Mark PLEŠKO

Dr. Mark Pleško, MBA, was born in 1961 and is a world-renowned expert on nuclear accelerators and particle cancer therapy. He is the founder and managing director of Cosylab, a spin-off, which he has grown to 250+ employees, present on three continents. Dr. Pleško is President of the Engineering Academy of Slovenia, President of the Management Board of the J. Stefan Institute, Vice-president of the Science and Technology Council of the Government of Slovenia, member of Programme Councils at Faculties of Mathematics and Physics and Computer Science at the University of Ljubljana, and member (and Work Package Leader) of the EU-Japan Business Round Table. He is an angel investor in 15+ startups. He received the Award of the European Physics Society 2001, was nominated for Slovenian Entrepreneur of 2014, received the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce Award for exceptional business and entrepreneurial achievements 2018, and received the Alumni of the Year 2018 Award of IEDC. He has a BSc, MSc, and PhD in elementary particle physics from the University of Ljubljana in 1983, 1985, and 1987. He received an MBA with honors at IEDC Bled in 1996.

The global positioning and reach of Cosylab is emphasized by the role of dr. Mark Pleško in institutions, councils, boards and companies to help develop trade and investment between EU and Japan, and to encourage industrial cooperation in innovation, climate change, or industrial standards.

1987 PhD in Physics

1996 MBA, IEDC Bled

1994–2008 Head of Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, IJS

2001 Founder of Cosylab

2007–2013 Chairman of the Board, Kyma srl, Italy

2010–2013 Chairmain of Supervisory Board, Fotona

2012 Member of - EU Japan Business Round Table

2014 Member of the management board of the Society for the Promotion of Technical Culture

2015 President, Management Board of the J. Stefan Institute

2018 President of the Engineering Academy of Slovenia

Important Works

Žarilna svečka z integriranim krmilnikom, Cosylab, patent 21857.

Postopek določanja in regulacije temperature žarilne svečke, Cosylab, patent 21858.

Sistem za merjenje tlaka na jadru, oblike jadra in metoda za določanje potisne sile, Cosylab, patent 23913.

D. Einfeld, M. Plesko, J. Schaper (2014) First multi-bend achromat lattice consideration. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 21(Pt 5):856-861.

H. Albrecht et al. (ARGUS Collaboration) (1987) Observation of B0-B0 mixing. Physics Letters B. Elsevier BV. 192 (1–2):245–252.

Selected Awards

2001 European Physical Society Award

2014 nomination for the Slovenian Entrepreneur of the Year

2018 Award of the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce for exceptional business and entrepreneurial achievements

2018 Alumni Achievement Award - IEDC