Management

Maximilian earned a master's degree in engineering and bio-technology, and he further graduated in finance & management, as well as micro-economics.

He started at the R & D department of the FIAT automotive group and was soon promoted to lead several units. Following, he moved within the FIAT Group to international responsibility in Marketing & Sales. Before Maximilian joined Pantros IP's predecessor, Smart IP Solutions, as founding member and managing director, he was leading the international key account business for CNH in Germany and Central Europe.

Today, Maximilian is CEO of Pantros IP. He is fluent in German, English, Italian and French.

Markus is an entrepreneurial investor specializing in growth stage investment. His portfolio includes companies serving the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Software / High Technology, and Agriculture industries.

Markus has also founded companies such as the Swiss pharmaceutical company TIMA, and in 1998, he purchased the Domaine Prive winery. The winery was modernised and transformed it into one of the leading newcomer wine estates in Europe.

His investments are geographically diversified, with portfolio companies headquartered in the US, Japan, Thailand, Germany, France, UK, and Scandinavia.
Upon exit, his portfolio companies have produced an average return on investment of 6.8 times.

Stephanie Gibbs is a founding member of Pantros IP, bringing more than 30 years experience in technology development. She was instrumental in the technology development which transitioned Pantros IP's predecessor, PatentCafe, from an informational early "blog" site focused on supporting individual inventors to an enterprise-level software development company.

Her background includes the IT design and implementation of software at the automated Apple Macintosh factory in Fremont, CA. In 1989, she founded a software development and consultancy company, providing software and services to clients such as Silicon Graphics, Alcoa, TRW, Novell, and many others. Her company's products, produced for Solomon IV for Windows, were acquired by Solomon Software, and integrated into the Solomon product line at Microsoft.