Aim of the Swiss Innovation Challenge coaching programme
Coaching is a key element of personal development at the Swiss Innovation Challenge. Coaching topics include the business plan, functional aspects such as marketing, financing, production, innovation or internationalisation processes as well as motivational and behavioural aspects. We believe that coaching is only successful if it is based on a dialogue in which there is willingness to receive constructive feedback and operate with a plan of action.
Coaches
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lic. oec. HSG Robert-Jan Bumbacher
Linkedin Profil Coaching expertise Strategy development, business plan development and implementation, company management, business process analysis, financing, project management |
Robert-Jan Bumbacher has over 25 years’ experience in consulting and auditing mandates for family-run businesses, listed companies and public institutions. He spent eight years working on the development and management of a services division and staff unit as well as three years as a branch manager in Basel at an international auditing and consultancy firm. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors at the University Hospital of Basel and lectures at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. Mr Bumbacher studied at the HSG and is a certified accountant.
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Prof. Martina Dalla Vecchia
Linkedin Profil Coaching expertise E-commerce, online marketing, social media, e-business |
In 2000, Martina Dalla Vecchia, a professor at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), developed Switzerland’s first postgraduate course on “E-Commerce & Online Marketing”. In doing so, she was ahead of her time. She now lectures at the FHNW and manages various certificate and degree courses on “Digital Business Innovation”.
Her key skills are in e-commerce, online marketing and social media. She summarises trends and innovations in a nutshell as an author and speaker at congresses and exhibitions. She is a co-editor at BPX Verlag (IT & Business). Her motto is “You are what you share!”.
Her key skills are in e-commerce, online marketing and social media. She summarises trends and innovations in a nutshell as an author and speaker at congresses and exhibitions. She is a co-editor at BPX Verlag (IT & Business). Her motto is “You are what you share!”.
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lic. oec. publ. Jan Fülscher
Linkedin Profil Coaching expertise Business models and monetisation, financing, marketing for start-ups |
Jan Fülscher founded his first start-up at the age of just 22. Since then, he has shared his experience with around 15 start-ups as a supervisory board member, coach or shareholder. He is Managing Director of the Business Angels Switzerland investor network and is joint initiator of the Swiss ICT Investor Club investor network.
His lecturing posts comprise teaching assignments at the University of Zurich, the University of Bern, the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) and Bern University of Applied Sciences. Jan Fülscher is also a guest lecturer at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, a speaker and coach at the VENTURE business plan competition and acts as an initiator/advisor/guide for various start-up projects, including the Weekend Creative Business start-up or the YoungFounders Network.
His lecturing posts comprise teaching assignments at the University of Zurich, the University of Bern, the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) and Bern University of Applied Sciences. Jan Fülscher is also a guest lecturer at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, a speaker and coach at the VENTURE business plan competition and acts as an initiator/advisor/guide for various start-up projects, including the Weekend Creative Business start-up or the YoungFounders Network.
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Andrea Gander
Linkedin Profil Coaching expertise Business plan creation, communication (summarising innovation in a nutshell), presentation (presenting the innovation) |
Andrea Gander is a graduate in Business Administration (BA), management consultant for strategy, organisation and leadership. She is a trainer for communication and presentation technology and teaches at the Bern University of Applied Sciences and Hotel Management School in Thun, among others. She has extensive experience in the hotel and catering industry and also presents at symposia and congresses, Andrea Gander is a long-standing member of the Gastrag management board in Basel.
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Dr. Peter Herrmann
Linkedin Profil Coaching expertise Pharmaceutical development strategies, corporate standards |
Peter Herrmann completed his pharmaceutical studies in 1984 in Basel. Following his dissertation in the area of immunology completed at Sandoz AG, he first worked as a post-doctoral fellow then as laboratory supervisor in the preclinical immunology research department of Sandoz AG. Since 1993, he has held various posts in the regulatory department of Johnson & Johnson and F. Hoffmann-La Roche. In 1998, he was the media spokesperson for Roche. In 1999, he became the head of the regulatory department for the newly formed company Actelion AG. In 2004, he lived in Japan with his family to assist with the development of a local branch. Upon his return, he oversaw the newly formed Corporate Affairs and Compliance department. In 2009, he was appointed to Group Compliance Officer at Actelion. Following the takeover of by Johnson and Johnson in 2017, he became a member of the global integration team. He has been CEO of PharmaCons GmbH since October 2019.
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lic. jur. Eric Künzi
Linkedin Profil Coaching expertise Corporate law (formation, capital increases and relationships between founders and/or investors, shareholder agreements), contract law (agreements with suppliers, T&Cs, employment contracts, software development), trademark law, financing rounds, start-up experience (strategy, business modelling, etc.) |
Eric Künzi is a founding partner of Vujàdé Law, which specialises in legal services, business modelling and structuring financing rounds. He has 15 years’ experience as a corporate lawyer at a leading corporate law firm in Zurich and later with his own company.
Through practical experience as a co-founder of multiple start-ups, he has a detailed understanding of the strategical challenges in the start-up phase. Eric has a law degree from the University of Neuenburg (Master's equivalent) and acquired his lawyer’s license in Bern in 2001.
Through practical experience as a co-founder of multiple start-ups, he has a detailed understanding of the strategical challenges in the start-up phase. Eric has a law degree from the University of Neuenburg (Master's equivalent) and acquired his lawyer’s license in Bern in 2001.
