Valens Frangez

Dr. sc.

Dr. sc.

Dr. sc.

Dr. sc.

Valens

Valens

Valens

Valens

Frangez

Frangez

Frangez

Frangez

Zurich, Switzerland

Zurich, Switzerland

Zurich, Switzerland

Zurich, Switzerland

About Me

About Me

About Me

About Me

My expertise lies at the intersection of technology, strategic leadership, and law. With a doctorate in robotics and machine vision and experience in physical AI research and industry, I bring technical depth to strategy, innovation, and policy. My ongoing legal training in international business law and work at the European Commission extend this foundation to regulatory affairs, bridging technical, institutional and policy perspectives.


I am interested in how technological progress can serve society: how emerging technologies deliver public benefit, how businesses innovate within robust legal and institutional frameworks, and how Europe advances its technological capabilities while safeguarding fundamental rights. These challenges demand systems thinking, sound governance and strategic foresight.


Across industry, academia and European institutions, I connect strategic development, technology assessment, research and innovation policy, and organisational transformation. I bridge technology, policy and strategy, bringing diverse stakeholders together to shape concensus and change to translate ambitious ideas into lasting impact.

My expertise lies at the intersection of technology, strategic leadership, and law. With a doctorate in robotics and machine vision and experience in physical AI research and industry, I bring technical depth to strategy, innovation, and policy. My ongoing legal training in international business law and work at the European Commission extend this foundation to regulatory affairs, bridging technical, institutional and policy perspectives.


I am interested in how technological progress can serve society: how emerging technologies deliver public benefit, how businesses innovate within robust legal and institutional frameworks, and how Europe advances its technological capabilities while safeguarding fundamental rights. These challenges demand systems thinking, sound governance and strategic foresight.


Across industry, academia and European institutions, I connect strategic development, technology assessment, research and innovation policy, and organisational transformation. I bridge technology, policy and strategy, bringing diverse stakeholders together to shape concensus and change to translate ambitious ideas into lasting impact.

My expertise lies at the intersection of technology, strategic leadership, and law. With a doctorate in robotics and machine vision and experience in physical AI research and industry, I bring technical depth to strategy, innovation, and policy. My ongoing legal training in international business law and work at the European Commission extend this foundation to regulatory affairs, bridging technical, institutional and policy perspectives.


I am interested in how technological progress can serve society: how emerging technologies deliver public benefit, how businesses innovate within robust legal and institutional frameworks, and how Europe advances its technological capabilities while safeguarding fundamental rights. These challenges demand systems thinking, sound governance and strategic foresight.


Across industry, academia and European institutions, I connect strategic development, technology assessment, research and innovation policy, and organisational transformation. I bridge technology, policy and strategy, bringing diverse stakeholders together to shape concensus and change to translate ambitious ideas into lasting impact.

My expertise lies at the intersection of technology, strategic leadership, and law. With a doctorate in robotics and machine vision and experience in physical AI research and industry, I bring technical depth to strategy, innovation, and policy. My ongoing legal training in international business law and work at the European Commission extend this foundation to regulatory affairs, bridging technical, institutional and policy perspectives.


I am interested in how technological progress can serve society: how emerging technologies deliver public benefit, how businesses innovate within robust legal and institutional frameworks, and how Europe advances its technological capabilities while safeguarding fundamental rights. These challenges demand systems thinking, sound governance and strategic foresight.


Across industry, academia and European institutions, I connect strategic development, technology assessment, research and innovation policy, and organisational transformation. I bridge technology, policy and strategy, bringing diverse stakeholders together to shape concensus and change to translate ambitious ideas into lasting impact.

Professional Experience
Professional Experience
Professional Experience
Professional Experience

My work to date spans industrial innovation, European research and innovation policy, and institutional leadership and organisational transformation. Across these domains, I shape strategic direction, assess emerging technologies and investment priorities, and build partnerships across industry, academia and public institutions.

My work to date spans industrial innovation, European research and innovation policy, and institutional leadership and organisational transformation. Across these domains, I shape strategic direction, assess emerging technologies and investment priorities, and build partnerships across industry, academia and public institutions.

My work to date spans industrial innovation, European research and innovation policy, and institutional leadership and organisational transformation. Across these domains, I shape strategic direction, assess emerging technologies and investment priorities, and build partnerships across industry, academia and public institutions.

My work to date spans industrial innovation, European research and innovation policy, and institutional leadership and organisational transformation. Across these domains, I shape strategic direction, assess emerging technologies and investment priorities, and build partnerships across industry, academia and public institutions.

