Chamber Friends

• Adrian Stalder

  BizOps & Strategy | Google

  Running Monetization & Pricing Strategy across Google & Alphabet

• Andreas Achermann

  Senior Manager | Del Monte Foods

  Senior Production, Purchasing and Deployment Manager
  Del Monte Foods Inc.

• Andreas Pfluger

  Director | Jumi enterprises

  Consultant for consumer market. Member of various company boards.
  Helps establish worldwide brands in american market.

• Anna Pototschnig

  Mrs. | The Council of Europe

  Austrian lawyer and LL.M. (Business Law) graduate from UC Berkeley School of Law. Currently working at the CoE for the analysis of information of Parties to the Anti-Doping Convention on criminal legislation related to doping in sport.

• Boris Pavlovic

  Director, Executive Engagement & Briefing Program | DocuSign

  www.docusign.com

• Brian David

  San Francisco Office Leader | Egon Zehnder

  Brian leads the Egon Zehnder’s San Francisco office.

• Brigitta W. Ammann

  Owner/Mgr. | JASON TRAVEL, INC.

  Owner of Jason Travel, Inc., A Retail Travel Agency,
  organizing travel to all parts of the World.

• Bruno Schurter

  former CEO | Schurter, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA

  Schurter, Inc. is the US-subsidiary of Schurter Holding AG in Lucerne, Switzerland

• Caesar R. Ruegg

  Managing Director - Wealth Management | UBS Financial Services Inc.

  Wealth Management for individuals and institutional clients

• Carlo Scapinelli

  Senior Finance and Operations Executive | SunPower Corporation

  A finance executive with over 20 years of experience working in and with multiple countries. P&L ownership for $1B+ companies, resulting in consistent bottom-line impact in a rapidly changing business environment and across different cultures. Accomplished in global markets and strong background in renewable energy, manufacturing, EPC, mining, metals, NGO industries.

• Chris Wagner

  Vice President | UBS

  Trusted, knowledgeable and experienced advisor in many areas of personal and business related finance. I have a passion for philanthropy. Just over “The Hill” in Reno/Tahoe, but I travel well.

• Christiane Glocker Meffert

  Consultant | Self

  Management Consultant

• Dagmar Nikles

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• Daniel Hiltebrand

  Investor | Private

  Private Investor

• Dominic Siegrist

  Director, Corporate Communications | ABB Ltd

  Corporate Communication Director at ABB for the ABB Formula E Partnership team. Business Integration and Corporate Engagement are key for positioning the partnership leading the way to a more sustainable future.

• Dr. Jacques F. VALLEE

  Principal | DOCUMATICA FINANCIAL, LLC

  We are an early-stage, high technology family venture fund
  managing a portfolio of companies specialized in AI software, medical technologies and space-based imaging of the Earth.

• Elaine Ferre

  CEO | IBN Zurich

  IBN Zurich connects US companies with Swiss investors.

• Erich Sonnberger

  Realtor/Immobilienverkäufe | Intero Real Estate Services

  I sell residential Real Estate in the Bay Area and Beyond. I help clients integrate into the California lifestyle and cuture.

• Fredi Moehl

  Vice President Network Architecture and Engineering | Bank of America

  Network Engineering at Bank of America

• Gert Christen

  Partner | Arteco Services USA LLC

  Innovation strategist, new business launcher, and entrepreneur-in-residence.

• Gregory Ellison

  President | Eco Thrift

  Materials recycling.

• Hans Surber

  Executive Director | Swiss Bank Corporation

  Retired from Swiss Bank Corporation

• Ives Muehlemann

  Key Account Manager | Bossard North America Inc.

  We support manufacturing companies to increase their productivity and boost their competitiveness

• Jacqueline Achermann

  Project Specialist | Volkwagen Group of America: Innovation Center

  Project Specialist working with Volkswagen Group.

• Jerome Crochat

  Director of Product Management | Jumpshot

  I head Product Management for the development of web based Marketing Analytics applications.

• Jessie Ayala

  Ayala | Blue Bay Contractors

  Accounts Manager for Blue Bay Contractors

• Jochen Eidam

  Dir. Product Management | Poly Inc.

  Business Product Management lead for Poly’s Desktop and Conference Phone portfolio.

• Julien Battaglia

  Consultant | Looking for new opportunities

  I’m new in San Francisco, I’m from Lausanne, have a master degree in Actuary Sciences from HEC Lausanne, I speak French, Italian, English and German and I’d love to do networking!

• Kyle McKinnis

  Logistics Coordinator | BrightSign LLC

  Currently working as a Logistics Coordinator for BrightSign LLC a company that sells digital signage media players.

