Helge Seetzen
Helge Seetzen is a German technologist and businessman known for imaging & multimedia research and commercialization.
Seetzen was active in the development of high [dynamic range imaging] technology and several of his patents cover aspects of this technology. He won the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 2009 Innovation Challenge Award for his work with HDR Technology.
Biography
Seetzen left his native Germany to study physics at the University of British Columbia in 1998. He received BS and PhD degrees in physics and related disciplines from that university, where he first became active in imaging technology research that led to the development of HDR.Business career
From 2002 to 2004, Seetzen was a co-founder and director of Sunnybrook Technologies, a Vancouver-based start-up developing electronic display technologies. In 2004, the firm split, and he became co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of BrightSide Technologies, a Vancouver-based developer of High dynamic range imaging-based electronic display technologies. After Brightside was purchased by Dolby Laboratories in 2007, he joined Dolby Canada Corp., becoming director of HDR Technology at Dolby from 2008 to 2010.In early 2010, Seetzen founded TandemLaunch, a Montreal-based technology transfer acceleration company and venture capital fund that works with academic researchers to commercialize their technological developments. Seetzen is CEO and Managing Partner of the firm, and directs the company’s strategy and operations. Under his leadership, TandemLaunch has raised four venture funds and created over 35 companies including LandR and has been recognized particularly for supporting women founders.