an author on two
scientific textbooks.
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Zsolt Holló, M.D., Ph.D.
Founder, Chief Operations Officer
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Tel: +36 23 503 940
Fax: +36 23 503 941
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Previously the founder and Managing Director of Genodia Molecular Diagnostic Ltd. from 2001 till 2003,
a major Hungarian molecular diagnostic laboratory company, specialized in human diagnostics and biotechnology services.
He was the Head of Genetic Division at H-Med Diagnostic Ltd., Budapest between 1999-2001. Dr. Holló has more than
5 years of experience in basic and applied research of multidrug resistance proteins. He was a postdoctoral research fellow
at the Division of Molecular Biology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam between 1997 and 1999, supported by an EMBO Long
Term Fellowship. Dr. Holló defended his Ph.D. thesis (related to biochemical characterization of multidrug resistance proteins) in Molecular and Cellular Physiology in 1999. Before 1997, he worked as a research fellow at the Department of Cell Metabolism, National Institute of Hematology and Immunology, Budapest. He obtained his Medical Degree from the Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest in 1990.
He is an active member of Solvo's Board of Directors since 1999. He has published 15 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and he is the owner of 2 patent applications.
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Gábor Heltovics, B.Sc, M.Sc, MBA
Business Development Director
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Tel: +36 23 503 937
Fax: +36 23 503 941
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Mr. Heltovics holds Master's degrees in Biology (1995),
Chemistry (1995), and Business Administration (MBA - 2003).
In 1995 he won an annual postgraduate research scholarship
at Oxford University to study Neuropharmacology.
He started his career in Procter & Gamble Global R&D in the UK,
where he worked on various research and development projects
as a Senior Scientist (1996 - 2001).
In 2001, he returned to his native country -
Hungary where he has held senior management positions in Coca-Cola
and European Clinical Trials Associates.
Mr. Heltovics is responsible for business development operations.
He is the author of a number of papers and 15 Patents.
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László Karlinger, M.Sc
Chief Financial Officer
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Tel: +36 23 503 937
Fax: +36 23 503 941
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Before joining SOLVO
Biotechnology in 2006, Mr. Karlinger was the Migration Manager of Diageo
Budapest Business Service Center in 2005, while from 2003 to 2005 he worked
as the Finance Director of KFKI Rt., where his responsibilities included
controlling and managing all finance activities in the KFKI Group,
introducing the Management Information System reporting tool, coordinating
the cash-flow, treasury and financing activity of the Group and providing
support in the Business & Organizational Transformation project of the KFKI
Group. Between 2001 and 2003 Mr. Karlinger worked as the Controller of
Eastern Countries in EDS EMEA Central Region where he was responsible for
three countries' Financial Operation including statutory and corporate
functions (22 employees), the business support of all Client Executives,
Client Delivery Executives and Client Sales Executives and for Information
Technology Outsourcing contract support. Mr. Karlinger obtained his Degree
from the Budapest University of Economic Sciences in 1991.
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