Sebastian Stier is primarily concerned with patent prosecution in wireless communication and computer-related technologies. Being a physicist and computer scientist with 15 years of experience in the high-tech industry, he combines broad knowledge in a range of technologies with an understanding of their economic and strategic significance.

At Siemens Corporate Research, Sebastian Stier was a software developer and project manager in medical image processing and video communication, including MPEG standardisation. As an innovation manager for the Siemens Innovation initiative, he was responsible for developing business areas based on new technologies. In 2000 he moved to Siemens Mobile Phones and gained extensive experience in international technology management and project management for mobile communication.

 

1986–1990	Research assistant at the Laboratory for Cognitive Systems/Department of Computer Science, University of Hamburg
1991–1999	Software developer and project manager at Siemens Corporate Technology
2000–2005	Project manager at Siemens Mobile Phones
2005-2009	Patent engineer at Bardehle Pagenberg Dost Altenburg Geissler, Munich
Since 2009	European Patent Attorney at Bardehle Pagenberg Dost Altenburg Geissler

1979–1985	Studied Physics at the University of Heidelberg, Germany
1985	Graduated with a “Dipl.-Phys.” degree
1986–1990	Postgraduate studies in computer vision and machine learning
1991	Awarded “Dr. rer. nat.” (PhD) in Computer Science
2009	Admitted as European Patent Attorney

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