Wolfram Foerster

As member of the European Patent Office´s senior management, Wolfram headed up various key departments, such as the Controlling Office with it's responsibility for production/productivity management and the EPO’s budget preparation, the HR department including both recruitment and training, and the department responsible for the Quality Management System and for successfully driving the EPO’s first bid to gain gain ISO 9001 certification of the Patent Grant Process. During his 30 years at the European Patent Office Wolfram also  played a key role in streamlining the search and examination of pharmacological inventions and in revolutionizing the patent grant process by driving the introduction of paperless search methods throughout the office sites. 

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Wolfram is a management and professional Huna Coach, supporting companies and senior leaders in their efforts to become more efficient and to master the growing challenges associated with business processes and staff management. In this work he focuses extensively on a mindful approach, introducing coaching techniques according to the Huna principles. As an IP consultant, Wolfram is particularly interested in supporting senior students and  start-ups in the proper use of Intellectual Property, and assisting companies and government agencies in setting up an efficient IP management. 

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Wolfram is a trained pharmacist and holds a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Heidelberg and an MSc in phytochemistry from the University of California, Irvine.