About Us

More than 20 years of experience in the medical device industry.

We at Albatroz Consulting like to take a “birds-eye-view perspective” of our customer’s needs and cooperate with them to find options and alternatives to achieve their goals in an optimal manner, finally implementing the perfect solution for the project at hand.

Utilizing the expertise of our Team and our Partners we focus in cooperating with you starting from an early conceptional phase, supporting you throughout the development phase and finally taking advantage of our extensive manufacturing capabilities to produce the components or systems developed.

The objective of Albatroz Consulting is to establish a strong and cooperative relationship with our customers to help them achieve the best and optimal solutions for their end products.

Our Team has more than 20 years experience in the Medical Devices Industry and we invite you to contact us and also to have a closer look at what our Partners can offer to achieve your goals.

Management Team

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CEO & Founder

Dr. Gert Hartoch

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Dr. Gert Hartoch

CEO and founder of Albatroz Consulting (2011). With over two decades of experience in the medical device industry, Gert is committed to partnering with customers from initial concept to final product.

Before moving into the Medical Field, he served in key technical management positions at AT&T/Bell Laboratories, Lucent, NEC, and SITA/Equant in the USA and Europe.

Academic background: Diplom Ingenieur (TH Darmstadt), M.Sc. & PhD in Electrical Engineering (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio).

Having grown up in Brazil and spent 16 years in the USA, Gert is fluent in English, German and Portuguese, with good communication skills in Spanish and Italian.

Sales Director & Partner

Stephan Buttler

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Stephan Buttler

Sales Director and Partner, joined Albatroz Consulting in 2020. Stephan brings extensive experience in supplier acquisition, market analysis, team leadership, and negotiation.

Before joining Albatroz, he worked in management positions as sales director in the automotive field with strong international responsibilities.

Academic background: degrees in Business Informatics, Computer Science, Business Administration, Mathematics and Physics (University of Alabama/Huntsville; universities of Passau and Bonn/Cologne).

Fluent in German and English. ✉ SButtler@albatroz.eu