Primary Job Title President & CEO Primary Organization BrainLAB
Location Munich, Bayern, Germany Regions European Union (EU), Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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Stefan Vilsmeier (born 1967) has served as its CEO and has been the driving force behind the company’s innovation and customer focus. A self-taught computer programmer, Vilsmeier prepared the ground for his enterprise at the age of 17 when he wrote a book on 3D Graphics. With more than 50,000 copies sold, it turned into a bestseller in its
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In 1989, Vilsmeier enrolled at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, to study Computer Programming and The Theory of Medical Technology. However, his enterprising nature and burgeoning business in computer-assisted medical technology left little time for theory. While still in the first semester, Vilsmeier founded Brainlab GmbH from the proceeds of his book. During the following years, Stefan Vilsmeier spearheaded new developments in the area of neuro-navigation and radiotherapy.
With hospitals in Asia, North America and South Africa as some of its first customers, Brainlab has been an international company from the very beginning. Today, Brainlab AG generates more than 50 percent of its revenues in the US and has strategic partnerships with some of the world’s leading healthcare companies.
Vilsmeier has evolved the company’s vision beyond software solutions for medical treatments that are more precise, less invasive, and less expensive than traditional methods. Brainlab is now able to bring entire medical centers to a new level of integration and patient care by providing the infrastructure and support for state-of-the-art access and management of digital medical information.
