Corporate Members

Marquis serves international companies entering the U.S. by collaborating with management to reduce mistakes and accelerate growth.

Philipp K. Barmettler is a Director at Google where he leads the global go-to-market strategy efforts for Google Cloud. Prior to joining Google, Philipp was a Director at Facebook driving global sales operations for partnerships and resellers, a Vice President at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and before that he was an Associate Partner of the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. He holds a Master’s and a Ph.D. degree in Corporate Venturing with Distinction from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich.

Christoph is a seasoned business professional with two decades of experience in the international business arena. Mr. Besmer joined the Swiss Business Hub USA as the Trade Commissioner of Switzerland for the U.S. West Coast after co-founding and running a foreign direct investment consulting firm. Prior to this, he was heading the Greater Zurich Area investment promotion agency’s efforts in the United States for close to a decade. Christoph Besmer gathered experience as a senior project manager for a nongovernmental organization providing consulting services for humanitarian relief organizations.

20+ years of experience as a Broker Associate assisting buyers and sellers of real estate in the Bay Area.

Type of Business:
Wine grapes, dairy farming

NAICS:
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting

President at Trattore Farms and Winery

VP Operations at Ghirardelli Chocolate Company

CEO, Head of Outpost & VP Cyber Security

Office leader and Managing Partner of the San Francisco office. Egon Zehnder is a global management firm advising on board consulting, succession, and executive development.

Egon Zehnder
Leadership consultant and Advisory Firm
One Sansome Street, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA

brian.david@egonzehnder.com
(415) 963-8551 work
(415) 378-7777 mobile

Global Real Estate Advisor assisting companies with employee relocations.

Engel & Völkers
PO Box 928
Petaluma, CA 94954
Phone: 707-486-8765

Type of Business:
Medical office, medical consulting

NAICS:
Health Care and Social Assistance

Fastmetrics broadband Service for large businesses. We offer from 1gig fiber optic solutions to 10gig fiber-optic Internet access solutions.

Type of Business:
Network integrator, Voip and connectivity solutions, IT consulting, ISP, business network and knowledge consulting

NAICS:
Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services Computer Systems Design Services

Manager Western USA for Switzerland Tourism

The U.S. Tech Office in San Francisco connects start-ups from the Bay Area and across North America with the global Hilti team, headquartered in Liechtenstein.

Type of Business:
Legal services. Practice areas: establishment of U.S. subsidiaries, international and domestic mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, technology transactions

NAICS:
Legal Services

Type of Business:
Hotel

Address:
125 Third Street San Francisco, California 94103
Phone: +1 415 284 4050

NAICS:
Accommodation and Foodservices

LogiChain Solutions, LLC is a boutique consulting company that offers solutions in supply chain, logistics, and transportation management to startups as well as small and medium sized companies; from strategy development to execution. Our focus and expertise are in consumer goods with specialization in food & beverage.

SACCSF Vice-Chairman.

Bjoern Jeker is a Partner with CRC Results, where he works with Fortune 1000 and emerging growth companies. He has run cross-functional and international projects in the life sciences and technology sector to identify, analyze and close performance and compliance gaps across critical functions and products lines. Prior to CRC Results, Mr. Jeker was Partner for Risk Advisor Services at a national professional services firm and directed the Internal Audit function at Qualcomm. Mr. Jeker was Chairman of the San Francisco Chapter of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce from 2010-2012. He is a graduate of the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Former Chairman of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce – San Francisco Chapter

Type of Business:
Business law

NAICS:
Legal Services

Type of Business:
Research, development, manufacturing and marketing of prescription drugs

NAICS:
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing

Type of Business:
Dispute resolution, consulting, legal

NAICS:
Legal Services

Customs Brokerage and Freight Forwarding

Mr. Patrick Imhof
COO
American Lamprecht Transport, Inc.
61 Airport Blvd Ste A
South San Francisco, CA 94080
p.imhof@lamprechtusa.com
Phone +1 (650) 273-1465
Fax +1 (650) 273-1469
www.lamprechtusa.com

Dominic Liechti leads worldwide education strategy at Apple. Before joining Apple he had a direct role in the vision, design, and launch of innovative education products while managing corporate and business strategy for public schools, international schools, and startups. Liechti grew up in Switzerland and holds a teaching credential from the College of Education in Bern, a master’s in education management from the Zurich University of Teacher Education, and an MBA from IMD Business School in Lausanne.

Type of Business:
Legal services

NAICS:
Offices of Lawyers

Type of Business:
Winery

NAICS:
Wineries

Type of Business:
Wine production and sales

NAICS:
Wineries

Professor of Medicine
Oncologist at UCSF
Founder Alessa Therapeutics

Boris is a service-driven technology marketing leader with creative vision, talent for execution and significant customer empathy informed by an earlier career in international hospitality management.  He currently leads DocuSign’s Executive Engagement & Briefing programs.  Boris holds a BSc from the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne and an MBA from Cornell University.

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

Experienced Partner working for European and US clients in cross-border M&A, venture capital and technology transactions. Admitted in California and in Germany, he works seemlessly between the legal systems.

560 Mission Street, Suite 1600

San Francisco, CA 94105

(415) 894-4317

Type of Business:
Consultancy – biotechnology and pharmaceutical sector, including preclinical activities, regulatory and business development

NAICS:
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services

Type of Business:
Development of nanoparticles for the targeted delivery of anti-tumor drugs resulting in extended tumor drug exposure and greatly reduced toxic side effects

NAICS:
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing

Enhancing The Essence of Chocolate is the motto of SWEET55 – a Swiss Artisan chocolatier in the Bay Area. Brick-and-mortar store, online store, events & more.

Type of Business:
Construction

NAICS:
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

ABB is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. By connecting software to its electrification, robotics, automation and motion portfolio, ABB pushes the boundaries of technology to drive performance to new levels.
With a history of excellence stretching back more than 130 years, ABB’s success is driven by about 110,000 talented employees in over 100 countries.

Early Stage Technology Venture Fund investing in Swiss, European and North American ventures.

R&M develops and manufactures passive cabling solutions for high-quality communication networks. At R&M USA, Dieter Studer oversees Marketing and Product Management

Law Practice: Business transactions and litigation; mergers and acquisitions; real estate transactions; wills, trusts and probate; international transactions and related litigation. Legal Advisor – Consulates General of Federal Republic of Germany, Switzerland, and Brazil (San Francisco); Past Special Counsel, Office of the Commission of the European Union (San Francisco).

Milliarium Consulting focuses on Swiss companies which are planning market entry or would like to expand their activities in the US.