Ep. 8 - Dr. Florian Wegener, Co-Founder and CEO of ZAGENO

Dr. Florian Wegener is the co-founder and CEO of ZAGENO, an award-winning online marketplace serving the needs of research scientists. He is also a board-certified physician.
 
In 2015, Florian co-founded ZAGENO Inc. in Boston, MA and Berlin, Germany and has since led its commercialization and go-to-market strategy. He relocated to the Greater Boston region in 2018 to continue ZAGENO’s development – principally its marketing, sales, vendor development, integration, investor’s relations and brand reputation.

Prior to ZAGENO he was a vice president and global head of eCommerce for Qiagen GmbH, in Hilden, Germany. At Qiagen Florian led the company’s digital transformation, through executing an eCommerce strategy and by implementing a new digital marketing and sales platform responsible for approximately $400 million in annual revenue. Between 2007 and 2013 Florian was a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Munich, Germany where he drove international projects including one based on a patient segmentation/ dynamic patient model for the development of a lifecycle management framework.

Florian became a fully certified MD in 2004 and in 2005, gained the title Dr. med., magna cum laude. After completing his medical degree at the Universities of Freiburg, Frankfurt, Toronto and New York University, Florian spent two years as a practicing cardiologist at the University Hospital of Frankfurt, where he performed invasive electrophysiological studies and heart surgeries.

Following his full-time medical career, Florian attended the IE Business School where he earned his MBA in entrepreneurship, corporate finance/valuation, strategy and negotiations.

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