Date of Birth

Citizenship

Civil status

Contact

Education

March 1^st, 1980 in Aarau, Switzerland

Swiss

Unmarried

Margrit Rainer-Strasse 10, 8050 Zurich
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09/2006 – 10/2009

10/2000 – 03/2006

08/1996 – 07/2000

Further Education

Doctor of Sciences ETH ETH, Zurich, CH

Research area: Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning

Partly conducted at Oxford University. Thesis awarded with Innovation Award.

Courses taken: Strategic Management, Marketing, Theory of Financial Markets

Master of Science ETH in Computer Science ETH, Zurich, CH

Major: Computational Science, Minor: Artificial Intelligence

Research for Master’s Thesis in Boston, internship in San Francisco

Gymnasium Alte Kantonsschule, Aarau, CH

Matura type C: Mathematics and Natural Sciences

09/2009

09/2006

05/2006

Awards

Group Leader course (corporal, sapper) Civil Defense training center, Eiken, CH

Project Management course Business tools AG, Zurich, CH

Business Plan course Business tools AG, Zurich, CH

10/2009

06/2007

06/2006

Winner of Innovation Award 2009 IT Society of Electrosuisse

Awarded for dissertation (project “From video to motion patterns”).

Incentive for inventors ETH Zurich

Innovations in project Nova, which led to ETH spin-off company Horao GmbH.

Winner of “The Battle of the Brains” Monitor Group and Bilanz
Strategic case study competition between teams from ETH and HSG.

09/2006 – 12/2009

09/2006 – 05/2008

07/2006 – present

04/2006 – 07/2006

09/2005 – 03/2006

09/2004 – 06/2005

Activities

Research Assistant Computer Vision Laboratory, ETH, Zurich, CH

Conducted research and managed EU project with 5 international partners.

Initiated collaborations, resulting in 3 patents and >10 publications. Coached

Master students. Represented scientific staff in the Department’s conference.

Co-Founder, Head Technology & Strategy Starmind GmbH, Zurich, CH

Founded a company for knowledge transfer and innovation management.

Responsible for strategic business development and IT projects. Led team

of up to 5 persons. Involved in fund raising and client acquisition.

Event Manager, Head of Operations Impact Music, Zurich, CH

Responsible for organization, management and operations in guest reception

and entrance area at annual open air festival “Live at Sunset”. Leading team of

up to 10 persons.

Software Engineer Horao GmbH / Computer Graphics Lab, ETH, Zurich, CH

Responsible for conception and design of audio visualization for world’s first 3D

display. Permanent installation at Zurich main station. Led to start-up company.

Graduate Researcher Mitsubishi Research, Boston, US

Research and development for Master’s project. Patented, used in products.

Software Engineer (Intern) AdNovum, Zurich, CH / San Mateo, US

Responsible for business process integration, data model mapping, and portfolio

document generation for an e-banking system.

05/2006 – present

01/2007 – 07/2007

04/2003 – 03/2005

2000 – 2002

2002 – present

2004 – present

1994 – 2000

Languages

Board Member Unihockey Club, Lenzburg, CH

Acquired new sponsors, increased income by 300%. Merger with other club,

memberships doubled to 200 players (11 teams).

Board Member Academic Bookshops (Polybuchhandlung), Zurich, CH

Introduced Key Account Management to stop migration of major customers.

Board Member Board of Computer Science Students, ETH Zurich, CH

Organized events for up to 500 students.

Unihockey player in highest national league.

Coach of the first men’s squad, 2^nd league.

Scuba diving.

Violin player, performed concerts with orchestra and own string quartet.

German

English

French

Italian

Spanish

Skill Level CEFR

Mother tongue C2

Fluent C1

Intermediate B1

Basic A2

Basic A1