• Laurent Huguenin

  Senior Vice President | Hunt Pacific Management Corporation

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• Lionel Buhler

  Founder | Touch Tools Business Inc

  Helping businesses with their Financial Systems.

• Lou Dellers

  Ms. | Deloitrw

  Strategy consultant at Deloitte, looking for opportunities in the bay area

• Mange

  olivier | Retired

  Retired

• Manuel Studer

  Director Global Software Engineering | Curtis Instruments

  OEM supplier for e-Mobility

• Michael Muelly

  Product Manager | Google

  Developing machine intelligence for healthcare at Google.

• Michael Nagy-Jozsa

  Mr. | n/a

  www.linkedin.com/in/michaelnagyjozsa

• Morgan Le

  Venture Capital & Private Equity Advisory Board | Draper Venture Network

  Former Big Three. Led transformational change in the America’s, specifically corporate strategy and crisis management at McKinsey & Co for 12 years at Partner level.
  Worked w high government officials and SLT’s (senior leadership teams) at Fortune Companies, led high profile efforts to drive change at scale.

• Natalie Dodge

  Senior Director | Capitol Records

  I’m a Swiss Citizen and for my profession I’m a senior director of A&R at Capitol Records here in Los Angeles. I establish relationships with musicians (both domestic and international). I sign musicians to record labels to help promote them in internationals markets including Switzerland where one of my artists was able to obtain a platinum record this year for his song “ily (I love you baby) (feat. Emilee)”. I look forward to becoming a member of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce to further develop and promote collaborations between Swiss and American musical artists.

• Nathalie Hoegger

  Attorney | Looking for Opportunities

  California and Swiss-qualified lawyer and graduate from Columbia Law School (LL.M.). New to the Bay area.

• Nicolas Loepfe

  Legal Counsel | Verily Life Sciences LLC

  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nloepfe/

• Nicole Estermann

  Strategic Marketing Manager | Varian Medical Systems Inc

  Driving the strategic positioning and marketing of Varian for all AI- and data-driven software solutions

• Nicole Lipset

  CPA | Ghiasi & Company

  I’m the tax manager at Ghiasi & Company. We prepare and consult on business tax returns.

• Pascal Kueenzi

  Investment Adviser | Bellecapital International

  Tailor-made and US-tax efficient asset management for wealthy individuals and family offices, with a focus on European and Global investments using direct securities.

• Peter Thoeny

  CTO | Liquineq AG

  Founder of TWiki, and open source enterprise wiki, co-founder of Liquineq AG, providing blockchain based payment solutions for banks

• Philipp Estermann

  Associate Legal Counsel EMEA | Apttus Corporation

  I am Apttus’ Legal Counsel in charge for EMEA. Apttus is a leading Quote-to-Cash SaaS provider.

• Pius Kampfen

  Investor | Investor

  Former Charman Swiss American Chamber of Commerce San Francisco
  Former Senior Representative Bank Julius Baer West Coast

• Rahel Sopi-Aeberhard

  CPA | PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

  Manager in the PwC’s Assurance practice with focus on Pharmaceutical and Life Siences clients.

• Robert Lensch

  Managing Director | Boucher Lensch Associates LLC

  Boucher Lensch Associates LLC is a boutique investment bank providing financial and strategic advisory services to companies in the electronics and life science instrumentation industries

• Robert Lightfoot

  Executive Vice President, Global Consulting | Wood Mackenzie ("Woodmac")

  I run the global consulting division of Wood Mackenzie, the leading source of market data, analytics, and trusted third-party asset valuation for the energy industry

• Romeo Durscher

  Director of Pubilc Safety Integration | DJI

  Overseeing the integration of UAS (drones) into public safety applications across Northern America and Europe.

• Sergio Magistri

  Independent Consultant | San Mateo

• Stephen E. Gurne

  Certified Public Accountant | Stephen E Gurne CPA

  Certified Public Accountant serving the greater SF Bay community for all tax, financial reporting and consulting needs.

• Stephen Mittelsteadt

  Finance Director | AbbVie Inc.

  Pharma R&D Finance with a passion for Tech and Startups

• Tanja Rohark

  Mrs. | Digital Chameleon GmbH

  CEO & Founder of Digital Chameleon GmbH
  Auditor, Quality & Compliance Specialist for Digital Health Software

• Tjarko Leifer

  Mr. | Wellio

  Software technology company

• Urs Bernhard

  Owner | Leadership Development and Executive Coaching

  International Leadership Development Consultant and Executive Coach in California, Switzerland and Asia.