Roger Fischer
Mitglied Der Verwaltung at Datamap
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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SeniorRoger Fischer is a serial entrepreneur and technology leader with 11 years of experience building startups and cooperatives across Switzerland, France, the US and Germany, currently based in Zurich. He founded and leads multiple ventures including KAYWA and Datamap, and steers POSMO Genossenschaft’s governance to advance community-controlled mobility data and ethical AI-driven transport solutions. His work spans machine learning, real-time data streaming, computer vision and large-scale mobility tracking, with a particular focus on maps, data visualization and transport mode classification. Roger blends product-facing engineering with community governance and social entrepreneurship, aiming to make mobility data serve the common good rather than just commercial interests. An often-overlooked strength is his cross-border operational experience, which informs pragmatic infrastructure and ethics decisions in multilingual, multi-jurisdictional projects.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (21)
h37
python-bindings6
geocoding6
gis5
geospatial5
hexagonal-architecture5
python4
react4
exposure-notification4
tms3
contact-tracing-app3
geojson3
tilemap2
tiled2
cartography2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
datamapio/verkehrsnetz
May 2021 - Sep 2021
Topic für die #GeoUnconference
Contributions:16 commits, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 4 months
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posmocoop/website
Apr 2020 - Sep 2021
posmo.coop Website
Contributions:1 PR, 109 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
reactcoop
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