About Christian
Highly experienced and proactive executive and broad-based data manager and AI strategist with excellent expertise in data strategy and governance, data policy, master data management, data architecture, digital technologies and change management. Successful in management positions for 15 years, leading and integrating teams in multicultural organizations on a regional, national, and international level. Realised ground-breaking AI projects including successful business implementation. Created AI roadmaps closely connected to business goals to ensure a cost-effective and safe use of AI. Strategic achiever with a large network in Europe, America and the Middle East. Creative organizer, persuasive speaker, strong in argumentation and communication, with a penchant for out-of-the-box thinking.
German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
French
Conversational
Italian
Basic
Can work on-site
Zürich (up to 50km), Basel (up to 50km), Genf (up to 50km), Bern (up to 50km)
Experience
- Sabbatical BreakSabbaticalOctober 2024 - Today (1 year and 8 months)
- SRG SSRChief Data Officer / Chef des donnéesDecember 2021 - October 2024 (2 years and 10 months)Bern, Switzerland- Spearheaded development and execution of a comprehensive national data governance framework including the national data strategy, data policy, master data management, compliance, and data security topics, enhancing organizational data literacy and elevating data quality standards.- Connected actively business, tech, and legal units to get solutions done towards a data-driven company.- Directed the team of Business Data Managers at national level, achieving marked enhancements in data quality awareness, data coherence, and streamlining decision-making processes.- Championed the creation of novel data-centric roles, curating an extensive training program to foster expertise in these positions.- Orchestrated the selection and deployment of a consent management platform, to meet CH and EU (GDPR) regulations, thereby maximizing legal data collection rates for SRG. The compilation of a company-wide register of processing activities came as a very helpful add-on and led to kick-starting a major consolidation process.- Actively fostered the rapid adoption of data-driven solutions paired with streamlined data architecture, substantially boosting operational efficiency and improving time-to-market of the journalistic products- Led the company's internal AI task force from a business, data and ethical perspective, and conducted trailblazing contributions to it by identifying high value opportunities for the use of AI and genAI across the value chain and evaluating associated risks.- Emerged as a prominent speaker at European media conferences on topics of data strategy, data management, and artificial intelligence insights.- Acted as a pivotal scientific liaison between SRG and esteemed academic institutions such as ETH (MTC) & EPFL (IMI), while also contributing as a university lecturer.
- SRG SSRHead of National Data TaskforceApril 2021 - November 2021 (7 months)Zürich, Switzerland- Coordinated business data related topics throughout the holding (including governance issues)- Analyzed and successfully implemented the data protection conformity of numerous US-software products (GDPR, Schrems II, nDSG).- Consulted continuously on the creation of a new data policy in different business units- Co-authored the groundbreaking mandates for the national Chief Data Officer and for the national specialist group "Business Data Manager".- Started a SRG-wide marketing group to bundle data-related topics- Lead complex horizontal data projects (rights management; distribution) and increased work efficiency measurably.- Pursued the use case of personalization on a strategic data level.
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Education
- Certificate of achievement, Künstliche IntelligenzHasso Plattner Institute2023Certificate of achievement, Künstliche Intelligenz
- Professional Certificate, LEADStanford University Graduate School of Business2022Professional Certificate, LEAD