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AI Executive & Architect
Aug 2024 – Present · Zurich, Switzerland
Delivering enterprise AI strategy and high-scale solution architecture for global organisations, Tier-1 financial institutions and international agencies.
- Apr 2026 – PresentGeneva21 contributionsEngagement 1 of 2
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Principal AI Architect — Coordinator, Gavi Innovation Lab (Consultant)
Digital & Technology Strategy & Solutions (DTSS), Innovation Lab.
Skills usedAI governance, risk & regulatory complianceMachine learning, deep learning & MLOpsData Strategy for AIGenerative AI & LLM solutionsAgentic AI & AI-native engineeringSolution & enterprise architectureData architecture, engineering & governanceSemantic engineering & knowledge managementCloud & multi-tenant SaaS platformsInnovation & change managementTeam leadership & talent developmentBusiness value & financial managementProgramme, project & vendor managementDigital marketing & customer analyticsProduct & full-stack engineeringIndustriesScientific research & academiaPublic sector & international organisationsBiopharma, global health & life sciencesLogistics & supply chain- Coordinates the Innovation Lab and supported its conversion into a consumable internal service.
- Established the reusable reference architecture for grounding Copilot agents in enterprise knowledge on Azure.
- Aug 2024 – Jun 2025Zurich29 contributionsEngagement 2 of 2
EPAM Systems
Principal Director — Data Analytics & Generative AI
Employment concluded following an internal restructuring.
35Generative AI use cases mapped across all seven divisions of a Tier-1 Swiss bankSkills usedAI governance, risk & regulatory complianceMachine learning, deep learning & MLOpsData Strategy for AIGenerative AI & LLM solutionsAgentic AI & AI-native engineeringSolution & enterprise architectureData architecture, engineering & governanceSemantic engineering & knowledge managementCloud & multi-tenant SaaS platformsInnovation & change managementTeam leadership & talent developmentBusiness value & financial managementProgramme, project & vendor managementExecutive advisory & pre-salesDigital marketing & customer analyticsCommunication & thought leadershipIndustriesRetail, consumer goods & e-commerceScientific research & academiaPublic sector & international organisationsBiopharma, global health & life sciencesAgriculture, food & environmentTechnology consulting & IT servicesLogistics & supply chainManufacturing, chemicals & industrialsBanking & financial servicesEnergyTelecommunications- Led the technical RFI response behind preferred-vendor status with a Tier-1 Swiss bank (35 GenAI use cases, 7 divisions).
- Defined AI Factory architectures for pursuits in banking, public sector, energy, telecom, pharma and chemicals.
- Jun 2025 – Apr 2026Zurich24 contributions
Solara28
Founder & Chief Architect — Enterprise multi-tenant AI-native SaaS commerce platform
Venture built and transitioned to production readiness. Work completed; Solara28 is now managed by his wife.
6M+Lines of production code delivered single-handedly with 32 AI agents in 8 teams300+Business functions in an AI-native multi-tenant commerce platformOpen sourcePublished the Buonaiuto-Doc4LLM MCP serverSkills usedAI governance, risk & regulatory complianceMachine learning, deep learning & MLOpsData Strategy for AIGenerative AI & LLM solutionsAgentic AI & AI-native engineeringSolution & enterprise architectureData architecture, engineering & governanceCloud & multi-tenant SaaS platformsTeam leadership & talent developmentBusiness value & financial managementEntrepreneurship & venture buildingDigital marketing & customer analyticsProduct & full-stack engineering- Single-handedly built an AI-native multi-tenant commerce platform: 300+ business functions, five languages.
- Orchestrated 32 AI agents in 8 teams, producing 6M+ lines of production code (audited at about 275 person-years).
- May 2019 – Feb 2024Kaiseraugst22 contributions
DSM-Firmenich
R&D Principal Data Scientist — EMEA
Employment ended for economic reasons.
€70M+Projected value of the R&D portfolio delivered by a 15+ FTE organisation€30M+ / yrProjected value of an AI digital twin replacing in-vivo UV-filter experiments−48%Manufacturing-plant downtime cut by an AI digital twin€1.5M / yrROI from AI-driven lab automation (chromatogram recognition)FDAGlobal strategy for CDISC-SEND clinical data standards−80%AI team turnover after a dedicated talent strategySkills usedAI governance, risk & regulatory complianceMachine learning, deep learning & MLOpsData Strategy for AIGenerative AI & LLM solutionsData architecture, engineering & governanceSemantic engineering & knowledge managementCloud & multi-tenant SaaS platformsInnovation & change managementTeam leadership & talent developmentBusiness value & financial managementProgramme, project & vendor managementExecutive advisory & pre-salesEntrepreneurship & venture buildingDigital marketing & customer analyticsCommunication & thought leadershipIndustriesScientific research & academiaBiopharma, global health & life sciencesAgriculture, food & environmentLogistics & supply chainManufacturing, chemicals & industrials- Led a 15+ FTE data-science organisation; portfolio with a projected value above €70M.
