Dr. Friebe previously was the Founder and CEO of Tomovation + Alliance Medical Northern and Central Europe (Alliance bought Tomovation in 2008 – both radiology services companies) and prior to that of NEUROMED AG (acquired by UMS AG in 2001).
He is a Board Member of several Medtech startups, a shareholder of several startups, as well as investment partner of a medical technology startup-fund.

Michael is a regular speaker, listed inventor in 100+ patent applications, and has written over 350 articles and conference papers. From 2014 to 2019 he was a Professor for Image Guided Therapies / Catheter Technologies at the Medical Engineering Institute of the Otto-von-Guericke university (OVGU) in Magdeburg, Germany and since 2020 he is a member of the Medical Faculty. Since 2022 he is a full professor at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland and also the founding director of the Center for Innovation, Business Development and Entrepreneurship at the FOM University of Applied Sciences in Essen, Germany.