Biographical Notes

Stefano Taschini received the laurea degree cum laude from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 1996 and the doctoral degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, in 2000, both in electrical engineering. From 1997 to 2004 Dr. Taschini has been with the ETH Zurich, working on modeling, digital design and system integration at the Physical Electronics Laboratory. In 2003 he was also with the Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan. After working with Unaxis Switzerland, Assembly & Packaging division (ESEC) and as an independent consultant, in 2007 Dr. Taschini joined Altis Investment Management AG, Zug, Switzerland.
Stefano Taschini received the Rotary Award as Outstanding Graduating Student of the Engineering School (University of Bologna) in 1996, and the Swiss Technology Award in 2004. He is a member of the IEEE since 1999.