Chris is an entrepreneurial leader with an exceptionally analytical mind, a quick grasp of business processes and strong technical skills. He is excellent at managing complexity and illustrating intricate contexts concisely, allowing him to convey concept and method skills effectively.
He is passionate about optimizing organizations, aligning incentives, and making recruiting better for both companies and candidates. Since 2004, he has been identifying, attracting and retaining exceptional talent to shape highly effective teams. He has set up and turned around different local and nearshore teams.
A keen technologist, Chris has been a software and systems architect for most of his career; he gained profound experience designing and engineering banking software. He has been promoting model driven software engineering and very often sees possibilities to greatly increase productivity through code generation. Transforming teams to work with agile methods has added to the results delivered.
Chris holds an MSc from ETH and an MBA from INSEAD. He speaks both German and English on native level, is fluent in French and can get by in Spanish.