About
Product and platform leader with experience spanning fintech, ESG reporting, and secure communications. Background includes founding and selling a company, owning multi-million franc product budgets inside a PE-backed group, and leading teams and market entry across Switzerland, Germany, and South Korea. Trained in political science at the University of Zurich, with recent focus shifting toward AI governance.
Education
- MA Political Science — Democracy, Development & IR, University of Zurich
- BA Political Science / Political Economics, University of Zurich
Certificates
- PECB AI Lead Implementer
Covers the practical implementation of AI management systems aligned with ISO/IEC 42001, including governance, risk, and lifecycle management for AI systems within organizations.
- EU AI Act Course — Responsible Innovations
Covers the EU AI Act's risk-based classification system and the compliance and governance obligations it creates for organizations building or deploying AI systems in Europe.
- Product Management — Transforming Opportunities, Stanford University
Stanford's product management program, covering opportunity identification, roadmap prioritization, and cross-functional execution. Completed via LPA's professional development program.
- CBL International Business & Law School
1-month summer program in Shanghai and Beijing. Focus on cultural exchange, intellectual property and local business development. Winning group of business plan competition.
Awards & Recognition
All three specific to Pelt8. Also accepted into startup programs run by MasterCard, SIX, and LHoFT Luxembourg, among others.
- Swiss FinTech Award 2023 fintechnews.ch
- Swiss InsurTech Award 2023 mll-legal.com
- MOI2023 Insury Awards hzinsurance.ch
Skills & tools
Leadership & commercial
- Leadership & team building (cross-border teams, up to 12 FTE)
- Fundraising & investor relations
- Go-to-market & commercial strategy
- P&L ownership
- M&A / post-acquisition integration
- Public speaking & teaching
AI & engineering
- Coding agents (Claude, OpenCode, Codex)
- Python
- SQL
- MCP
- Local AI
- Proxmox
Productivity & design
- Microsoft 365
- Figma