2025 ? today: Scientific Data Systems & Laboratory Informatics (Interim project)Role: Lead Specialist
Customer: DSM-Firmenich AG
Tasks:- Managed scientific laboratory data flows, metadata structures and controlled data configurations across DEV, TEST, VAL, PROD and MD environments, ensuring reliable, traceable and reusable data foundations for reporting, analytics and downstream use.
- Performed SQL-based data analysis, anomaly investigation, cross-environment consistency checks and data reconciliation to understand LabWare LIMS behaviour, identify inconsistencies and improve laboratory data reliability.
- Contributed to a LabWare LIMS carve-out covering system replication, environment alignment, migration to Windows Server 2022 and transition planning for web-based laboratory data access.
- Executed and documented LIMS regression and workflow testing in the new environment, including pre-test verification of required configurations and test data, dependency analysis across legacy systems, and transfer/installation of relevant CFG and DAT packages into the new repository.
- Investigated unexpected LIMS software and workflow behaviour across configurations, test data, workflows, system environments and connected laboratory systems, documenting observations in a structured and reproducible manner and translating findings into clearly defined technical follow-up tasks.
2023 ? 2024: Scientific Data Systems & Laboratory InformaticsRole: Advanced Business Consultant
Customer: NNIT Switzerland AG
Tasks:- Delivered laboratory informatics consulting for regulated life-science environments, translating customer needs into practical digital laboratory solutions.
- Merck KGaA: Conducted business analysis, prepared URS documentation, contributed to vendor and system evaluation and advised on GxP-compliant scientific data segregation.
- Novo Nordisk: Worked in a LabVantage LIMS context, extracted data from Oracle databases using SQL Developer, documented work directly in Azure DevOps, and contributed to LIMS?SAP ERP interface alignment.
- Rockwool: Structured master data for iVention iLES testing, documented workflows and authored a comprehensive user manual.
- Drove internal laboratory-informatics enablement work by building training databases, hands-on use cases, user guides and technical documentation, while onboarding junior colleagues in practical digital-lab-system, database and scientific-data-analysis workflows, including cell-biology-adjacent data contexts using PostgreSQL, pgAdmin, Python, R, MATLAB and Jupyter.
2022: Paternity leave/ SabbaticalTasks: - Took parental leave to care for my son while staying professionally active through smaller projects, selected temporary roles and continued exposure to additional life-science companies, including time spent living in Italy.
2021: Computerized Laboratory Systems, Analytical R&D (Interim project)Role: IT Specialist
Customer: F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
Tasks:- Worked on LabWare SingleLIMS and BIOVIA LES workflows for small-molecule analytical processes within Analytical Research & Development.
- Served as Global Master Data Administrator for application-level laboratory master data across multiple GMP and non-GMP LabWare/BIOVIA LES environments, managing workflow-relevant content including GC/HPLC methods, specifications, materials, storage conditions, templates, analysis structures and workflow parameters.
- Translated SME and user requirements into consistent digital laboratory application content, ensuring consistency, traceability and data governance across reproducible LabWare/BIOVIA LES workflows.
2017 ? 2020: LIMS & Digital Laboratory WorkflowsRole: Scientific Software Projects Specialist
Customer: AAC Infotray AG
Tasks:- Managed scientific software projects around Limsophy LIMS and ELN solutions, connecting life-science expertise with laboratory data, research workflows and digital laboratory processes.
- Elicited customer requirements from initial inquiries and consulting discussions, translating scientific and process needs into software concepts, demonstrations and technical solution documentation.
- Expanded the Limsophy LIMS demo environment with scientific application examples and project-specific laboratory use cases to support workflow modelling, data traceability, product evaluation and user discovery.
- Prepared and delivered LIMS/ELN product demonstrations focused on scientific data handling, laboratory workflows, process traceability and software behaviour.
- Prepared solution proposals and technical product documentation, combining scientific understanding with structured software requirement analysis.
- Contributed to requirements analysis, customer discovery and early-stage software solution design for scientific laboratory workflows.
2012 ? 2017: Academic & Scientific ExperienceTasks:- Gained hands-on experience in cell biology research, histological preparation, tissue sectioning and general laboratory work through MSc-level academic training.
- Worked as a student laboratory assistant in a translational nutrition biology research group at ETH Zurich.
- Applied a careful and reproducible working style in biological research settings, with focus on sample preparation, experimental traceability and laboratory execution.
2014 ? 2016: Management of complex technical systems Role: Technical Systems & Data Specialist
Customer: Dyson SA
Tasks:Managed complex technical systems, analysis and tracking cases, coordinated escalations with Dyson UK and maintained structured customer, product and case data in Salesforce and SAP.