Summary
Peter Tschudin is a Senior GPU Software Development Engineer and seasoned engineering leader with 14+ years of experience blending hands-on systems engineering, product management, and team-building. He led engineering teams to measurable business impact—driving $81M in sales as a product manager, slashing server TCO from $7,500 to $1,200, and rescuing a multi-year banking project into a customer success story. A former PhD researcher in Linux device drivers and a top contributor to the Coccinelle codebase, he brings deep kernel and back-end expertise to GPU and systems software. He founded an IaaS startup focused on democratizing cloud access and consistently uses data-driven practices to sustain peak team performance and low talent turnover. Based in Zug, Switzerland, he pairs academic rigor with pragmatic delivery, often surfacing non-obvious optimizations across software, infrastructure, and processes.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD System Software Linux device drivers, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD System Software Linux device drivers at Sorbonne Université
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Universidade Católica de Brasília