In 2011, patent and IT experts got together aiming at providing inventors with a simple and legally secure defensive publication method. This resulted in protegas®, which offers the possibility of making publications on the basis of the online database solution www.protegas.com. In addition protegas® operates a technical library for the traditional defensive publication of an innovation by depositing it in a public library.
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Chief Executive Officer, CEO
Senior Relationship Manager
Ingrid Heinisch graduated at the HFT Swiss School in Chur focusing on the market positioning and business management of organisations in the tourism sector. After which she took on a leading function organising political events and state receptions of the Swiss federal government in an internationally renowned congress hotel in Bern. Returning to Liechtenstein she was for many years, operational manager building up an international trading company. In this function Ingrid Heinisch, amongst many task, focused on marketing of an innovative automated dispenser in the food industry and the accompanying patent issues. Since joining protegas® Ingrid Heinisch, in her role as Senior Relationship Manager, is responsible for the market expansion of the company.
Chief Technology Officer, CTO
Martin Sele grew up in England where he completed his A-Levels and went on to complete his professional training to become a computer engineer in Liechtenstein and Switzerland. He has more than 12 years of professional experience in various sectors of the IT business. He was, amongst other functions, responsible for the operations of a complex IT infrastructure and has developed comprehensive IT concepts as a key account manager for medium-sized companies. Martin Sele speaks fluent English, German, Italian and Spanish.
Chief Software Architect, CSA
Following her basic training in software engineering, Regina Wirtensohn successfully headed for several years the development of a comprehensive logistics software solution at Transflow. As a specialist in software and applications she has now, after 20 years of professional experience, covered all areas of software development from the conception up to its implementation and has comprehensive user knowledge in numerous technical fields. In 2003 she became managing director of VISION-FLOW Software GmbH. In this role, she crucially shaped the development of the DLE (Dynamic Logic Engine). The DLE is a modern process-oriented software development tool and forms the basis for the protegas® online database.
Software Development
During and after graduating from the Vorarlberg Technical University in “Information & Communication Engineering”, Richard Dür worked for various IT companies. Since 2004 he has been working at VISION-FLOW in software development. In this role he was involved in the development of the Process Engine DLE, helped to develop protegas® and worked on major international projects. Richard Dür also teaches commercial information technology at a commercial academy and at the Technical University of Vienna.