September 2015 - Present
CO-FOUNDER & CISO / CTO @ astarios GmbH, Switzerland
astarios specializes in cyber resilience and near shoring services for SME’s in the DACH region. Our customers can choose between managing their teams themselves or involving us in a CTO-as-a-Service role where we handle all IT related issues for their business needs. Furthermore we help our customers increase their security postures as their workforce was forced to work remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Key achievements:
- Senior IT/OT Cyber Security Engineer @ Green Datacenter AG / green.ch, Lupfig. Leading the development of Green’s Cyber Security Competence Center.
- Product Manager and Cloud Security Specialist @ ISPIN AG, Bassersdorf. Defining and creating services for CWP (Cisco Tetration), SASE and ZTNA initiatives.
- CTO-as-a-Service @ Suter Entfeuchtungstechnik AG, Dietikon. Architecting and creating an IoT-Platform in the area of construction heating.
- CISO @ Suter Entfeuchtungstechnik AG, Dietikon. Introducing and defining the companies Cyber Resilience iniative.
- Architected and developed a Fintech Application @ Finguide AG which aids matching HNWI’s with investment services
- Auditor @ Cyber-Safe – The Swiss Cyber Security Label (https://www.cyber-safe.ch/)
- CTO in several start ups in the legal tech and fin tech area
- Building several near sourcing software development teams in Kiev for Swiss based companies
- Building two managed offices in Kiev for Swiss based companies
- PHP & Java development in several projects
- 2018-2020 – Laravel 5/PHP, MySQL Application (Survey and Evaluation) for finguide.ch
- 2018 – Laravel 5/PHP, MySQL Applikation (QR Code-Redirect Verwaltung) für EM (Elektromaterial AG, Zürich)
- 2019-2020 – Laravel 5/PHP, MySQL Applikation (Lernkarten, Prüfungssoftware mit Android/iOS Apps) für berufshilfe.ch
- 2016-now: div. Java Module für aleacta Insight Engine für Agile Knowledge Management & Predictive Process Optimization. Technologie im Einsatz: TensorFlow, ArangoDB, grakn.ai & TextRank.
February 2016 - February 2017
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT / CISO a.I. @ Global Message Services AG, Zug, Switzerland
GMS is an international messaging service provider for mobile operators and enterprises worldwide.
Key achievements:
- Provided technical assistance and advice as CISO a.I. for the ISO 20K and 27K certification initiatives
- Architected and launched an Omnichannel Messaging Gateway combining legacy and OTT Messengers for A2P Messaging Services
- Built and lead a Software Development Team of 20 people in Kyiv, UA
- Developed a growth strategy for GMS’ A2P mobile messaging business focused both on customer satisfaction and financial gain
- Conduct research to identify new markets and customer needs
- Define and implement work flows between Product Management and Product Development
- Team lead a.I. for Product/Project Management Team for Telco Products/Projects
November 2012 – January 2016
PARTNER & CTO / CISO @ SandSIV AG, Zurich, Switzerland
SandSIV develops and markets a leading edge Voice of the Customer/CEM platform.
Key achievements:
- Architected and developed a leading Customer Experience Management platform
- Built and lead a Software Development Team of 30 people in Kyiv, UA
- Principal Architect of SandSIV’s Customer Experience Platform (Big Data, Predictive Analytics, Data/Text mining)
- Head of product management team form CEM Product in Zurich
- Responsible for IT hosting/operations and Support in Zurich
- Project Leader for introducing CEM platform at Salt SA, Switzerland
- Participation in and technical leader of planned IPO process
July 2001 – October 2012
FOUNDER & CEO / CISO @ Alliera AG, Schlieren, Switzerland
Alliera was a leading SMS and MMS aggregator and solutions provicer in Switzerland. The company helped define and build the market whilst working closely with Swisscom and Sunrise. (Alliera was acquired by SandSIV in November 2012)
Key achievements:
- Founded and built Alliera into a leading mobile solutions provider on the Swiss market
- Principal architect and lead developer of Alliera’s mobile messaging platform (AMP)
- Project lead and lead developer for Swisscom’s Customer Experience Platform (CEM/CXM) initiative
- Project lead for introducing CEM Platform at Sunrise AG, Switzerland
- Technical Project Manager for launching multi player mobile gaming platform at Telefonica, Spain
- Head of Engineering a.I. at Global Mobile Technologies, Philipinnes
- Lead developer of Alliera’s mobile messaging platform utilizing the following technologies:
- Java 2 (J2EE, J2ME, RMI, JDBC and Servlets), PHP
- XML
- Oracle8i, mySql
July 2000 – June 2001
VP RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT @ Rixxo AG, Switzerland
Rixxo was a first mover in the mobile business ecosystem in Switzerland. Their technology formed the basis of Crealogix’s initial mobile offerings in the Banking segment. (Rixxo was acquired by Crealogix AG in 2001)
Key achievement:
- Principle Architect of Rixxo’s component based Mobile Business Platform (Java, RMI, EJB and JDBC/Oracle)
- Project/Product management and head of development
- Technical Sales Support
- Designed and integrated Rixxo’s web environment with the Mobile Business Platform
January 2000 – June 2000
NEW MEDIA MANAGER @ MCI WorldCom AG, Switzerland
MCI WorldCom was the world’s second largest telecommunications company at that time.
Key achievement:
- Developed and launched the first web form which allowed the porting of fix-net numbers in Switzerland
- Initiator of Swiss Internet, Extranet und Intranet Initiatives
- Architect of WorldCom’s Partner Site
- Initiated and managed web partner program
July 1998 – December 1999
HEAD OF CONSULTING Rational Software Schweiz GmbH, Switzerland
Rational were the leaders in Software Development Methodologies and Tools. Later they were acquired by IBM.
Key achievement:
- Built up Regional Services Organization/Rational University Switzerland
- Lecturer on Sofware Development Processes & Methodologies
- Product Specialist and Rational University Certified Instructor
- Project assistance, Coaching and Mentoring of customer projects
- Project assesments relative to process optimization and automation
July 1996 – June 1998
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM LEADER @ Tektonic Software, USA
- Programmer in C, Java, C++, Corba IDL, JavaScript, NonStop SQL
- Design and Development of a Webserver using CORBA based component technology
February 1994 – June 1996
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM LEADER @ Tandem High Performance Research Center, Bremgarten, Switzerland
- Design and implementation of a hierarchical federated name space infrastructure
- Design and development of a prototype of an object orientiert middleware infrastructure (became Tantau Krypton)
June 1989 – January 1994
SENIOR SYSTEMS ANALYST @ Tandem Computers AG, Schlieren, Switzerland
October 1987 – May 1989
SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER @ CSFB Services AG, Zurich, Switzerland
September 1984 – September 1987
SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER @ Telekurs AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Dezember 1983 – August 1984
OFFICE MANAGER @ Autowag AG, Wettingen, Switzerland
March 1980 – June 1983
DEVELOPER @ Hewlett-Packard (Schweiz) AG, Widen, Switzerland