Xavier Mottart
About Xavier Mottart
Xavier Mottart is an R&D Project Manager at IBA, specializing in Proton Therapy. He has a background in biomedical engineering and civil engineering, with experience in project management and team coordination across various roles in Belgium and Switzerland.
Work at IBA
Xavier Mottart has been employed at IBA as an R&D Project Manager since 2020. In this role, he leads and coordinates teams of multi-disciplinary experts in the field of Proton Therapy. He is responsible for ensuring that project deliverables are met within specified time, cost, and budget constraints, which may lead to clinical releases. Mottart also communicates project reporting and key performance indicators (KPIs) to internal stakeholders, acting as the primary contact for project execution.
Previous Experience
Before joining IBA, Xavier Mottart worked at Materialise in various capacities. He served as a Medical Application Engineer from 2016 to 2017 and then as a Medical Product Engineer from 2017 to 2018. His earlier experience includes a position at EPFL, where he worked as a Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine and Pharmacobiology for five months in 2014. He also completed his Master Thesis at EPFL in the Chair in Brain-Machine Interface in 2015.
Education and Expertise
Xavier Mottart holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering Sciences, specializing in Civil Engineering, from Université de Liège, which he completed from 2010 to 2013. He further pursued a Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering at the same institution from 2013 to 2015. Mottart also participated in an International Exchange Program at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, where he studied Bioengineering and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2015.
Background
Xavier Mottart has a diverse professional background that includes roles in business development and project management. He worked at ALTEN BELGIUM as a Business Development Manager in 2019 and as an Experienced Business Manager in 2020. His experience spans various locations, including Leuven and Brussels in Belgium, and Lausanne in Switzerland, where he has developed expertise in managing complex projects in the medical technology sector.
Project Management in Proton Therapy
In his current role at IBA, Xavier Mottart manages R&D projects related to Proton Therapy. These projects are transversal, impacting multiple aspects of the product, including beam production and delivery. He ensures the transfer of project knowledge to teams responsible for post-project support, including operations, manufacturing, and supply chain, thereby enhancing the overall efficiency of project execution.