Our team
A great company starts with a great team
Executive team
Joël Winteregg
Board member, CEO & Co-Founder
As NetGuardians CEO, Joël Winteregg both guides innovation of NetGuardians core solutions and drives business development, with a focus on Europe and Africa. He has headed the company since 2007, when he co-founded it with Raffael Maio. His business intuition is matched by technical talent – it was Joël’s own research that led to the prototype for the company’s intelligent behavioral analysis software. As well as almost 10 years as an entrepreneurial business leader, Joël has solid experience in R&D and as a software engineer, including as a security specialist with the Institute for Information and Communication Technologies. He holds both a degree in Software Engineering and a CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) certification.
Raffael Maio
Board member, COO & Co-Founder
NetGuardians COO & Managing Director APAC, Raffael Maio is primarily responsible for securement of financing as well as business development in Asia. In 2017, he played a key role in securing CHF 8.5 million in the company’s third round of financing. He is a keen entrepreneur who, along with Joël Winteregg, is the co-founder of NetGuardians. On the technology side, Raffael brings several years’ experience in security software engineering, in environments ranging from a Silicon Valley start-up to a multinational product security company. In terms of business development, he is adept at both innovative and traditional models. He has a degree in Software Engineering as well as an EMBA.
Michäel Gingins
Head of Professional Services
As the Manager of Professional Services at NetGuardians, Michaël Gingins oversees implementation of NetGuardians solutions for clients in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, coordinating with NetGuardians partners to ensure continuity of client care. With NetGuardians since 2010, he has a deep understanding of client needs and desire to meet those needs. His previous background as a telecommunications engineer includes more than 10 years in service provision and IT network security consulting. He has particularly sharp knowledge and expertise in the area of risk prevention for the banking sector.
Jérôme Kehrli
CTO
Along with his extensive experience in developing banking software, Jérôme Kehrli brought his passion and curiosity for innovative technologies to inspire and lead the R&D team when he joined NetGuardians in 2015. As NetGuardians CTO, he is responsible for heading the innovation. Specialized in Information System architecture and Artificial Intelligence, he brings skills covering the gamut of software architecture, design, implementation and project management. To develop software solutions able to meet the challenges of a rapidly-evolving risk environment, Jérôme counts on technical skills, creativity, and an ability to understand both banking issues and advanced algorithms from all perspectives.
Board members
Olivier Trancart
Board member, Entrepreneur and Investor
Olivier Trancart is a private entrepreneur. He is involved in investment funds in emerging countries as well as investment funds for promising young enterprises in Western Switzerland. During a highly international career, he held several leadership positions worldwide, including Head of Financial Services Industries at Hewlett-Packard and CEO of System Access Private Ltd in Singapore. Since 2005, he has been Executive Vice President for Sales at Oracle financial services (formerly i-flex Solutions). Olivier holds a M.Sc. from EPFL and has been president of its Alumni Association until 2010.
Orin Sauvageot
Board member, COO at Freemont Management
Orin Sauvageot is the Chief Operating Officer of Freemont Management, a private asset management company investing in any type of asset classes around the world. Prior to this position, Orin was responsible for the operations of an international Hedge Fund Group. After his PhD in Mathematics from EPFL, Orin co-founded and advised various TMT and medtech startups in the Silicon Valley and in Switzerland. He is an IMD’s alumni where he completed two executive programs on Leadership (HPL and Advanced HPL).
Egor Abramov
Board member, Advisor at FortRoss Ventures
Egor Abramov brings more than six years of well diversified international experience in venture capital, private equity and investment banking both in Moscow and in London. He has two Master’s degrees in economics and in math from leading Russian universities. Egor also studied in UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business.
Paolo Buzzi
Board member, Co-Founder and CTO at Swissquote Group Holding ltd
Paolo Buzzi is the founding partner and Chief Technical Officer of Swissquote Group Holding ltd, a Switzerland’s leading provider of online financial and trading services, listed on the SIX Swiss exchange. Additionally, Paolo is the Chief Technical Officer of the Swissquote Bank ltd.
Prior to this position, he was a Software Engineer and New Technology Integration Engineer at Rolm Systems, located in Santa Clara, USA.
Paolo holds a degree in Micro-Engineering from EPFL and is a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of EPFL.
Advisory board members
Guillaume Dubray
Advisory board member, Managing partner at Polytech Ventures
Guillaume Dubray is Managing Partner of Polytech Ventures, an early stage VC based at EPFL (Lausanne) and Silicon Valley investing in digital start-ups with a focus on FinTech. He is founder of FUSION, Switzerland’s first FinTech accelerator based in Geneva. He previously co-founded Active Niche Funds SA, an investment firm specialized in the CleanTech sector. Before-hand, he was responsible for various Venture Capital investment & advisory activities for Rothschild in Geneva. Guillaume has 15 years of experience in investment management and corporate finance. He started his career with Ernst & Young in Geneva and then moved to New York, where he worked as an M&A advisor on behalf of large US-based Private Equity funds.
Frank Marthaler
Advisory board member
Frank Marthaler is an advisor, investor and board member who combines skills in business, people and innovation to support start-ups and SMEs through sustainable growth. He is particularly adept at navigating the challenges of transformation – whether it be an M&A integration or the transition to a digital business model. His creativity and drive for excellence were honored through a career in sales and marketing, including various executive roles with Swiss Post and Swiss Post Solutions. He was CEO of Swiss Post Solutions for many years, developing it from scratch into a profitable enterprise with operations in over 20 countries and some 6,500 employees.
Andreas Pages
Advisory board member, Business unit FinTech at Swisscom
Andreas is recognised as a leading person in FinTech in Switzerland. He is currently working with Swisscom. He creates disruptive products and is a corporate investor in FinTech. Prior, he spends nearly a decade with the Big4 consulting Deloitte and Capgemini. His focus was mainly Business and IT strategy consulting covering a variety industries including financial services. He also co-founded an IT consulting firm in Switzerland.
Meet the team
Number of employees
We’re more than 80 motivated people working together on a shared vision to develop the cutting-edge analytics technology to make the world a safer place.
More than 80
More than 24
Different nationalities
If you’re looking for a highly international experience, you’re at the right place! We’ve 24 nationalities present at NetGuardians. Basically, you can meet someone from each continent on earth.
Different languages
Talk to us. Parlez avec nous. Sprechen mit uns. Habla con nosotros. Fale connosco. Bizimle konusun. Do you want to talk to us in your own language? That should be no problem at all. We speak more than 19 languages!
More than 19
More than 89%
University degree
We’ve studied at major universities around the world to receive our bachelor’s, master’s or even PhD degrees. These include the University of California, Los Angeles, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Bologna, and INSEAD among many others.
Average age
We’re a young team – with an average age of 34 – wanting to make a difference in the world. Above all, we’re all passionate – we love what we do and we have shared values. Honestly, we’re having a great game. Do you want to be part of the team?
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