The Swiss open innovation platform
where problems find solutions
Co-founder and CEO of Swiss Innovation Pool AG
Specialist in crowdsourcing and open innovation
Complete CV
I am passionate about innovations that deliver real benefits and break into the market.
Where do you need help in the process of developing your company?
I can help you to implement real innovations around your products and processes, and support you in the early phases of brainstorming, through consolidation, market research, prototypes and evaluation to serial production and market launch.
I don’t do all this single-handedly.
My focus is on collaboration and teamwork. Depending on the task, I call in the specialists I need – and recruit them worldwide. Crowdsourcing makes this possible. I use my own platform swip.world for innovation challenges and also access other platforms to crowdsource individual experts or large crowds for simple tasks. I am your point of contact at all times, and handle all your recruitment, processing and quality assurance needs.
This means that you are no longer limited to internal capacities and know-how. swip.world is your gateway to the gig economy market and allows you to use it from idea generation to implementation.
Of course, we also involve your own employees, for example with an internal idea challenge.
These diagrams show an overview of the various ways in which crowdsourcing can be used for projects.
1 “unsolvable” mechanical problem
1 university, 25 students and 2 prototypes failed
480,000 engineers, technicians and others on LinkedIn confronted with a problem
400 participants on swip.world racked their brains
42 solutions submitted
14 constructions developed
1 prototype produced
1 working solution delivered
1 credit card issuer
1 boring bonus points program
143,000 idea suppliers invited
47 ideas and concepts submitted
9 entries awarded
1 satisfied customer
1 regional bank
19 bank branches in Switzerland
19 existential crises of these branches
38,000 people invited to think outside the box
71 exciting ideas submitted
2 winners chosen
Idea: Measure the power of rowing strokes accurately within the ore.
Achieved: Patent granted in USA and EU. Protoype with ore sensor and mobile app works.
swip.world helps with:
creating the business plan
recruiting the team
legal framework for collaboration
searching for customers and end users
software development
coaching in order to bring the project to market in a targeted manner
Do you have an idea for a new product?
Would you like to expand your market?
Then let’s go ahead with lean innovation. This means that we will first build a simple prototype or even a mockup in order to obtain customer feedback as quickly as possible. The product is then continuously improved and evaluated together with the customer. These many, short development cycles ensure that your investments are market-oriented and actually satisfy a need, thereby reducing the risk of a useless investment.
Do you have doubts about your “business as usual”? Then let’s develop new business models, disrupt your own market and strengthen your position as well as expand your horizons!
Together we can look for new opportunities, in particular how digitalization, big data, AI and other catch phrases can be used to enter new markets.
Taking a look at your business from an external perspective, we can identify processes that can be optimized. This will save you both time and money, which will soon pay for your investment.
Digital tools can often be used to simplify repetitive tasks or to make error-prone steps more secure.
I can find suitable existing solutions as well as the right providers; alternatively, I can offer to develop customized software systems.
Do you have both a plan and a customer, but no resources for implementation? I can help you to find suitable freelancers and handle this (partial) project for you. I will be your point of contact so that you don’t have to worry about individual work packages and external employees. This outsourcing is particularly suitable for IT and design topics, although it is also practicable for other types of work.
I am very solution-oriented with a pragmatic mindset. This is due both to my engineering background and of course to my role as an entrepreneur. I have a strong drive and determination to implement projects and ideas. In doing so, I connect my love of inventions with entrepreneurial awareness.
Your satisfaction and confidence are my top priorities. I communicate openly, try to really understand you and your needs, ask for your feedback and address issues at an early stage. My quality requirements are high; I insist on high quality from my suppliers and only deliver when I am personally satisfied. At the same time, I do everything in my power to meet agreed deadlines.
+41 79 295 95 91
https://www.swip.world