A2L
The Alps seen from Sainte-Croix, above the sea of fog

From technology to market · Based in Switzerland, active internationally

Executive leadership. Full-time or fractional.

A2L is the vehicle through which I have taken executive responsibility in technology companies for 15 years: on the executive team or at board level, from early-stage ventures to established industrial operations.

Flagship role

SeaNest: from a lab miniature to a real-life prototype on Lake Neuchâtel.

SeaNest is a modular floating platform system for marine infrastructure, marinas and climate adaptation. I co-invented the technology and developed its intellectual property portfolio from the first filing.

CEO from 2021 to 2026, I built the venture infrastructure around it: technical architecture, industrial logic, business model, and the public demonstration that made it real.

  • Launched in May 2025, presented publicly at the Laténium in June in the presence of the cantonal authorities
  • Covered by ArcInfo, RTN and Canal Alpha, with full-page features in 24 Heures and Tribune de Genève
  • Featured by GGBa, the official investment promotion agency for Western Switzerland
  • Selected twice by the Canton of Neuchâtel for its official economic missions to Québec, October 2025 and February 2026

How I work

Fractional, not partial.

Fractional describes how much of my time a company has, not how much of my attention. On the executive team or at board level, accountable for the outcome, and in place long enough to be judged on it.

Innovation, R&D, development, industrialisation, production, and the CEO seat itself: each of these can be held full-time or fractionally. What changes is the cadence, not the accountability, and not the seat at the table.

What I bring in either form is the full journey from technology to market, and the organisation that carries it.

Current roles

Drug delivery, watchmaking, blood sampling, deep geothermal energy.

PLM MedicalCo-Founder & CEO · since 2021
Drug delivery · Medtech

Co-founded to remove the manual handling still required to reconstitute lyophilised drugs, a source of contamination risk and dosing errors. I lead the venture from technology to market: product development, regulatory pathway, industrialisation strategy and business model.

PreciflexChief Innovation Officer · since 2017
Micro-fluidics · Watchmaking

Member of the executive team. Built and managed a portfolio of 19+ patent families covering Europe, the US and Asia. IP strategy is an integral part of the product and commercial roadmap.

PreciHealthChief Innovation Officer · since inception (2017)
Medtech

On the executive team from day one, in support of medical devices that democratise blood sampling and self-injection. 15+ patent families protecting the core technologies across Europe, the US, Asia and Brazil.

EAPOSYSIntellectual property & industrialisation · since 2018
Energy · Deeptech

Core-team member of a Swiss deep-geothermal deeptech producing heat and electricity, working alongside the founders, the board and the technical advisors.

Further roles of the same nature are carried out under confidentiality agreements.

Track record

Alain Jaccard

Alain Jaccard

Founder, CEO

  • 15 years of executive responsibility, from early-stage ventures to industrial operations
  • Inventor across ~40 patent families, 15+ countries
  • 30+ years of industrial work: Nestlé Nespresso, ETEL, Sonceboz, watchmaking, medtech, energy
  • Turnaround of a high-end Swiss electronics company, back to standalone with half the resources
  • Startup Board Academy 2026 (Swiss governance) · Harvard Business School Executive Education, Certificate of Management Excellence 2022 · PMP® 2012 · MSc Microengineering, EPFL 1995
  • Français · English · Deutsch

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