Curriculum Vitae

Professional Experience

KASPARUND AG | Product Owner & Mobile Architect (Co-Founder)

Jan 2020 – Oct 2025

Kaspar& is a FINMA-regulated wealth manager that makes investing fair, easy to understand, and accessible for everyone. By linking everyday spending with investing, users round up their purchases and automatically invest the spare change towards their personalized financial goals.

Product Ownership, Strategy & Business Operations

  • Led the development of 3 cross-platform mobile apps (Kaspar& - launched in 2022, Kaspar& acrevis - launched in early 2024, MyLiberty - launched in late 2024) from concept to launch, including design, implementation, and go-to-market coordination. Achieved 8k+ active users and average ratings 4.5+ in app stores.
  • Built and mentored a cross-functional team (product, ops, data, engineering), fostering a collaborative culture and rapid iteration. Improved activation rates by 15-25% and reduced time-to-value.
  • Defined and managed product roadmaps, balancing user needs, business goals, and regulatory constraints.
  • Established scalable product feedback systems using Jira and Confluence, accelerating feature velocity and reducing bug resolution time.

Software Development (Mobile)

  • Technical lead, overseeing hiring, code reviews, and architecture. Enabled white-labeling for B2B partners, reducing engineering overhead.
  • Contributed 50%+ to production codebase covering 200+ UI screens and 250+ API integrations. Accelerated development velocity for partner-specific features.
  • Owned full mobile app lifecycle: development, testing, CI/CD, and deployment to iOS/Android stores. Enabled faster iteration and user feedback loops.

FINREON AG | Head of Risk Control & Multi Asset

Aug 2013 – Dec 2019

Managed systematic equity and fixed-income strategies across five funds with total AuM of 4bn CHF.

SWISS ARMED FORCES | Member of Cryptology Detachment (Krypt Det)

Aug 2018 – Aug 2020

Conducted cryptographic and data security analyses, including post-quantum research on Supersingular Isogeny Key Exchange (SIKE), during a 3-week deployment for the Swiss Federal Department of Defence (VBS).

Education

Diploma of Advanced Studies in Data Science

ETH Zürich | Feb 2019 – Sept 2020

Specialized in artificial intelligence and machine learning; capstone project analyzed language evolution in Swiss Parliament speeches (1900 – 1980) using state-of-the-art models such as Transformer/BERT, Word2Vec, and ELMo models.

Chartered Financial Analyst, Level I and II

CFA Institute | Dec 2016, Jun 2018

Successfully completed Level I and II.

Master of Science in Mathematics

Universität Zürich (UZH) | Sept 2014 – Sept 2015

Grade: 5.60 / 6.00

Master's thesis

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics

Universität Zürich (UZH) | Sept 2010 – Sept 2014

Grade: 5.20 / 6.00

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