Summary
Sascha Spreitzer is a seasoned technology leader with 17 years of experience building and operating resilient, secure cloud-native and Kubernetes platforms for mission-critical financial infrastructure. As Head of Managed Container Platforms at SIX, he leads an agile product team that delivers container solutions underpinning exchanges, securities, and national banking systems across Switzerland and Spain. His background spans hands-on systems engineering and architecture roles at Red Hat, IBM and research institutions, combining deep technical craft with practice in DevSecOps and Azure migrations. Sascha pairs that technical depth with extensive management education—MBA, EMBA and ongoing DBA studies—bringing rigorous organizational and leadership insight to platform delivery. Outside tech he trains scuba divers to certification, a discipline that echoes his mentoring approach and attention to safety and procedure. Known for long-term open source engagement dating back to 1998, he blends practitioner experience with academic rigor to scale dependable, people-centered platforms.
16 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) Innovative & New Leadership, Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) Innovative & New Leadership at Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences Switzerland
Doctor of Business Administration Business Administration Management and Leadership, Doctor of Business Administration Business Administration Management and Leadership at Private Hochschule Wirtschaft PHW Bern
German, English