Management

  • Marc Gasser, M.Sc.

    Executive Partner Customer Relations, Business Dev.

    Marc Gasser studied IT and economics at Uppsala University in Sweden and the University of Zurich in Switzerland. He was granted the Philias CSR Award, as well as the semester prize at the University of Zurich for his thesis publication “A Validation of Action Patterns for Project Managers”

    Marc Gasser also is a member of the board of internet companies, founded several web startups and holds presentations on IT Project Management, E-Business and Innovation Management.

    His particular areas of interest include entrepreneurship, e-business models and the mountains of Valais.

    mgasser@astina.ch | Xing | LinkedIn

  • Matthias Alder, M.Sc.

    Executive Partner Project Manager, Strategy & Finance

    Whilst completing his studies in IT and economics at the University of Zurich, Matthias Alder gained valuable practical experience as a software developer for Comartis AG. During this time, he also developed independent IT consulting skills through private project work.

    Through an internship at the Technical Architecture division of UBS Wealth Management and Business Banking, Matthias developed specialised knowledge in the inter-relationship of software components in the complex environment of a large organisation. He wrote his master thesis on the “Visualisation of Software Inventory Data”.

    malder@astina.ch | Xing | LinkedIn

  • Philipp Kräutli, M.Sc.

    Executive Partner Software Architect, Technical Leader

    Philipp Kräutli studied IT and economics at the University of Zurich and worked as a software developer for various IT firms before founding Astina.

    His particular interest areas lie in requirements engineering, software architecture and database design.

    pkraeutli@astina.ch | Xing

  • Simon Morger, B.Sc.

    Executive Partner Project Manager, Head of Consulting

    Simon Morger completed his studies in Information Technology at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, and at the University of Applied Sciences in Rapperswil. His thesis dealt with the subject “iPhone Interface for a semantic recommender system'.

    Before founding Astina, Simon worked as an independent software developer.

    smorger@astina.ch | Xing

  • Miha Gerbec

    Head of Astina Ljubljana Project Manager, ScrumMaster

    Miha Gerbec is Head of Astina Ljubljana. The certified Scrum Master is working in IT for ten years.

    His biggest interest is to expand his view on international IT and startup scene, where he is appreciate the chance to meet and work with some very interesting people.

    mgerbec@astina.si | Xing

Staff

  • Frank Harter, Dipl.-Inform. (FH)

    Senior Software Engineer

  • Ramun Liesch, B.A.

    User Experience Designer

  • Dražen Perić, B.Sc.

    Software Engineer

  • Fredi Pevcin

    Software Engineer

  • David Pokleka, B.Sc.

    Software Engineer

  • Abilash Soorasangaran

    Intern

  • Kejo Starosta, B.Sc.

    Senior Software Engineer

  • Thilo Tanner

    Senior Software Engineer

  • Rebecca Veiga, EFZ BM

    Project Assistant

  • Matej Velikonja, B.Sc.

    Software Engineer

  • Žiga Vidic, B.Sc.

    Software Engineer

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Executive Board / Advisory Board

  • Dr. Kurt Lambert

    President of the Executive Board

    After completing an economics degree at the University of Texas, Kurt Lambert was awarded his PhD at the university of Lausanne. Kurt Lambert is the president of the executive board of Zegora Investments, member of the advisory board of FTSE Hedge Fund Index and member of the board of trustees of the Africa Foundation.

    In 1997 he founded Harcourt Investment Consulting, one of the first companies to enter the Swiss hedge-fund market and which, at the end of 2006, was managing more than 4.5 billion dollars.

  • Dr. Thomas Billeter

    Advisor

    Dr. Billeter is an experienced professional who has been passionate about the technology industry ever since the early days of the internet. After graduating as an electronics engineer at the ETH in Zurich he has spent the first 6 years of his career developing high performance data networking equipment. After earning an additional Master degree and a PhD in economics, Dr. Billeter spent 6 years McKinsey where he had the chance to consult many large corporations in building their e-businesses in the first years of the roaring internet age. Later on as technology entrepreneur, he has been active in many different business areas, from software to telecoms services and new media. His current engagements include Internet TV, Internet music, linguistic search software, e-commerce services and social media.

  • Prof. Dr. Conrad Meyer

    Advisor

    Prof. Dr. Conrad Meyer is an ordained professor in economics and Director of the Institute for Accounting and Controlling at the University of Zurich. For many years, he has been involved in advising service and industry organisations, and is a member of the committee of the Swiss GAAP FER as well as several executive boards. His research interests lie in management accounting, financial controlling and problems in business administration. Conrad Meyer is also the author of an extensive number of publications.