Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Experienced and pro-active multi media and data manager with excellent knowledge of data governance and strategy, data protection, digital technologies, efficient workflows and AI, change management and innovation; successfully launched innovative projects and strategies; served in leading management positions since 20 years; integrating team player with a strong analytical background; trained “bridge builder” and evangelist between the different stakeholders to implement a data-driven strategy; forward minded, flexible and well adapted also to an international working environment; creative organizer and convincing speaker. Special interests: strategic analysis and development of digital transformation; artificial intelligence in data management; change management; cross-functional leader.
- Enabling seamless digital archiving of a very large number of digitized documents and digital-born records - Realizing solutions for ML and AI-supported extraction of information (data) from millions of OCRed (and HTRed) files - Structuring and improving relevant processes including the development of a sustainable, comprehensive, company-wide ontology based on RiC, with ISAD(G) and RDA merged into it - Developing a modern user experience and semantic search (knowledge graph), supported by sustainable data management and AI that fully implements the ICRC's specific security and confidentiality requirements - Managing a growing team of archivists and digital experts - Implementing step-by-step staff training for the required digital skills, e.g. process modelling, data model mapping, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- Spearheaded the comprehensive integration of multimedia (audio, video, music, text) archives with a 100-person service unit, significantly boosting automation and pioneering AI solutions while increasing internal and external visibility of the archives, e.g. with innovative products like SRF Timelines (timelines.srf.ch) and cooperation with museums and other multipliers in society. Successful completed years of digitization of huge volumes of archive documents and ensured a double safe storage. - Pioneered the establishment of groundbreaking data governance protocols, meticulously crafting policies on data flows and ethics, defining standards, and fortifying data security to meet stringent regulatory demands. - Co-launched an innovative smart data platform, serving as a central hub for aggregating diverse datasets from multiple sources. This resulted in standardized data, a simpler architecture, and doubled the efficiency at half the cost. - Demonstrated expertise in initiating and leading high-impact projects that streamline data workflows, foster cross-functional synergies resulting in quantifiable cost savings - Recruited SRF’s first AI team and facilitated the strategic deployment of AI tools. This resulted in a saving of approximately 10 FTEs and significantly faster processing of audio and video content. - Served as an esteemed in-house project manager and trainer specializing in data management best practices and standardization techniques, resulting in a measurably lower error rate among employees and therefore higher efficiencies. - Crafted foundational roadmaps for navigating metadata complexities and leveraging AI capabilities effectively. The implementation of these roadmaps resulted in greater clarity and consistency in planning and the use of scarce resources.
- Oversaw operations as the managing editor for the current news website. - Assessed and developed cross-media projects especially in the light of the 2015 refugee crisis.