Francesco Ranaudo
Chief Executive Officer at VAULTED AG
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolFrancesco Ranaudo is a founder-CEO and structural engineer with a PhD from ETH Zurich and nine years of experience translating advanced research into commercial products for low-carbon, prefabricated construction. As co-founder and CEO of VAULTED AG he scaled an ETH spin-off across three countries, delivering 30,000+ m² of pilot and commercial projects while building asset-light regional prefabrication partnerships. His background blends rigorous academic research at ETH’s Block Research Group and NCCR Digital Fabrication with industry experience at SOM and international universities, enabling a rare mix of computational design, structural engineering, and business strategy. He leads company strategy, fundraising, operations, and BD, and is known for turning decade-long research insights into a scalable product line—an unusual track record that spans lab, design office, and boardroom.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
2nd level Master's degree in Emerging Technologies for Construction, 2nd level Master's degree in Emerging Technologies for Construction at University of California, Berkeley2nd level Master's degree course in Emerging Technologies for Construction (ETeC), 2nd level Master's degree course in Emerging Technologies for Construction (ETeC) at Università degli Studi di Napoli 'Federico II'Doctor of Science, Doctor of Science at ETH ZürichStartup competition, Startup competition at IMD
English, Spanish, German, Italian
Github Skills (43)
structures10
geometry10
rhino3d10
topology10
placement10
rhino10
polyhedra10
aec10
blender10
compas10
abaqus10
ubuntu9
ansys9
opensees9
fenics9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
franaudo/abaqus-ubuntu
May 2020 - Sep 2022
Guide for the installation of Abaqus on Ubuntu
Contributions:12 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 2 years 5 months
linuxinstallationabaqussoftware-updateubuntu
fea2/compas_fea2
Jul 2022 - Mar 2025
FEA for the COMPAS framework.
Contributions:1 PR, 76 pushes, 13 branches in 2 years 8 months
feacompas
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