I was Born 1974 in Basel (Switzerland), but grew up in Bätterkinden which is a little village between Bern and Solothurn. After attending and finishing High School in 1995 in Burgdorf (Wirtschaftsmatur), I began studying mechanical Engineer at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETHZ). In 1997 I got the chance doing an internship for 15 months as a mechanical designer with DUAP (www.duap.ch).
In the process of getting my Engineering Degree, I transferred to the University of Applied Sciences Burgdorf in 1998. I graduated there in January of 2002. During my bachelors project I worked as an application Engineer on a combined Laser welding system (6-Axis robots and a 1.5 kW Nd:YAG-Laser) for the Institute of applied Laser Technology (IALT). For 7 Month I stayed with IALT and worked on research projects with the Nd:YAG-Laser as well as on a Diode-Laser. I also represented IALT successfully on three different welding/industrial fairs, where we worked closely with industrial partners.
In 1998 I started working for B&P (www.bracher.ch) in the Internet sector. I got the necessary training on the job, so that I was able to work independently as a project manager in a part-time employment-relationship.
At the beginning of Sept. 2004 I successfully earned my Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Oregon State University in the USA. My master thesis was in the field of design research and mainly focused on the quantification of social effects while making decisions towards a product strategy by prioritizing customer requirements.
Since January 2005 I am with RUAG Land Systems in Thun. I´ve got the chance to work as System Engineer and Mechanical Project Manager for the ABLV Finland, AEV3S / AEBV on behalf of RUAG Schweiz AG, RUAG Defense, Land Systems. I was assigned Team Leader Mechanical Engineering (2007-2010), Systems Engineering Manager (2011-2017) and finally held the position as Senior Manager Strategic Innovation Management (2017-2018).
There was a career change coming in 2019, when I started with armasuisse, the Swiss procurment agency for the defense departement. First in the position of Test and Systems Engineer for the Swiss Patriot Program (BODLUV GR) and the replacement Program for the C2 of the Swiss Air Force. Yet another change occured in April of 2022 when I was appointed Program Manager for the Swiss Patriot Procurement Program. The transition in scope and seniority was very welcome and I'm very honoured to have this opportunity.
In all these years I had great pleasure to meet people I liked to work with, interesting yet challenging jobs and promising opportunities for which I'm very grateful!
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