ICT FOCUS 2023

Hugues Abriel, MD Ph.D., is a biologist and physician. He completed his Ph.D. in medicine and life sciences at the University of Lausanne in 1995. Since 2009, Hugues Abriel has been a Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University of Bern. From 2015 until 2022, he was the director of the SNSF-funded NCCR TransCure. He is since 2022 one of the members (vice-rector for research) of the executive board of the University of Bern.

Visho Jesudasan is the Head of SAO and is responsible for the internal IT, the CIO Office and the Cloud Solutions. He has over 18 years of IT experience in different roles. Before joining SWITCH, he worked at Swisscom for 11 years. Visho led a tribe of 120 software engineers and DevOps engineers. He holds a MSc in Business psychology and a BSc in Business IT.

Tom Kleiber is the managing director of SWITCH. He has devoted himself to the ICT industry and the education community for 30 years. As an entrepreneur and digitalisation consultant, he held positions as the CEO and founding member of Zetamind AG as well as various leadership positions in large corporations such as Microsoft, Siemens and Alcatel.

As Head of Community Management and a member of the Management Board, Claudia Lienert plays an important role at SWITCH. The focus of her tasks is to ensure that the Switch Foundation is sustainably aligned with its community, so they benefit from solutions with a clear added value. She has more than 20 years IT experiences in different leading positions. Before joining SWITCH this year, she worked at SBB for 7 years.

Sebastian Wörwag is Rector of Bern University of Applied Sciences and Chair of the Board of Governors of Thurgau University of Teacher Education. Since 2020, he has represented Switzerland in the European University Association’s Research Policy Working Group. He previously headed St. Gallen University of Applied Sciences. With a doctorate in economics, he also co-founded the PHW Business School and was co-owner of the KS Group, a private educational institution. His research over the years has focused on New Work Transition, Digitalisation, Work culture and Workspaces.