Laurenz Hiller

Data Strategy & Governance @synvert

Switzerland

About

Experience

  • synvert (Full-time · 2 yrs 11 mos)
    • Principal Consulting Manager | Team Lead
      Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

      Responsibility for customer accounts, driving new client acquisition and expanding existing relationships to grow our footprint in DACH with focus on Switzerland. Lead teams both functionally and disciplinarily, overseeing the end-to-end delivery of Data & AI projects while serving as a trusted advisor to both project teams and clients.

    • Lead Competence Center Data Strategy
      Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

      Driving the synvert data strategy and data governance consulting practices across countries.

    • Senior Lead Consultant
      Aug 2023 - Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Deliver end-to-end Data & Analytics projects as a project lead or architect, helping customers achieve successful outcomes while acting as a bridge between business and IT/implementation. Focus areas include Data Strategy, Data Governance, Data Catalogs, and Data & Analytics platforms on Microsoft Azure.

  • Part-time Lecturer at Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg
    Apr 2022 - Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    Lectured on Social Network Analysis in the Bachelor’s program Business Informatics – Data Science, covering both theoretical foundations and practical implementation using Python and NetworkX.

  • Data Architect at Helvetia Versicherungen Schweiz
    Nov 2019 - Jul 2023 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    Led the evaluation, implementation, and rollout of an enterprise data catalog solution, created a system-independent conceptual business data model, collaborated closely with Data Governance, and supported Information Lifecycle Management in compliance with GDPR and the Swiss FADP

  • Coop (Basel und Umgebung, Schweiz)
    • Business Analyst
      Oct 2017 - Oct 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Worked closely with business users to capture requirements for product master data management, designed GDSN-compliant data models (XML schemata and database models), and designed a web application enabling centralized product master data management and seamless exports to SAP ERP and eCommerce platforms.

    • Dualer Student
      Jan 2016 - Sep 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Contributed to IT projects spanning B2B and eCommerce and completed a bachelor’s thesis about web analytics in online shop environments.

  • Dualer Student at MBC Consult
    Oct 2014 - Dec 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Supporting the administration and maintenance of the company’s IT infrastructure, as well as developing and customizing solutions in Microsoft Dynamics AX using X++.