Jakob Cevc

Systems and Builder (Product, Finance, Hardware, AI, SaaS), Advisor & Investor

Zürich Metropolitan Area

About

I build products across the full stack: from hardware certified across a good dozen markets (three continents), to regulated FinTech, to SaaS running Switzerland's SME accounting infrastructure. Before that, I designed buildings and built a portable 3D scanner that predated Google's Project Tango. Currently building AI tools and infrastructure from scratch, and thinking seriously about what product leadership looks like in the next decade. Drawn to problems that aren't solved yet. [email protected]

Experience

  • Builder Mode at Versuchsanstalt
    2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • bexio AG (Full-time · 2 yrs 1 mo)
    • Head of PO
      2023 - 2025 · 2 yrs

      Scaled product from single solution to portfolio — 5 to 12 teams. Full accountability for all product development and delivery at Switzerland's leading SME SaaS platform.

    • Member of the Management Board
      2023 - 2025 · 2 yrs

  • SONECT (Full-time · 2 yrs 1 mo)
    • Member of the Management Board
      2022 - 2023 · 1 yr

    • Head of Product
      2021 - 2023 · 2 yrs

      Led product at FinTech for cash handling: from own compliance platform to B2B2C (SDKs integrated by international banks) and B2C solutions. Navigated full M&A due diligence as acquisition candidate of an S&P 500 company.

  • Head Product & Operations at Confidential
    2020 - 2021 · 1 yr

    Led product and operations, in the renewable energy & decarbonisation space, across hardware, platform, and consumer energy applications for smart grid infrastructure - B2B, B2B2C, and B2C simultaneously.

  • mitipi (2 yrs 1 mo)
    • Head of Product & Co-Founder
      2018 - 2020 · 2 yrs

      Smart home IoT security and insurance (B2C). Hardware: 0 to mass-market in 15 months, certified across three continents (Asia, Europe, North America). Insurance product: 0 to market in 9 months. Helvetia Switzerland's first corporate spinout.

    • Member Board of Directors
      2018 - 2020 · 2 yrs