Halter Group

Innovation and Product Manager

04/2023 โ€“ Present

Zurich, CH

Leading Industry 4.0 initiatives in the fields of automation, robotics, AI, and sustainability as well as driving strategic partnerships, technical due diligence, and group-wide strategy.

Halter Group

Innovation and Product Manager

04/2023 โ€“ Present

Zurich, CH

Leading Industry 4.0 initiatives in the fields of automation, robotics, AI, and sustainability as well as driving strategic partnerships, technical due diligence, and group-wide strategy.

Halter Group

Innovation and Product Manager

04/2023 โ€“ Present

Zurich, CH

Leading Industry 4.0 initiatives in the fields of automation, robotics, AI, and sustainability as well as driving strategic partnerships, technical due diligence, and group-wide strategy.

European Commission

External Expert and Advisor

02/2026 โ€“ Present

Brussels, BE

Providing strategic expertise on robotics, automation, and emerging technology to advance sustainable innovation โ€” R&D and programme evaluations (Horizon). Agencies: EISMEA, CINEA, HaDEA.

European Commission

External Expert and Advisor

02/2026 โ€“ Present

Brussels, BE

Providing strategic expertise on robotics, automation, and emerging technology to advance sustainable innovation โ€” R&D and programme evaluations (Horizon). Agencies: EISMEA, CINEA, HaDEA.

European Commission

External Expert and Advisor

02/2026 โ€“ Present

Brussels, BE

Providing strategic expertise on robotics, automation, and emerging technology to advance sustainable innovation โ€” R&D and programme evaluations (Horizon). Agencies: EISMEA, CINEA, HaDEA.

TEDxZurich

Executive Lead

11/2025 โ€“ Present

Zurich, CH

Leads TEDxZurichโ€™s strategic transformation, redefining its organisational model, building its leadership structure, and driving long-term development through partnerships and programme strategy.

TEDxZurich

Executive Lead

11/2025 โ€“ Present

Zurich, CH

Leads TEDxZurichโ€™s strategic transformation, redefining its organisational model, building its leadership structure, and driving long-term development through partnerships and programme strategy.

TEDxZurich

Executive Lead

11/2025 โ€“ Present

Zurich, CH

Leads TEDxZurichโ€™s strategic transformation, redefining its organisational model, building its leadership structure, and driving long-term development through partnerships and programme strategy.

The Future of Construction

Co-founder and Board Member

10/2022 โ€“ Present

Zurich, CH

Co-founded an interdisciplinary event series, currently advising organising committees and guiding its long-term development across European universities (ETH Zรผrich, TUM, University of Valencia).

Future of Construction

Co-founder & Board Member

10/2022 โ€“ Present

Zurich, CH

Co-founded an interdisciplinary event series, currently advising organising committees and guiding its long-term development across European universities (ETH Zรผrich, TUM, University of Valencia).

The Future of Construction

Co-founder and Board Member

10/2022 โ€“ Present

Zurich, CH

Co-founded an interdisciplinary event series, currently advising organising committees and guiding its long-term development across European universities (ETH Zรผrich, TUM, University of Valencia).

ETH Zรผrich

Lecturer and Research Assistant

10/2018 โ€“ 12/2022

Zurich, CH

Delivered applied R&D in digital fabrication, computer vision and metrology with industry partners including Axpo, ANYbotics and Stรคubli; supervised theses and taught university courses.

ETH Zรผrich

Lecturer & Research Assistant

10/2018 โ€“ 12/2022

Zurich, CH

Delivered applied R&D in digital fabrication, computer vision and metrology with industry partners including Axpo, ANYbotics and Stรคubli; supervised theses and taught university courses.

ETH Zรผrich

Lecturer and Research Assistant

10/2018 โ€“ 12/2022

Zurich, CH

Delivered applied R&D in digital fabrication, computer vision and metrology with industry partners including Axpo, ANYbotics and Stรคubli; supervised theses and taught university courses.

CERN

Undergraduate Research Fellow

09/2017-10/2017

Geneva, CH

Worked on various engineering methods of precise metrology, such as precise height transfer, deformation monitoring, and geodetic network establishment.

CERN

Undergraduate Research Fellow

09/2017-10/2017

Geneva, CH

Worked on various engineering methods of precise metrology, such as precise height transfer, deformation monitoring, and geodetic network establishment.

CERN

Undergraduate Research Fellow

09/2017-10/2017

Geneva, CH

Worked on various engineering methods of precise metrology, such as precise height transfer, deformation monitoring, and geodetic network establishment.

