Corporate Members

Stephen N. Anderson
Managing Partner
Marquis Advisory Group LLC

Philipp Barmettler
Director GTM Strategy
Google Cloud
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 Besmer
Trade Commissioner
Switzerland
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.

Beat Bossart
Broker Associate
Vanguard Properties

John Bucher
Owner/Manager
Bucher Farms and Vineyard

Joel Burrows
President and CEO
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company

Brian David
Office Leader / Managing Partner
Egon Zehnder
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

Michelle Enlow
Global Real Estate Advisor
Engel & Völkers, Sonoma

Christian Foglar
Owner
Advanced Orthopaedics

Andreas Glocker
Chief Executive Officer
Fastmetrics: Networks & Knowledge
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

Oliver Guggisberg
Manager Western USA
Switzerland Tourism

Antonia-Elisa Soler Blasco
Director
Hilti U.S. Technology Office

Achim W. Hoelzle
Attorney at Law
FeldbergPacific Law Group

Roger Huldi
General Manager
The St. Regis San Francisco

René Jacquat
Principal / Consultant
LogiChain Solutions, LLC
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.

Bjoern Jeker
Partner
CRC Results, Inc.
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.

Phillip H. Kalsched
Attorney
Carle, Mackie, Power & Ross LLP

Sean Johnston
Sr. Vice President, General Counsel
Genentech, Inc.

Urs Martin Laeuchli
Director
Laeuchli-ADR

Patrick Imhof
COO
American Lamprecht Transport
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
Director Worldwide Education Strategy
Apple
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.

Lori Mueller
Vice President
Mueller Winery ,

Boris Pavlovic
Director, Executive Briefing & Executive Engagement Programs
DocuSign
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.

Andreas Pfluger
Director
Jumi enterprises

Siegmar Pohl
Attorney
Squire Patton Boggs

Stefan Ruest
Senior Manager, Switzerland Tax Desk
Ernst & Young LLP

Fabio Rupp
Founder/President
Independent Biotechnology Consultant
Type of Business:
Consultancy – biotechnology and pharmaceutical sector, including preclinical activities, regulatory and business development
NAICS:
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services

Peter Scherrer
President & Chief Scientific Officer
Certus Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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

Ursula Schnyder
Owner & Chief Chocolate Officer
DESSERTS FOR YOU, LLC, dba SWEET55 - Swiss Chocolates & Confections

Guido Schwager
President
Schwager Davis, Inc.

Dominic Siegrist
Director, Corporate Communications
ABB Inc
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.

Philipp Stauffer
Co-Founder & Managing Director
FYRFLY Venture Partners

Dieter Studer
Marketing Manager
R&M USA INC

Dennis Sullivan
Attorney
Law Offices of Dennis M. Sullivan
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).

Mark Walti
Founder and Managing Director
Milliarium Consulting LLC