- AI digital twin cut plant downtime by 48% — Best DSM Corporate Research Project 2020.
- Feb 2018 – Sep 2018Lucerne11 contributions
Fair Trade Handels
Senior Data Science Manager — Head of Data Science
Employment ended for internal economic reasons.
+561%Quarterly revenue from a predictive marketing campaignFirstDepartment of Data Science & Reporting createdSkills usedAI governance, risk & regulatory complianceMachine learning, deep learning & MLOpsData Strategy for AISolution & enterprise architectureData architecture, engineering & governanceSemantic engineering & knowledge managementInnovation & change managementTeam leadership & talent developmentBusiness value & financial managementProgramme, project & vendor managementDigital marketing & customer analyticsProduct & full-stack engineeringIndustriesRetail, consumer goods & e-commerceBiopharma, global health & life sciencesLogistics & supply chain- Created the company’s first Data Science & Reporting department as a member of the senior management team.
- +561% quarterly revenue from a predictive marketing campaign; 8% savings on shipping fees.
- Oct 2013 – Feb 2018Paris9 contributions
Nespresso (Nestlé)
Senior Managing Consultant
All marketsUnified data-layer infrastructure across every online Nespresso marketSkills usedAI governance, risk & regulatory complianceMachine learning, deep learning & MLOpsData Strategy for AISolution & enterprise architectureData architecture, engineering & governanceCloud & multi-tenant SaaS platformsInnovation & change managementBusiness value & financial managementDigital marketing & customer analyticsCommunication & thought leadershipIndustriesRetail, consumer goods & e-commerce- Engineered a unified data-layer infrastructure across all online Nespresso markets.
- Introduced A/B/n multivariate testing and a global e-commerce performance-metrics framework.
- Jan 2012 – Jun 2013Bonn11 contributions
United Nations
Senior Manager
1.2BRecords in a climate and agrobiodiversity data architectureCOP 10Data-platform criteria presented to Prime Ministers at UNCCD COP 10Skills usedAI governance, risk & regulatory complianceMachine learning, deep learning & MLOpsSolution & enterprise architectureData architecture, engineering & governanceSemantic engineering & knowledge managementInnovation & change managementTeam leadership & talent developmentCommunication & thought leadershipIndustriesScientific research & academiaPublic sector & international organisationsAgriculture, food & environmentMedia & publishing- Led the design of a 1.2-billion-record data architecture for agrobiodiversity and climate analysis.
- Time-series analysis across 3,875 sensors in 12 countries; data-platform criteria presented at UNCCD COP 10.
- Mar 2002 – Nov 2011Rome16 contributions
United Nations CGIAR
Head of Digital Unit
StandardDarwin Core Germplasm international data standard40+ → ~12Institutional knowledge platforms rationalised under common governanceUSD 100kSaved in a single digital project40+Master’s theses supervised in digital and data scienceSkills usedAI governance, risk & regulatory complianceMachine learning, deep learning & MLOpsData Strategy for AIAgentic AI & AI-native engineeringSolution & enterprise architectureData architecture, engineering & governanceSemantic engineering & knowledge managementCloud & multi-tenant SaaS platformsInnovation & change managementTeam leadership & talent developmentBusiness value & financial managementProgramme, project & vendor managementCommunication & thought leadershipIndustriesScientific research & academiaPublic sector & international organisationsAgriculture, food & environment- Grew from multimedia web specialist to head of the Digital Unit, coordinating 20+ regional offices.
- Authored the Darwin Core Germplasm data standard (TDWG 2010) and rationalised 40+ platforms into about a dozen.
- 1994 – 2006Rome4 contributions
CapodannoRoma, Helloitaly & Radio&Data Communications
Start-up Founder & Chief Technologist, CapodannoRoma · E-commerce Architect, Helloitaly.it · Publishing Director, Radio&Data Communications
15,000+Hotels in Italy’s first online travel portal, later acquired by Expedia Group285,000Companies reached monthly by three B2B technology magazinesFirst in ItalyB2C e-commerce platform for live-event ticketingSkills usedSolution & enterprise architectureBusiness value & financial managementProgramme, project & vendor managementEntrepreneurship & venture buildingProduct & full-stack engineeringCommunication & thought leadership- Founded and built Italy’s first B2C e-commerce platform for live-event ticketing.
- Directed three B2B technology magazines reaching 285,000 companies every month.