André Naef
Chief Innovation Officer
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolAndré Naef is a seasoned technology and innovation executive with over two decades of leadership across strategy, finance, and software engineering, currently serving as Chief Innovation Officer at dacadoo. He progressed from CTO to CIO at dacadoo, blending hands-on expertise in AI, data science, blockchain, and compliance with board-level strategic decision-making. Based in Zurich, he brings cross-industry experience spanning finance, insurance, communications, retail, health, and the public sector, enabling pragmatic digital transformations. A master computer scientist from ETH Zürich, he pairs rigorous technical depth with corporate finance and investment acumen. Longstanding governance experience at Ergon Informatik, now as Vice Chairman, highlights his ability to scale technology organizations while stewarding risk and compliance. He’s known for translating complex technical capabilities into board-ready business outcomes rather than only technical proofs of concept.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Matura Typus B, Matura Typus B at Kantonsschule Rychenberg, WinterthurMSc Computer Science, MSc Computer Science at ETH Zürich
German, English, French
Github Skills (17)
webservice9
nginx8
lua8
xgboost7
java7
css7
machine-learning7
distributed-systems6
python6
scala6
gbm6
spark6
dataflow6
dask5
svg5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
anaef/lua-linear
Aug 2017 - May 2021
Contributions:6 releases, 46 commits, 143 pushes in 3 years 9 months
anaef/nginx-lws
Aug 2023 - Aug 2025
Lua web services for NGINX
Contributions:7 releases, 4 PRs, 153 pushes in 2 years
luanginxwebservice
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