Summary
Marco Leder is an AI Designer and software engineer based in Zurich with eight years of cross-disciplinary experience building accessible, people-centered systems. He currently leads IT strategy at the Data Innovation Alliance while designing and implementing a real-time speech-to-speech AI agent for Balgrist University Hospital using LiveKit, vLLM and Nvidia NeMo in CUDA-enabled Linux environments. His background spans geospatial drone surveying, blockchain and Bitcoin wallet development for financial inclusion projects in Kenya, and frontend and smart-contract work—demonstrating fluency across edge data, web UX, and decentralized systems. Marco combines product-minded engineering with infrastructure orchestration, having delivered client-facing CMS projects and pilot MVPs for academic partners. Colleagues describe him as collaborative and opportunistic about interesting projects, favoring human-centered outcomes over technical novelty alone. He brings a rare mix of applied AI engineering and community-focused impact work that aims to make technology both usable and inclusive.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BSc People Oriented Computing, Bachelor of Science - BSc People Oriented Computing at University of Zurich
Eidgenössische Maturität Economics and legal, Eidgenössische Maturität Economics and legal at Kantonsschule Enge
Grundschule
Langzeitgymnasium, Langzeitgymnasium at Kantonsschule Wiedikon
English, German, French