Martin leads the Physical Sciences team and manages a diverse portfolio of technologies relating to materials science, advanced materials, semiconductors, nanotechnology, energy & cleantech, energy storage, information technology & communications, aerospace, mechanics, as well as MEMS & microfluidics.

Before joining CTL, Martin was a business development manager for Harman/Becker Automotive Systems in Farmington Hills, Michigan. He was responsible for the strategic employment of new product features in the area of automotive speech dialogue systems, vehicle infotainment, and acoustics technologies. Martin started his career with Harman as an acoustics R&D engineer at AKG Acoustics in Vienna/Austria.

He obtained a Dipl.-Ing. (MS) degree in Electrical and Audio Engineering from the Graz University of Technology in Austria. He is a member of the Licensing Executives Society and the Association of University Technology Managers.