Eric Achtmann joined PolyTechnos from McKinsey & Company, where he consulted largely in the product development and finance practices. In addition, he has served as product development and defense/aerospace industry expert since 1995. From 1991 to 1994, he was involved in the founding of Petrotech Industries, a high-technology start-up, developing advanced agents for combating large petroleum-based spills and fires. He subsequently founded Petrotech International to develop and market these products and services throughout the Middle East. Prior to Petrotech, Eric worked with a number of engineering-related companies, including BMW, Daimler-Benz Aerospace and McDonnell-Douglas (Boeing).
An Eisenhower Fellow, Eric holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire, an M.S. in Aeronautics & Astronautics from MIT, a post-graduate degree from the Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He also completed graduate aerospace studies at the Technical University of Munich.
Eric is a founding member of the MIT Entrepreneurship Society, a member of the MIT Sloan School of Management's NPVD Advisory Board, European Adviser to the MIT Entrepreneurship Center, and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Munich.
Having worked across multiple technology sectors, Eric has led investment activities in software and hardware, particularly in industrial and engineering related areas such as semiconductors, sensors, and optical components. Eric serves actively on the boards of Enigma Information Systems Ltd., NL Nanosemiconductor GmbH, and PLX Systems Inc.
