From July 2014
Cornèr Bank | Banking, Financial Services
Cornèr Bank Group is an independent Swiss private bank group operating as a full-service bank. It specialises in the private banking sector, as well as in the areas of lending and Visa, MasterCard and Diners Club payment cards (Cornèrcard).
From 2023
Director, Innovation and Business Solutions
Concept, development and market launch of innovative business solutions and strategic initiatives
Product and service innovation
Setup of strategic collaborations with global and local business partners
Board member and subject matter expert in national and international industry associations
Data Protection Officer
2021-2022
Vice President, Innovation and Business Solutions
Concept, development and market launch of innovative business solutions and strategic initiatives
Product and service innovation
Setup of strategic collaborations with global and local business partners
Board member and subject matter expert in national and international industry associations
Data Protection Officer
2017-2020
Vice President, Innovation
Product and service innovation
Setup of strategic collaborations with global and local business partners
Market launch and further development of strategic initiatives, e.g. with Apple, Google, Samsung, Swatch Group, Fitbit, Garmin.
2014-2017
Vice President, Special Projects
Strategic project management
Product concept and development
Business model innovation
Planning and execution of strategic projects and initiatives for Cornèrcard (payment cards) division, in particular in the mobile payment, mobile commerce and online commerce areas.
From 2022
ACCIE (Association of Credit Card Issuers in Europe) | Banking, Financial Services
ACCIE represents the specialized European credit card issuing industry in its dealings with EU, National institutions and other stakeholders. The members of ACCIE provide services to approximately twenty-one million cardholders in the EU Member States.
Board Member
Member of the association Board of Directors.
2011 – 2014
Viseca Card Services | Financial Services
Viseca Card Services (previously Aduno Group) is a leading payment service provider in Switzerland. It covered the issuing, acquiring and credit/leasing fields and serves more than two million cardholders and 50’000 acceptance points.
Head Product Management e-/m-Commerce
Business Technology Manager
Development and execution of e-/m-commerce strategy
Concept and development of e-/m-commerce products and services
Business development
Managed and further developed a portfolio of e-commerce products and services including an online portal for cardholders (with more than 700’000 users), an online portal for merchant services, an online marketplace and an e-shop solution.
Managed from concept/design to successful market launch MyAccount Mobile, an app for all Viseca cardholders. It has been a top 3 free app in Switzerland and was placed number 1 in the Finance app chart for more than one month, getting more than 50’000 downloads in three months and more than 100’000 download in 15 months.
Led a strategic initiative of the Swiss payment industry (“Swiss Wallet“) aimed at defining and implementing a centralized, standard solution for digital payments and digital wallet services.
Contributed to the launch of the first mobile contactless payment solution in Switzerland (“Tapit“) in collaboration with mobile network operators and to the concept and development of an innovative loyalty program (“Surprize“) for the Swiss market.
2009 – 2011
IT Di-Visions | Management Consulting Mandate for EFG International | Banking, Financial Services
EFG International is one of the top private banks in Switzerland.
Business Project Director
Executive management consulting
Strategic project management
Co-managed from concept to successful rollout a key strategic project impacting the entire bank and more than 2’000 employees. I was responsible for the business units Wealth Management Services, Finance & Risk Management, Group Executive Office and Corporate Finance & Development, supporting executive managers, directors and key employees in managing all changes to their business.
2006 – 2009
Credit Suisse | Banking, Financial Services
Credit Suisse is the second major Swiss bank with more than USD 1.3 trillion assets under management and worldwide presence.
Head of Project Management and Business Engineering
Strategic project management / program management
Concept and development of banking product and services
Managed from concept to successful rollout and further development a new global solution for credit management including services for credit request, credit scoring, credit approval and credit settlement for different credit products like commercial loans, Lombard loans, private loans, mortgages, leasing, letter of credit (L/C), and trade finance.
Managed a project portfolio budget of more than CHF 10 million per year.
I also acted as subject matter expert for project management for the Private Banking division, actively contributing to the introduction of PMP® training and certification for all bank project managers.
2005 – 2006
SBB Cargo | Logistics
SBB Cargo is the largest railway logistics company in Switzerland.
Director Logistics Services, Southern Switzerland
Development and execution of logistics strategy
Management of logistics division in Southern Switzerland (logistics services, facility management, warehouse management, IT including ERP, BI, CRM)
Project portfolio management and strategic project management
Concept and development of ERP (SAP) and business intelligence services
Managed logistics for nine industrial plants with value of more than CHF 130 million, project portfolio budget of more than CHF 40 million per year and procurement budget of more than CHF 30 million per year.
2002 – 2005
Swisscom Mobile | Telecommunications
Swisscom is the first mobile network operator in Switzerland with more than 6 million customers and more than 60% market share.
2003 – 2005
Head of Department, Mobile Products and Services
2002 – 2003
Technical Product Manager / Team Leader, Mobile Products and Services
Concept, development and management of e-commerce / mobile commerce products and services: online and mobile portals, messaging, location based services, mobile data access services, mobile ERP/CRM
Contributed to the mobile revolution from the beginning, from simple SMS services to rich mobile portals and added value services.
Managed and co-managed from concept to successful market launch and further development products like:
Vodafone live! (online and mobile portal that has reached more than one million customers)
Mobile Unlimited (wireless connectivity solution, world first and GSMA Award winner)
Corporate Office Access (mobile ERP/CRM solution)
Location Based Services
Mobile Payment
SMS and MMS services
Instant messaging
Video telephony and mobile TV
2000 – 2002
The Fantastic Corporation | Research & Development, Telecommunications
Global provider of broadband multimedia solutions and products, founded in 1996. Fantastic was named in 2000 by Time Magazine Europe as one of the 50 hottest technology companies and one of the top 9 hottest software companies in Europe. The company had worldwide presence with 12 offices.
2001 – 2002
Project Leader / Software Engineer
2000 – 2001
Test and Quality Engineer
Development of multimedia broadcasting platforms, e-commerce and e-learning services and products
Optimization of satellite data broadcasting
Lived a dotcom start-up from successful IPO (market cap. EUR 3 billion) until market downturn.
Contributed to develop products and services for companies like Eurosport, MTV, Reuters, IBM, HP, Intel, Siemens, Lucent, Deutsche Telekom, Telecom Italia, NTT.
Invented two data transmission methods which have been patented in the United States, European Union, Germany, China, South Korea.