Chief Executive Officer & Cofounder (Zurich)

Visionary. Explosive. Insightful.

Over 20 years of experience as a leading-edge digital security, democracy and civil rights entrepreneur and activist. Founder of the Trustless Computing Association and creator of the Free and Safe in Cyberspace event series. Founder of the open-source e-democracy startup Participatory Technologies, sold in 2006 to private equity. As head of EMEA Business Development at 4thpass, acquired by Motorola, he sold +$10M mobile app store systems to top mobile network operators. As CEO at Open Media Park, he brought the valuation of a planned IT/media park from €3m to €21m, slated to be EU’s 2nd largest. Masters’ at Rutgers University. Graduate studies at Princeton. Born in Italy, living in Zurich.

Cofounder & Chief Security Officer (Zurich)

Calm. Reasoned. Methodic.

A seasoned IT security executive with 15 years of C-level experience in multiple leading firms. Mostly as Chief Information Security Officer, at a World leader in logistics, and a leading Swiss blockchain consulting, he led strategy, architecture, and management of the cybersecurity and IT risk programs for large corporations, including a top-3 Swiss private bank. He has over fifteen international IT security degrees and certifications. Conference speaker and interviewee in sector portals. Master in IT engineering from ZHAW School of Engineering. Born and living in Zurich.

Head of Engineering

Cool headed. Devil’s Advocate.

Has 25 years of experience in the design and engineering management of secure hardware, software, firmware in security-critical domains. Founder and CTO of leading smart-home startup. For two years in Shenzhen, he lead design-to-manufacturing of high-security physical security IoT devices for civilian and military sectors. Responsible for hardware and software architecture, R&D, integration and engineering. Currently CISO at multinational EU IT security service company. Bachelor Degree in Computer Science. Born in Italy, living between Zurich and Aosta.

UX & UI Lead (Geneva)
Senior UX & UI Designer. Specialized in mobile banking. Worked for Lombard Odier and Thomson Reuters. Founded and exited 2 startups in the area of specialized hardware for virtual reality.

Design Manager (New Delhi)
Highly talented and multi-versed digital graphics artist and consumer electronics designer. Specializes in designing and coordinating advanced design and communications projects integrating computer graphics, UI design, Web and mobile app design, visual effect & video post-production.