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Christina Loosli MSc, EMBA
Linkedin Profil Coaching expertise Corporate management, business and IT, knowledge and technology transfer, business planning, start-up promotion |
Christina Loosli has a degree in natural sciences from the University of Basel as well as a degree in industrial engineering and an EMBA in International Management. She brings many years of management and project experience to the table in various economic sectors at the interface between IT/business in an international field. As managing director of Technopark Aargau and a lecturer at the FHNW, she now works in the area of start-up promotion as well as knowledge and technology transfer.
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Dr. rer. pol. Andreas Lucco
Linkedin Profil Coaching expertise Marketing strategy and planning, start-up communication, target group segmentation, market research and data analysis, branding |
Andreas Lucco is a marketing and market research expert and has spent 15 years as a lecturer in marketing, branding and CRM among others at the University of Basel, the ZHAW Winterthur and at the SAWI in Dübendorf. He helped numerous start-ups develop their own brand and communication strategies and worked as a strategy and corporate consultant for Deutsche Telekom AG and as managing director of an SME. He is now head of marketing, PR and communication for the Basel Symphony Orchestra.
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Daniel Maier Msc ETH
Linkedin Profil Coaching expertise Protective strategies for products and services using patents, trademarks and designs, licensing models for intellectual property (IP), patent law, monitoring and enforcement of IP |
Following his physics degree at the ETH Zurich, Daniel Maier began his career in research at the Paul-Scherrer Institute in Würenlingen and as a software developer, project manager and consultant for multiple international telecommunications companies. He joined the family-run business euromaier AG 20 years ago, which advises start-ups and SMEs on all matters pertaining to intellectual property. He founded a subsidiary company in the USA and has extensive experience with IP (intellectual property) strategies for monitoring, registering and enforcement of patents, trademarks and designs in more 100 countries worldwide.
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Markus Müller MSc
Linkedin Profil Coaching expertise Innovation, innovation culture and creativity, process support in company and organisational development including change management |
Markus Müller has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a focus on marketing. He has a Certificate of Advanced Studies (sports psychology) from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences and a master's in Advanced Studies (systemic and solution-oriented coaching) from the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. Markus Müller is an expert consultant for innovation processes. He coaches on the sustainable creation of a good innovation culture and provides training on the use of creative and innovative methods (such as design thinking and LEGO SERIOUS PLAY). He coaches teams and individuals within organisational and company development processes and assists with transformation processes. He has been involved with and/or advised on various (online) start-ups over the past 20 years. He is an international guest lecturer at various universities (of applied sciences) and is a book author whose next work (The Change Playkit) will appear in September 2020.
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Prof. Dr. Marc K. Peter
Linkedin Profil Coaching expertise Digital marketing, business development, B2B sales, expansion/global marketing |
Marc K. Peter is head of the Centre for Digital Transformation and professor of Digital Business at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. He previously managed the marketing for eBay International and Brand Marketing for E*TRADE. He initially worked as a managing director in Australia/New Zealand for global IT and software company LexisNexis, then as a sales and marketing manager in the UK/Ireland. He is an editor for KMU-Transformation studies (www.kmu-transformation.ch) and Arbeitswelt 4.0 (www.arbeitswelt-zukunft.ch) as well as Beobachter-Ratgeber Storytelling für KMU (shop.beobachter.ch/storytelling-fuer-kmu) and Digitales Marketing für KMU (shop.beobachter.ch/digitales-marketing).
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Stefan Philippi MA, EMBA
Linkedin Profil Coaching expertise Business models and business model innovation, identifying locations and development of future perspectives, Lean start-up, business planning |
Stefan Philippi has a Master of Arts in the area of social sciences and an executive Master of Business Administration. He has spent many years as operations manager of the Swiss Start-up and Swiss Innovation Challenge. He has coached and advised numerous start-ups in this context and guided them on their path to independence. Stefan Philippi is also a lecturer of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the FHNW Institute for Corporate Management.
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Prof. Dr. Rolf-Dieter Reineke
Linkedin Profil Coaching expertise Internationalisation strategies, developing corporate strategies and business models, identifying locations and development of future perspectives |
Rolf-Dieter Reineke is a professor at the FHNW Institute for Corporate Management. From there, he manages the Swiss Innovation Challenge competitions in Switzerland and Asia. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Directors for multiple international companies and start-ups. He previously held positions at various universities locally and abroad, as well as at international consultancy firms. He has acquired consultancy and training experience in over 40 countries with a focus on strategy and organisational consulting and internationalisation consulting. He has written a number of expert articles and books. Rolf-Dieter Reineke completed a doctorate at the University of Münster in the field of international mergers and acquisitions.
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Dr. Patrick A. Scarpelli
Linkedin Profil Coaching expertise Strategy, business planning, multi-project management, company and brand valuation, development of operational concepts |
Patrick A. Scarpelli is Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board at cctm Holding AG, Chairman of the Board at FrehsCo AG and audit committee member at Weleda AG. He has over 20 years’ consultancy experience on a national and international level and was Group Chief Financial Officer at an industrial firm. Patrick A. Scarpelli completed a doctorate at the HSG St. Gallen and has lectured for more than 10 years at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, specialising in business planning and turnaround management.