Olivier BENOITFounder

France - Annecy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Industrial Engineer graduated from INSA Lyon in 1997, I started working in Société Médicale de Précision in Geneva, a subsidiary of Corneal Group where I installed the manufacturing activities for Intra-Ocular Lenses. In 1999, I joined Corneal Industry in Pringy – France where I cumulated successful responsibilities into the manufacturing of Intra-Ocular lenses and hyaluronic acid based products, until being appointed as Manufacturing Manager at end 2000.
Late 2002, with a group of former Corneal employees I founded ANTEIS in which I was appointed as Chief Operations Officer. I was in charge of settling the company, developing the initial products, organizing the manufacturing activities including installation of 2 new factories in compliance to the most stringent applicable standards. I was in charge of the technical development, and more specifically of the US registration for intra-dermal medical devices through PMA. At the end 2009 I was given the charge of Global Regulatory Affairs and at the same time transitioned to Managing Director Healthcare. In that position I am henceforth entirely dedicated to the marketing and sales development for Ophthalmology and Orthopedic products.
Since beg. of 2013 I am also in charge of managing and developing B2B agreements and license-out relations with 3rd parties for all the products of the company.
Starting nov. 2'013, I am heading Aptissen as CEO position, ensuring smooth and complete spin-off from ANTEIS and taking care of the product and business development of the Company.
After a year off, I fall into entrepreneurship again and found CILIATECH in end 2'017, a startup dedicated to medical devices development for surgical ophthalmology and glaucoma surgery.