โ–  Halter Group

Innovation and Product Manager

04/2023 โ€“ Present

โ–  European Commission

External Expert and Advisor

02/2026 โ€“ Present

โ–  TEDxZurich

Executive Lead

11/2025 โ€“ Present

โ–  The Future of Construction

Co-founder and Board Member

10/2022 โ€“ Present

โ–  ETH Zรผrich

Lecturer and Research Assistant

10/2018 โ€“ 12/2022

โ–  CERN

Undergraduate Research Fellow

11/2017

Academic
Background
Academic
Background
Academic
Background

International Business Law

LL.M. (Master of Laws)

2026 - 2028

University of Zรผrich, CH

EU internal market, competition, WTO, corporate, tax, and economic criminal law applied to technology-driven business.

International Business Law

LL.M. (Master of Laws)

2026 - 2028

University of Zรผrich, CH

EU internal market, competition, WTO, corporate, tax, and economic criminal law applied to technology-driven business.

International Business Law

LL.M. (Master of Laws)

2026 - 2028

University of Zรผrich, CH

EU internal market, competition, WTO, corporate, tax, and economic criminal law applied to technology-driven business.

3D Machine Vision for Robotics

Doctor of Sciences

2019 - 2022

ETH Zรผrich, CH

3D machine vision for robotics and digital fabrication, enabling reality capture and automated quality assessment.

3D Machine Vision for Robotics

Doctor of Sciences

2019 - 2022

ETH Zรผrich, CH

3D machine vision for robotics and digital fabrication, enabling reality capture and automated quality assessment.

3D Machine Vision for Robotics

Doctor of Sciences

2019 - 2022

ETH Zรผrich, CH

3D machine vision for robotics and digital fabrication, enabling reality capture and automated quality assessment.

Systems Thinking

Certificate of Advanced Studies

2023 - 2024

EPF Lausanne, CH

Technology management, systems thinking, value networks, and socio-environmental impact assessment across LCA and ESG frameworks.

Systems Thinking

Certificate of Advanced Studies

2023 - 2024

EPF Lausanne, CH

Technology management, systems thinking, value networks, and socio-environmental impact assessment across LCA and ESG frameworks.

Systems Thinking

Certificate of Advanced Studies

2023 - 2024

EPF Lausanne, CH

Technology management, systems thinking, value networks, and socio-environmental impact assessment across LCA and ESG frameworks.

Geomatics

Master of Science

2016 - 2018

ETH Zรผrich, CH

Precision measurement systems and industrial metrology applied to engineering across robotics, civil engineering, and architecture.

Geomatics

Master of Science

2016 - 2018

ETH Zรผrich, CH

Precision measurement systems and industrial metrology applied to engineering across robotics, civil engineering, and architecture.

Geomatics

Master of Science

2016 - 2018

Location

Precision measurement systems and industrial metrology applied to engineering across robotics, civil engineering, and architecture.

Geodesy and Geoinformatics

Bachelor of Science

2013 - 2016

University of Ljubljana, SI

Measuring, managing, and modeling spatial data and built infrastructure across the digital and physical environment.

Geodesy and Geoinformatics

Bachelor of Science

2013 - 2016

University of Ljubljana, SI

Measuring, managing, and modeling spatial data and built infrastructure across the digital and physical environment.

Geodesy and Geoinformatics

Bachelor of Science

2013 - 2016

University of Ljubljana, SI

Measuring, managing, and modeling spatial data and built infrastructure across the digital and physical environment.

Location

Academic
Background
Academic Background

International Business Law

LL.M. (Master of Laws)

2026 - 2028 University of Zรผrich, Switzerland

EU internal market, competition, WTO, corporate, tax, and economic criminal law applied to technology-driven business.

3D Machine Vision for Robotics

Doctor of Sciences

2019 - 2022 ETH Zรผrich, Switzerland

3D machine vision for robotics and digital fabrication, enabling reality capture and automated quality assessment.

Sustainable & Circular Economy

Certificate of Advanced Studies

2023 - 2024 EPF Lausanne, Switzerland

Technology management, systems thinking, value networks, and socio-environmental impact assessment across LCA and ESG frameworks.

Geomatics

Master of Sciences

2016 - 2018 ETH Zรผrich, Switzerland

Precision measurement systems and industrial metrology applied to engineering across robotics, civil engineering, and architecture.

Geodesy and Geoinformatics

Bachelor of Arts

2013 - 2016 University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Measuring, managing, and modeling spatial data and built infrastructure across the digital and physical environment.

