A creative life-sciences family

We are Pulmotree: a young medical technology start-up from Munich. The headquarters in the creative district of Maxvorstadt is where our hearts beat.

This is the place where new ideas and concepts come to life. And this is the place that is saying farewell to outdated processes and ways of thinking.

Based on partnership. And genuinely authentic.

Whatever we develop and whoever we advise, we do it in a spirit of partnership, remaining true to ourselves. The Pulmotree team are then more than just specialists in their field.

Partnerships connect us with customers and with associates from the pharmaceutical and medical technology industries to form a creative life sciences family.

The minds behind Pulmotree

Ulf Krüger
CEO and Founder

Ulf is the visionary behind Pulmotree. His experience in life sciences and especially in managing projects, programmes and portfolios is the basis of our company. He also brings his broad industry knowledge of strategic development and planning, product management, research and development and industrialisation.

In his former position as Director – Fox Nebuliser Programs at Vectura GmbH, he held responsibility for the entire sector of membrane nebulisers. Previous to that, he held various positions in the research and development department of Pari GmbH. He is a graduate biomedical engineer and a certified senior project manager (IPMA® Level B) and is a member of The Aerosol Society, the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine (ISAM).

 

Carolina Dantas
Medical & Scientific Affairs

Carolina’s expertise as a pulmonologist MD adds to Pulmotree the valuable insight of both physicians and patients. Specialized in respiratory infectious diseases and lung related indications such as cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis, she has a vast hands-on clinical experience with inhaled drug therapies.

As a Manager of Medical and Scientific Affairs her search for innovation in healthcare matches with Pulmotree’s forward-thinking approach to the evolution of respiratory therapies. Besides her knowledge in clinical research, Carolina is an accomplished communicator in science, counting with published scientific papers, a book chapter, and several original presentations in international conferences. Carolina holds a Master’s degree in Medicine, is a member of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia, the European Respiratory Society (ERS), and the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine (ISAM).

Kristian Kellner - Pulmotree

Kristian Kellner
Research & Development

Kristian has extensive experience in the healthcare industry, including managing product and technology development programmes. He is equally at home leading international cross-functional teams as implementing product development and project management structures. He specialises in team communications.

As Programme Manager at LivaNova and Pentax Medical, he was responsible for key product development programmes for heart–lung machines and endoscopic equipment. He also has many years of experience in a wide range of technical research and development projects in dermatology and ophthalmology. He is a graduate biomedical engineer and certified project manager (IPMA® Level C) and communications coach.

The 2nd degree Pulmotree family

Stefan Kaltenbacher Advisory Board Member Pulmotree

Stefan Kaltenbacher
Advisory Board Member – Marketing & Corporate Finance

Stefan is the one connecting the dots between the Life Science industry and the corporate finance world. His broad background in Life Sciences delivers a number of values to Pulmotree when sharing insights and capabilities in identifying the strategic direction coupled with tactical sales and marketing excellence.

In his former positions as General Manager for Corporations like BAYER AG, Johnson & Johnson and CareFusion Stefan gained a richness of experience in a number of healthcare disciplines but foremost in leading people and developing talents. His extensive international work helped him to practice a global mindset but noteably sharing experiences and let others benefit from them. He lives by his credo.. “ healthcare is all about curiousity, every day.” Stefan is advising world class Private Equity groups and Family offices. He is a graduated  Bachelor of Business Administration and holds a Corporate Master degree from the University of Notre Dame, USA.

Benjamin Schimmel Advisory Board Pulmotree
Benjamin Schimmel
Advisory Board Member – Finance

As a tax consultant and German chartered accountant, Benjamin has many years of experience in implementation-oriented consulting for SMEs, which he gained among other things as a consultant at Deloitte. Benjamin is the managing director of the tax consultant and accountants firm Schimmel Steuerberater, Wirtschaftsprüfer.

We trust in his broad competence and knowledge around the topics of taxes, startups, business management and organizational design. He is our cooperation partner for internal / external accounting, tax declaration as well as tax and business consulting. Benjamin holds a degree in business administration and is a member of the chamber of chartered tax accountants, and the chamber of tax advisors.

Thorsten Reh - Advisory Board Pulmotree

Thorsten Reh
Advisory Board Member – Legal

Thorsten looks back at more than 16 years of international experience in med-tech and pharma as Attorney, Legal Counsel, Head of Legal, Healthcare Compliance Officer, Chief Administration Officer and Managing Director. Thorsten Reh is the managing director of MEDIAS REHS, a law firm based in Munich, Germany.

His experience includes medium-sized companies such as Helios and Biotest as well as innovative international groups like ResMed and large international companies such as Linde Healthcare. Thorsten is a fully qualified German lawyer and holds a Master of Laws degree from UNSW (University of New South Wales, Sydney) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Management from ESMT (European School of Management and Technology, Berlin). He is a Certified Compliance Officer (DIZR) as well as a Certified Data Protection Officer (TÜV).

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Our loft

Lofty spaces at Pulmotree Medical GmbH in Munich’s Maxvorstadt reflect what and how we think. They inspire us to seek out new perspectives. They encourage us to go on reinventing ourselves. A perfect environment for flexible and agile working, focused and straightforward.

Close to the creative and cultural centre of Munich and very close to science and research. With the three universities, the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU), the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Munich University of Applied Sciences (HM), we and our future employees benefit directly from each other.

This means Pulmotree is no ordinary Munich medical technology start-up but rather a life sciences partner with interests far beyond the city borders.

We believe in honest values

TRANSPARENCY

We assure customers and partners get full insight into our activities. They become a part of the team during the project.

TRUST

Mutual trust is vital to long-term customer relationships. We are open and approachable, including to criticism. We continuously reflect on what we do and how we communicate.

INTEGRITY

We understand integrity as communicating and acting authentically. We think and act morally and ethically by keeping to our word. Without exception.
Always.

PASSION

We are passionate about our mission: to improve the quality of life of patients. When a patient forgets for a moment the seriousness of their illness, then we are doing our job right. This is what motivates us.

Sustainability deep into the lungs

We strive to reduce the amount of disposable materials used in our products to a minimum while ensuring maximum patient safety. On the one hand, this reduces the costs of therapy and, on the other hand, protects our planet from the unnecessary consumption of fossil resources.

We believe sustainability is an important factor and is applied throughout the entire company. In addition to development and production with a resource-saving strategy, we also think about what other contributions we can make. We drink our company cappuccino with oat milk instead of cow’s milk – and this is only the beginning!