Author: Karen Hofmann

Helmut Traitler has a Ph D in Organic Chemistry from the University of Vienna, Austria. In 2010, after decades” of experience with Nestlé in various roles around the world, Helmut co-founded Life2Years, Inc, a start-up company producing healthy beverages for the over-fifties. Birgit Coleman holds a Master of Arts in Business, MA from the University of Applied Sciences, Vienna. She is a strategic thinker and Connections Explorer in her current role at Swissnex San Francisco. Karen Hofmann Karen holds a Bachelor of Science in Product Design from Art Center College of Design and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from California State University, Northridge. Karen is Chair of the Product Design Department at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.