I build products.

The short version

Software strategist and technical lead with roots in mathematics and quantitative finance.

Born in Kathmandu, raised in St. Gallen, based in Zurich.

The name Sonauro joins Sonam - merit - with Lauro, from the Latin laurus, the laurel of victory.

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Experience

The work, in brief.

Sonauro GmbHOwnerServing different clients with software strategy, software development and consulting services.2025-now
Kasparund AGCo-founderProduct owner and technical lead for a cross-functional engineering team, developming three Flutter apps serving 10'000+ clients.2020-2025Finreon AGHead of Risk Control & Multi AssetManaged systematic equity and fixed-income strategies across five funds with total assets under management exceeding CHF 4 billion at a quantitative asset management boutique.2013-2019
Education

Where it started.

DAS Data ScienceETH ZurichSpecialization in artificial intelligence and machine learning; capstone project on semantic evolution in Swiss Parliament speeches (1900–1980) using Transformer/BERT, Word2Vec, and ELMo in Python.2019-2020
CFA Program, I & IICFA InstituteSuccessfully completed level I and II of the Chartered Financial Analyst program.2016-2018
B.Sc / M.Sc. MathematicsUniversity of ZurichSpecialization in probability theory, stochastic processes, mathematical finance, and cryptography; thesis on option pricing and hedging in incomplete markets.2010-2015
Fragments

The parts that don’t fit on a CV.

01The hardest problems live between disciplines.
02AI changes how we build, not why we build.
03Strategy is knowing what not to build.
04AI gets you to 90%. The last 10% is the hard part.
Working together

I take on a few things at a time - as an advisor, a builder, or an extra pair of hands inside a team.

Contact

Say hello.

Always glad to talk - about a project, an idea, or nothing in particular.