Experience

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  Projekt Neues Alter (www.neuesalter.ch)

  • Deutschschweiz

  • Citizen Scientist

    • Aug 2020 - Present
    • Deutschschweiz
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  Netzwerk spurenwechseln (www.spurenwechseln.ch)

  • Schweiz

  • Board Member

    • Jan 2014 - Present
    • Schweiz
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  Lichtsteiner Human Capital Investments

  • Wettingen

  • Owner

    • Nov 2010 - Present
    • Wettingen

    Lichtsteiner Human Capital Investments is the vehicle for my part-time activity as independent consultant in strategy, compensation & benefits, labor law, as executive coach, as educator and author as well as board member.

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  FHNW Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz

  • Olten

  • Advisory Board Institute Personal- und Organisationsmanagement PMO

    • 2000 - Present
    • Olten
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  AO Foundation

  • Switzerland
  • Hospitals and Health Care
  • 500 - 600 Employee

  • Head Human Resources

    • Oct 2014 - May 2020

    The Head Human Resources supports boards and executives taking the right people and organization decisions and provides people management and organizational development services to all units of AO

  • Head Human Resources

    • Oct 2014 - Feb 2020

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  ZfU International Business School

  • Zurich/Thalwil

  • Core Faculty in Strategic HR Management

    • Jan 1995 - Dec 2017
    • Zurich/Thalwil

    Responsibility for a course on strategic HR Management according to Dave Ulrich. Dave Ulrich regularly teaches at ZfU and this course provides an in depth access to his thinking.Responsinbility for a course on Lean HR Management.

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  SR Technics

  • Zurich

  • VP Human Resources

    • Jan 2011 - Sep 2014
    • Zurich

    Responsibility for operational HR, managing business-critical projects and deputizing the Head Human Resources.90% employment till December 2013, thereafter as a Consultant managing several Projects till September 2014.

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  VSKP Verein Schweizerische Kurse für Personalma...

  • Zurich

  • President

    • 1996 - May 2014
    • Zurich
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  Right Management Central Europe

  • United States
  • Business Consulting and Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Practice Leader Talent Management

    • Oct 2008 - Oct 2010

    Responsibility for Talent Management consulting in the countries Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and the further expansion into CEE.

  • Managing Director

    • Jan 2006 - Sep 2008

    Change from a transition-company to a full service-provider, build-up of a sales-culture with sustaining sales-processes and the recruitment/management of a sales-force, build-up of delivery capabilities with (new) consultants and associates, profit improvement via revenue growth and tight cost management, geographic extension to the French speaking part of Switzerland (Geneva) and to Austria (Vienna), support of other regions with per-sonal network and knowledge/experience

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  HR Swiss Board

  • Board Member

    • 1997 - Mar 2010

    HR Swiss - Swiss Association for Human Resources Management is the umbrella organization of personnel and training managers from business and public authorities since 1957.The eleven member bodies of the HR Swiss are regional and professional associations representing more than 5,500 professional...

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  DMS Consulting Ltd

  • Managing Director

    • Jan 2001 - Dec 2005

    New positioning and expansion of an established management consulting-firm in HRM. Design and implementation of new management processes and tools, especially in financial management. Creation of new marketing tools and acquisition of additional key customers. Own consulting assignments in the fi...

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  ABB Group Ltd

  • Group Process Owner Global HR Processes

    • Oct 1999 - Dec 2000

    Successfully mobilized and designed global HR Process in a global program to reengineer ABB into a process-oriented, global IT-company. Responsibility to design and implement the HR process in close conjunction with the other enabling processes (Finance, IS) and the front-end processes (Marketing...

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  ABB Switzerland Ltd

  • Exercutive Committee Member

    • Jul 1991 - Sep 1999

    Redirected personnel administration into best practice HR management. Established ABB as employer of choice among engineers and as no.2 overall in Switzerland. Created high public interest and acclaim for innovative solutions. Established ABB Switzerland as leading provider of leaders for the group and the market.

  • General Counsel

    • Jan 1988 - Jun 1991

    Established and directed business-oriented legal department with 7 lawyers of various nationality, some para-legal and administrative staff (20 persons). Supported ABB Switzerland’s international business in contract law, arbitration and mergers & acquisitions.Project manager for the splitting up of ABB (Switzerland) Ltd. into about 40 independent legal entities, decentralizing corporate functions and creating a performance-oriented cul-ture of business ownership. Board of Directors of Swiss Arbitration Association. Published book on UN Sales Law in German and French language.

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  BBC Brown Boveri Ltd

  • Legal Counsel + Corporate Secretary

    • Feb 1982 - Dec 1987

    Specialized in international turnkey contracts, build-own-operate-schemes and international arbitration in Europe, US, Latin America and Middle East. Took minutes in BBC’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors.

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  Alston & Bird LLP, New York

  • Associate

    • May 1987 - Sep 1987

    Supported several due diligence procedures and arbitration cases. Delegated by BBC Brown Boveri Ltd for professional education.