Philippe Lang
Founder at Colab Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilippe Lang is a founder and operator with 15 years of experience building tech-enabled ventures and community spaces in Fribourg, Switzerland. He grew Colab Fribourg from concept to a 1,300+ m2 coworking and event hub next to the railway station, combining space management with a keen sense for local academic and startup ecosystems. A trained EPFL electrical engineer, Philippe pairs hands-on full‑stack and systems experience from his longtime freelance work with strategic roles in digitalisation, business development, and innovation facilitation. He has repeatedly relaunched and scaled small companies—including reviving Attik—and helped public and private organizations adopt data-driven and innovation methods. Notably, he blends technical credibility with community-building: creating physical infrastructure that actively fosters collaboration between students, startups, and regional industry.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Diplôme d'ingénieur EPFL, Electricité, Diplôme d'ingénieur EPFL, Electricité at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de LausanneSection scientifique, Section scientifique at Collège du Sud, Bulle
French, English, German
Github Skills (7)
zurb-foundation4
trac2
wordpress1
typescript1
javascript1
wordpress-plugin1
foundation1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
NothingAG/trac-zurbtheme
Jul 2013 - Sep 2013
Contributions:7 commits in 2 months
traczurbzurb-foundationfoundation
trac-hacks/trac-mentions
Jul 2013 - Sep 2013
Contributions:5 commits in 2 months
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