Summary
Adrian Gschwend is a seasoned technology founder and CEO with 24 years of experience building linked data, knowledge management, and security-focused software businesses from Switzerland. As co-founder and director of Zazuko and leader of ventures like QLeverize and Qlevia AI, he combines practical systems engineering with a product-first vision for data-centric architectures that scale to hundreds of billions of triples. Trained as an electronics technician and later in computer science with an emphasis on network security, Adrian blends low-level hardware understanding with deep expertise in open source, Unix system administration, and secure networked systems. He founded the long-running netlabs.org open source initiative and is known for thinking outside the box to solve hard problems in software and security engineering. Based in Basel, he pairs entrepreneurial leadership with hands-on technical depth, routinely turning research-grade ideas into production-ready platforms.
24 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Berner Fachhochschule
English, German, French