Team
Baptiste Planat
Baptiste Planat has a master’s degree in Banking and Finance from the University Pantheon-Sorbonne in Paris. He started his career in corporate finance in the banking industry before working in the development of drugs and medical devices in the CNS field for the last 10 years.
Véronique M. Martineau
Legal and business background with a proven track record in turnaround situations. Profound international management experience in various industries and in IT environment. She has worked in different areas and has a profound financial management expertise.
Georg Dorffner
holds a PhD in Computer Science, as well as a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and is associate professor at the Medical University of Vienna. He was the founding CEO of The Siesta Group, leading the company until 2014. Since then, he has continued to serve the company as head of clinical trial operations.
Peter Anderer
holds a PhD in Technical Science, as well as a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and is associate professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Medical University of Vienna. He is since 2003 Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) of “The Siesta Group Schlafanalyse GmbH” and since 2010 part-time employe of “Philips Austria GmbH” (Sleep and Respiratory Care, Home Healthcare Solutions).”
Silvia Parapatics
holds a Master’s degree in Natural Sciences (Psychology), a Doctoral degree in Natural Sciences (Psychology), a Doctoral degree in Applied Medical Sciences (Mental Health), and is a certified Clinical Psychologist. She has been working with the company since 2004 as a project manager for clinical trials.
Georg Gruber
holds a Master’s degree in Natural Sciences (Psychology) and was approved by ESRS as Somnologist. He has been working with the company it’s founding since 2002.
Erna Loretz
holds a Master’s degree in Natural Sciences (Anthropology). She has been working with the company since 2005.
Manuel Kemethofer
studied zoology at the University of Vienna, Austria. Specializing on videosomnography and actigraphy, he worked on various scientific projects with focus on biorhythms before joining The Siesta Group in 2015.
Michael Lagler
holds a PhD in Neuroscience from the Medical University of Vienna. He has been working as postdoctoral research fellow at the Medical University of Vienna in collaboration with Cold Spring Harbour Laboratories (New York) and University of Oxford. He has been specializing on neurological signal processing, AI-powered biomarker analysis and advanced data visualization. His research focuses on deep-learning-based classification models supporting the identification of disease states and progression of various neuro-pathophysiology. Since 2023 he is Head of IT and Biomarker Research at The Siesta Group.
Sebastian Friedrich
has focused on EEG-based research of language-related neural correlates at the Brain Research Lab (Faculty of Psychology, Department of Biological Psychology). Holds a PhD from the University of Vienna and a master’s degree in Linguistics. He joined The Siesta Group in 2018.