International Business Law

LL.M. (Master of Laws)

2026 - 2028

University Zรผrich, Switzerland

* * *

3D Machine Vision for Robotics

Doctor of Sciences

2019 - 2022

ETH Zรผrich, Switzerland

* * *

Systems Thinking

Certificate of Advanced Studies

2023 - 2024

EPF Lausanne, Switzerland

* * *

Geomatics

Master of Science

2016 - 2018

ETH Zรผrich, Switzerland

* * *

Geodesy and Geoinformatics

Bachelor of Science

2013 - 2016

University Ljubljana, Slovenia

Further
Engagements
Further
Engagements
Further
Engagements
Further Engagements

Advisory Roles

Advisory Roles

Advisory Roles

Advisory Roles

Jury member at the St. Gallen Symposium (54th edition on "Shifting Global Powers"), committee lead at VTIS (chapter Switzerland), and executive committee member of a national innovation flagship at ETH Zรผrich (SWIRCULAR).

Jury member at the St. Gallen Symposium (54th edition on "Shifting Global Powers"), committee lead at VTIS (chapter Switzerland), and executive committee member of a national innovation flagship at ETH Zรผrich (SWIRCULAR).

Jury member at the St. Gallen Symposium (54th edition on "Shifting Global Powers"), committee lead at VTIS (chapter Switzerland), and executive committee member of a national innovation flagship at ETH Zรผrich (SWIRCULAR).

Jury member at the St. Gallen Symposium (54th edition on "Shifting Global Powers"), committee lead at VTIS (chapter Switzerland), and executive committee member of a national innovation flagship at ETH Zรผrich (SWIRCULAR).

Awards and Certifications

Awards and Certifications

Awards and Certifications

Doctoral scholar funded by SNSF/NCCR Digital Fabrication (2019โ€“2022), recipient of the Geosuisse Prize (2018) and GOM Education Award (2017), and ranked among the top 5% of Slovenian students nationally (2015).

Doctoral scholar funded by SNSF/NCCR Digital Fabrication (2019โ€“2022), recipient of the Geosuisse Prize (2018) and GOM Education Award (2017), and ranked among the top 5% of Slovenian students nationally (2015).

Doctoral scholar funded by SNSF/NCCR Digital Fabrication (2019โ€“2022), recipient of the Geosuisse Prize (2018) and GOM Education Award (2017), and ranked among the top 5% of Slovenian students nationally (2015).

Awards and Certifications

Doctoral scholar funded by SNSF/NCCR Digital Fabrication (2019โ€“2022), recipient of the Geosuisse Prize (2018) and GOM Education Award (2017), and ranked among the top 5% of Slovenian students nationally (2015).

Further Expert Roles

Further Expert Roles

Further Expert Roles

Further Expert Roles

Expert contributing to the work of a political group in the European Parliament and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB).

Expert contributing to the work of a political group in the European Parliament and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB).

Expert contributing to the work of a political group in the European Parliament and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB).

Expert contributing to the work of a political group in the European Parliament and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB).

Languages

Languages

Languages

Languages

Fluent in English and German, conversational in Spanish, and native in Slovenian.

Fluent in English and German, conversational in Spanish, and native in Slovenian.

Fluent in English and German, conversational in Spanish, and native in Slovenian.

Fluent in English and German, conversational in Spanish, and native in Slovenian.

Selected Work
Selected Work
Selected
Work
Selected Work

A selection of projects, initiatives and engagements spanning technology, strategy, organisational leadership and applied research. More information will be updated soon.

A selection of projects, initiatives and engagements spanning technology, strategy, organisational leadership and applied research. More information will be updated soon.

A selection of projects, initiatives and engagements spanning technology, strategy, organisational leadership and applied research. More information will be updated soon.

A selection of projects, initiatives and engagements spanning technology, strategy, organisational leadership and applied research. More information will be updated soon.

  • Process Automation & Robotics

  • Systemic Change & Transformation

  • Business Law & Strategy

  • Organisational Leadership

  • Applied Research

  • Editorial & Peer Review

Process Automation & Robotics

Process Automation & Robotics

Process Automation & Robotics

Systemic Change & Transformation

Systemic Change & Transformation

Systemic Change & Transformation

Business Law & Strategy

Business Law & Strategy

Business Law & Strategy

Organisational Leadership

Organisational Leadership

Organisational Leadership

Applied Research

Applied Research

Applied Research

Editorial & Peer Review

Editorial & Peer Review

Editorial & Peer Review

Valens Frangez